Black Box: Flight 298 (2026)

“Seriously Decent Aeroplane-Set Horror”

Signature Entertainment are giving a Digital, Blu-ray and DVD release to the new film from director Steven Quale (the excellent FINAL DESTINATION 5) and co-produced by Warren Zide (the entire FINAL DESTINATION series) so they can both very much be forgiven for sneaking in a reference to that particular franchise at the beginning of BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 (just listen to the announcements over the airport tannoy). 

Vero Airlines Flight 298 sets off from New Orleans to Seattle. The passengers include a sickly-looking chap who pretty soon is coughing up blood. Then the dogs in the cargo hold start to howl. And what’s with those strange flashing lights on the distant horizon?

I’m being deliberately vague because the first act of BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 is thirty minutes of delicious wondering as to what on earth is going on (although the artwork gives it away a bit). Is there a plague on board? Are there stones from Stonehenge in the cargo hold? Or is the aeroplane being subjected to something infinitely weirder? 

The actual explanation doesn’t disappoint in a film that’s top quality B movie entertainment with good acting, plenty of suspense, decent special effects, and one shot near the end that’s the kind of thing us low budget horror prospectors live for in movies of this calibre. It takes itself seriously but only as much as good exploitation movies should. If you’re a fan of movies like SNAKES ON A PLANE or 2007’s FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD you’re going to feel right at home with this one. Here’s a trailer:

Steven Quale’s BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 is out on Digital from Signature Entertainment on Monday 6th July 2026 and on DVD & Blu-ray on Monday 13th July 2026