WATCH: This week's must-see trailers!

Cape Town - Lupita Nyong'o takes on zombies, hunters prey on people for fun and a first date changes the course of two lives – here's a look at what's to come on the big screen.

LITTLE MONSTERS

Dave (England), a washed-up musician volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class field trip after taking a shine to the schoolteacher, Miss Caroline (Nyong’o). Dave’s intentions are complicated by the presence of the world’s most famous kid’s show personality, and competition for Miss Caroline’s affections, Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad). One thing none of them bargained for, however, is a sudden zombie outbreak, from which Dave and Miss Caroline must protect the children.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

A SA release date is yet to be confirmed

QUEEN & SLIM

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

The film releases in SA cinemas on 24 January 2020

THE HUNT

In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a bunch of elites gather for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport. But the elites’ master plan is about to be derailed because one of the hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin), knows The Hunters’ game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (Hilary Swank) at the center of it all.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

The film releases in SA cinemas on 18 October 2019

THE LIGHTHOUSE

Set in 1890 Nova Scotia, the film follows the story of an aging lighthouse keeper named Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) who teams with a younger man named Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) on a remote and mysterious New England island.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

A SA release date is yet to be confirmed