Following Shudder’s acclaimed 2019 documentary “Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror,” this anthology film presents six short horror stories from black writers and directors, showcasing both established and emerging talent. The six segments are titled “Daddy,” “Bride Before You,” “Brand of Evil,” “The Lake,” “Sundown,” and “Fugue State.”

Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highway and into Roy’s Motel and Cafe. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travelers, who force our couple to discover the secret hidden between them and ultimately, the horrifying reality of their current situation.

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost’s master of arms

Miles Cullen is a bored teller at a bank in a Toronto mall who accidentally learns that his place of business is about to be robbed. Instead of informing his bosses or contacting the police, Miles cleverly devises a way of keeping the cash.

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob — the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

Troubled police detective Jack Lucas is falsely accused of a series of murders and must prove his innocence by catching the real serial killer.

An environmentalist gets involved in transporting an accused killer (Ben) from an isolated Alaskan town to the authorities. Ben is determined to escape, and his fellow trappers are ready to help

Hannah and Matt, a young couple on their first holiday together, quickly discover that they may not see eye-to-eye. Feeling as though she let her boyfriend down, Hannah enlists the help of a mysterious gypsy woman, in the hope that the couple’s troubles can be overcome. However, when Matt wakes to find his girlfriend has disappeared, the gypsy woman’s sinister intentions become all too clear.

There are terrible things happening in the desert…unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Tragedy struck when Father Abraham was ready to save the world from an evil menace using exorcism. Years later, he lives on a remote farm with his daughter, haunted by the faces of those he saved and those he could not. After finding that pale humanoid creature lurking in the woods, he shoots and cremates the monster. But he soon discovers that the beast was not alone; his troubles have only begun.

A young woman fights to escape her boyfriend’s wealthy family after learning they’re planning to drug and groom her to replace their long-dead daughter.