A couple of genre titles were peppered throughout last week’s SXSW feature lineup announcement, but today brings the big haul, the Midnighters. Featuring two highly anticipated world premieres, some intriguing new talent and even a couple of the most buzzed about horror titles from Sundance, this year looks to be nothing short of stupendous.

Leading the pack in excitement is the third film in the much-loved [REC] series, [REC]: GENESIS, as well as MARTYRS’ director Pascal Laugier’s new Jessica Biel-starring THE TALL MAN, found-footage anthology V/H/S, Don Coscarelli's JOHN DIES AT THE END, the Irish feral-children flick CITADEL and space-Nazi extravaganza IRON SKY.

Here's the full lineup:

THE AGGRESSION SCALE, Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell

4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = WAR

CITADEL (Ireland, Scotland), Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy

An agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children.

GIRLS AGAINST BOYS, Director/Screenwriter: Austin Chick

A psychological thriller about two girls on a killing spree. With edgy and ironic humor and a darkly meditative tone, it is also a coming-of-age story about a girl learning how the world really works.

Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Nicole LaLiberte, Liam Aiken, Michael Stahl-David, Andrew Howard

INTRUDERS (Spain, UK), Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Screenwriters: Nicolás Casariego, Jaime Marques

The haunting story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

IRON SKY (Finland, Germany, Australia), Director: Timo Vuorensola, Screenwriters: Michael Kalesniko, Timo Vuorensola

In 1945 the Nazis went to the moon; in 2018 they are coming back.

JOHN DIES AT THE END Director & Screenwriter: Don Coscarelli

On the street it’s called “soy sauce,” a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. Suddenly, a silent otherworldly invasion is underway. Can college dropouts John and Dave save humanity? No, they can’t.

MODUS ANOMALI (Indonesia) Director/Screenwriter: Joko Anwar

A man tries to save his family who go missing during a vacation in the forest.

[REC] ³ GENESIS (Spain) Director: Paco Plaza, Screenwriters: Luiso Berdejo, Paco Plaza

Koldo and Clara’s wedding is horrifically interrupted when some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding.

SUPER SECRET SCREENING

THE TALL MAN, Director/Screenwriter: Pascal Laugier

When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

V/H/S, Directors: Ti West, Adam Wingard, Joe Swanberg, David Bruckner, Glenn Mcquaid, Radio Silence, Screenwriter: Ti West, Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Radio Silence, Glenn Mcquaid

A group of misfits are hired to burglarize a house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. The guys are confronted with a dead body and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last…

You can find out more SXSW's official site. 

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