BLUMHOUSE'S FANTASY ISLAND (15, 109 mins)
HEDONISTIC visitors to a tropical paradise discover that pleasure comes at a terrifying price in a supernatural horror thriller directed by Jeff Wadlow (Truth Or Dare).
Five contest winners – Melanie Cole (Lucy Hale), Gwen Olsen (Maggie Q), Patrick Sullivan (Austin Stowell) and stepbrothers JD (Ryan Hansen) and Brax Weaver (Jimmy O Yang) – arrive at a tropical resort called Fantasy Island, which promises to make their dreams come true.
Custodian Mr Roarke (Michael Pena) and his partner Julia (Parisa Fitz-Henley) take care of the guests and encourage the five winners to live their fantasies to the full.
Melanie, Gwen, Patrick, JD and Brax are confronted with diabolical, twisted variations on their greatest wishes, which brings Melanie face-to-face with her childhood bully Sloane Maddison (Portia Doubleday).
The guests slowly unravel the terrifying otherworldly secrets of Fantasy Island and conceive a madcap plan to escape from the clutches of dark forces that intend to claim their blackened souls.
:: Released March 6
THE PHOTOGRAPH (12A, 106 mins)
LOVE ripples across the decades in writer-director Stella Meghie's romantic drama in parallel time frames.
In the present day, Michael Block (Lakeith Stanfield) prepares to write a feature on celebrated photographer Christina Eames (Chante Adams).
He travels to Louisiana to interview her good friend Isaac Jefferson (Rob Morgan), who manages to conceal the depth of his true feelings for Christina and the secrets of their shared history.
Michael gathers further background detail by meeting Christina's estranged daughter Mae Morton (Issa Rae).
He finds his integrity compromised by his attraction to Mae.
As the journalist wrestles with his feelings for his interview subject, he becomes personally invested in discovering the identity of Mae's father.
:: Released March 6
ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA (12A, 104 mins)
BASED on Tim Jenkin's biography, Escape From Pretoria dramatises an incredible true story of imprisonment and rebellion in Apartheid-era South Africa.
Daniel Radcliffe plays Jenkin, a fervent activist with the African National Congress (ANC), which is banned in South Africa during the era.
He is arrested as a terrorist and incarcerated in the maximum-security Pretoria prison.
Tim forges close ties with fellow freedom fighters Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber) and Leonard Fontaine (Mark Leonard Winter).
During 18 months behind bars, Tim hatches a daring escape plan using hand-crafted wooden keys.
On December 11 1979, Tim and his co-conspirators prepare to unlock their futures.
:: Released March 6
