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17.11.10 # Horror Movies # 243 CommentsThe Innkeepers
Release Date: TBC 2012
Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle
Director: Ti West
The Innkeepers is about the last two employees of a supposedly haunted hotel which is about to go bankrupt after a hundred years in business. As the final days tick down, mysterious guests check in, including a former TV actress turned psychic (Kelly McGillis) and an old man insistent on staying in room 353. As several strange occurrences begin to add up, the two employees must decided whether or not to believe. Director Ti West’s previous horror The House of the Devil became something of a cult hit. He says this will be “scarier”, with more jokes, and more mainstream. Hopefully he’ll continue to put atmosphere before quick edits and jump scares.
The Woman In Black
Release Date: Pushed to 3 February 2012
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer
Director: James Watkins (Eden Lake)
So my favourite play, and TV movie, is being turned into a theatrical movie. And from the pictures so far, they’ve nailed the look of it. Daniel ‘Potter’ Radcliffe plays a lawyer who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, he begins to uncover tragic secrets, and glimpse a freaky mysterious woman dressed only in black. Radcliffe’s well suited to this role, if a few years too young. Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, Stardust) adapted the ’83 novel. Can’t wait.
The Raven
Release Date: Pushed to 9 March 2012
Starring: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve
Director: James McTeigue
A fictionalised account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, in which the poet (Cusack) teams up with a detective (Evans – Clash Of The Titans) to pursue a serial killer who’s kidnapped Poe’s fiance and gone on a killing spree which mimics the writer’s stories. This is from the director of V For Vendetta and Ninja Assassin. It’s all slightly ridiculous but sounds most entertaining. Oddly, it’s a near identical plot to Cusack’s other horror-thriller this year, except he’s Poe.
Knights Of Badassdom
Release Date: Pushed to Spring 2012
Starring: Summer Glau, Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn, Danny Pudi, Ryan Kwanten
Director: Joe Lynch
This is my favourite synopsis of any movie this year – ‘Live-action role players conjure up a demon from hell by mistake and must deal with the consequences.’ This comedy-horror has a fun cast; Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Peter Dinklage (excellent actor who happens to be a dwarf), Steve Zahn (A Perfect Getaway) and Danny Pudi (Community). Great title too. Shame it’s directed by Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2).
BEST OF 2011: (combining critics’ and public’s opinions)
1st: Tucker and Dale vs Evil 2nd: TrollHunter 3rd: Fright Night 4th: Insidious 5th: The Woman
6th: Black Death 7th: Paranormal Activity 3 8th: We Are The Night 9th: Final Destination 5
10th: Scream 4 11th: Red State 12th: Mother’s Day 13th: The Thing
14th: Rubber 15th: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 16th: Vanishing On 7th Street
17th: The Resident 18th: The Ward 19th: The Rite 20th: Quarantine 2: Terminal
WORST OF 2011:
1st: The Roommate 2nd: Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night 3rd: 11-11-11
4th: Shark Night 3D 5th: Season Of The Witch 6th: The Human Centipede II
7th: The Darkest Hour 8th: Red Riding Hood 9th: Priest 10th: Apollo 18
Do you agree with the order? What were your favourite horrors this year?
Scream 4 the best!
FD5 IS A HORROR it rocked…
Insidious SUCKED
paranormal activity is a really bad movie-it shouldn’t be ranked as the seventh best—scream and final destination are not horror too–they should be titled as thriller
Does this person writing the reviews have ANYTHING good to say about the films that’re being reviewed? I thought it was 20 BEST horror films of 2011. Pessimism to the max..
It’s the 20 best and the 10 worst. Overall, there were a lot of horror movies this year, but that doesn’t mean it was a good year for horror. If you look at the top results I’ve only got good things to say about them:
e.g. Fright Night – “Has upped the stakes with a near perfect cast of fun actors.”
Insidious – “The creative team are talented, so expect some good frights.”
Tucker & Dale – “Tucker and Dale are both wonderfully played…a most enjoyable ride.”
There are plenty of other websites that have blind praise for everything. We like to distinguish. We’re here to help you find what’s actually worth your time.
Paranormal activity is the best!If u havn’t watched it then watch it!It’s always freaky at the end just sayin
I don’t know who made this list,but the resident,dylan dog,and fright night were HORRIBLE movies.i’m talking barely watchable. Don’t waste your time.
That’s why we called Dylan Dog one of the worst movies of the year. This is looking at all the major horror movies, good and bad. P.S. You’re incorrect about Fright Night.
man these movies are good but for real nothing gives me a good scare
“the collector” is a good horror movie
paranormal activity 3 SUCKS..!!!! the original was good but the sequels are horrible…and i disagree that piranha and final destination wre not horror movies, coz they ARE..season of the witch and black death are not horror movies at all..;)
insidious is very scary i was so scared you should watch it
Guys watch crazies.its awesome
I,m a big Fan of Horror,um the problem with Hollywierd is they have lost there creative edge they have done every Horror movie known t o man and have grown stale even with remakes ,so nopw they do low budget and throw in a high priced actor in hopes that the actor will bring in the bucks…
Watch Tucker and Dale Vs Evil… extremely funny and gory.
The Woman in Black for paranormal scares.
The Divide for a head-mash ride.
The Awakening is decent.
Triangle I can also recommend.
Pretty poor list. The best one of 2011: Grave Encounters, no doubt about it. Final Destination and The Darkest Hour shouldn´t even be there. They both suck and they´re not even Horror movies. Very poor list!
I don’t think you actually read the article. This covers the best and worst. The Darkest Hour is listed as one of the worst of the year. Why you don’t think Final Destination is a horror movie is bizarre. Grave Encounters isn’t here because we didn’t include straight to dvd. The average critical and public response puts it very far from the best of the year. It’s half way decent derivative found footage.
not a good year for horror.
BOO
I think hands down the scaries movies in 2011 were Paranormal Activity 3 and Insidious. I don’t think predictable movies were everyone gets murdered by a crazy serial killer is true horror. I think that when peole watch scary movies that they actually want to be scared, not just watch a group of people one by one get killed and their blood and guts slatter everywhere. I don’t know if it’s just me but that’s not scary, it’s just stupid.
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