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20.11.11 # Horror Movies # 80 Comments
Let’s take a look at the biggest and best horror movies of 2012. The scary list features the usual mix of prequels (Prometheus), adaptations (Woman In Black) and original fare (Sinister). We’ll go through the good and bad to find the gems. Here’s our definitive guide to the best new horror movies, 2012 :
The Devil Inside
Starring: Fernanda Andrade, Suzan Crowley, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth
Director: William Brent Bell
Released: 6 January 2012 (U.S. Dates)
A daughter travels to see her mother in an Italian hospital for the criminally insane, to find out why she brutally killed three people 20 years earlier. There she recruits two young exorcists to use unconventional methods of science and religion in an effort to rid her mother of the powerful demons possessing her. The trailer is fairly effective, but I don’t trust the director of video-game horror movie ‘Stay Alive’ to deliver a finished product that feels authentic. Also, this was filmed way back in December 2009, and such a delay is almost always a bad sign. The exorcism genre in particular can’t escape the fact it was all done much better 38 years ago. [Critics: 7% (via Rotten Tomatoes)] [Public: 4.0 (via IMDB)] – Avoid
Underworld: Awakening
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy, India Eisley
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Released: 20 January 2012
After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene (Beckinsale) learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter, Eve, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all. The line between this and ‘Resident Evil’ is getting increasingly blurred – whether it’s BioCom, the action, or the look of the lead females. The directors of this 3D installment made ‘Shelter’, which has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The ‘Underworld’ franchise has a very loyal following, but so far this movie does not look good. For fans only. [Critics: 26%] [Public: 6.4] – Mixed Reaction
The Grey
Starring: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie
Director: Joe Carnahan
Released: 27 January 2012
Killer-wolves movie about an oil drilling team who struggle to survive after their plane crashes in the frozen Alaskan wild. Soon they are being hunted by a deadly pack… Liam Neeson is the star and his ‘A-Team’ director is behind the camera, but the tone here is tense and desperate. Looks like ‘The Edge’ with a high body count. For those who say the premise is totally unrealistic, a woman was killed by wolves in Alaska in 2010, and attacks have become more common. But what everyone’s most interested in is Neeson’s broken bottle knuckles, which he uses for self defense. The movie looks gruelling, entertaining and Neeson has basically got better and better with age. [Critics: 79%] [Public: 6.9] – See It
The Woman In Black
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer
Director: James Watkins (Eden Lake)
Released: 3 February 2012
My favourite play, and TV movie, is being turned into a theatrical movie. And from the footage so far, they’ve nailed the look of it. Daniel ‘Potter’ Radcliffe plays a lawyer who’s 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 little too young. Jane Goldman (‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Stardust’) adapted the ’83 novel. Can’t wait. [Critics: 65%] [Public: 6.5] – See It
The Innkeepers
Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle
Director: Ti West
Released: 3 February 2012
The last two employees of a supposedly haunted hotel count down the final days before the hundred year old business goes bankrupt. 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 employees must decided whether or not to believe in the supernatural rumours. 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. [Critics: 78%] [Public: 5.6] – Mixed Reaction
Gone
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley
Director: Heitor Dhalia
Released: 24 February 2012
When her sister disappears, Jill (Seyfried) is convinced that the serial killer who, she claims, kidnapped her two years earlier has returned. The police don’t believe her, so she sets out to pursue the truth. Is she just mentally ill? Or is she somehow responsible? The trailer hints at a predictable and pretty dull plot – If the killer isn’t one of the cops I’ll eat my hat. From the writer of ‘Underworld Awakening’ and ‘Untraceable’. The director is new to the genre. Looks like a rental at best. [Critics: 12%] [Public: 5.7] – Mediocre
Woman in Black REALLY excites me. So does The Innkeepers, based on that director’s last outing, House of the Devil, which was phenomenal.
Guilty pleasure: Ghost Rider 2.
Every other entry looks dull and derivative. The only one that piqued my interest was the remake that all done in one continuous take, but only marginally.
The Grey looks kick ass insane, but more of a thriller than a horror.
The Grey is officially described as a thriller/survival-horror – so it’s in both genres. There’s no doubt it’s a ‘killer wolves’ movie, they murder almost all the survivors, one by one. Cujo would be called a horror movie and this is the same sub-genre. Plus it has a very grim, bleak tone, with death hanging over the whole thing.
Just seen the Human Centipede 2 and after seeing it i felt so discusted and dirty i had to shower that movie was way over the top, but hates off to Tom six the director Horrormovies dont affect me as a rule for there not scary this one was not scary but it will leave a impression on yea….
Ha! Nice reaction Mark, I can imagine! I believe I covered the movie briefly in last year’s guide. Yeah, I prefer scary over gross myself.
THE WOMEN IN BLACK WAS OK…. IT SHOULD OF HAD MOREEEE TO IT,THE DEVIL INSIDE WILL HAVE U DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE,IT STARTS OFF REALLY GOOD AND THE ENDING LEAVES YOU LIKE REALLY? THATS IT? COME ON BRO LOL SERIOUSLY THOUGH
Knights Of Badassdom !!!(x1000)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4!!!! I’m eager for them to answer the unanswered in the 3rd movie… and to scare me again lol… BTW! WOMAN IN BLACK WAS AWESOME!
I prefer scary,like apperances of ghosts only,some 2 violent 2 watch,like Mirror 1,sucks!
I REALLY loved Woman In Black; was an awesome film for building up tension, and it really did keep me on the edge of my seat; which i love!!
In all honesty I was a bit dissapointed with The Cabin In The Woods; despite it having Chris hemsworth, who I really appreciate as an actor, in it. I thought the plot was a a good idea, but it didn’t really do it for me.
I’m also really excited about watching Silent House; love how it is done in ”real”time!
Overall a good list, gave me some ideas about what to watch next
Why only american movies? where’s the asian movies, it’s those that are scary…
The list covers U.S. theatrical releases. If it covered DVD and foreign releases it would be 20 times as long. I’m not aware yet of any stand out Asian horrors from this year, as it normally takes a while for their reputation to build. But feel free to post suggestions/recommendations if you have any. I’ll update the list as more stuff comes to light.
thank you for these news.i enjoyed the pictures and i wanna watch them all.
This List is full of dissapointments. Non of them are scary at all and just seem lazy.
In this list I go through all the U.S. theatrical releases, good or bad. If there’s a great horror movie from this year that’s missing let me know and I’ll add it.
- didn’t like rec, tired out from zombie-type movies.
- been a fan of horror since 1984…..true horror with monsters, transformations, less cgi and more props.
- fav new age horrors are ; insidious, excorcism of emily rose, paranormal 1, 28 weeks later (yes, zombie), devil, the ring, the grudge, case 39 to name a few.
- i don’t scare easy and i enjoy turning off all the lights to get a heightened sense of things and darken the mood.
- i despised the following ; fright night remake, final destinations, the crazies, decent, shaun of the dead and all british BS, the last excorcism wouldve been awesome until the ending just oblierated any chance of that.
- top horror movies of all time are ; an american werewolf in london (paris sucked), the howling, the thing, fright night, beast within, cujo, trilogy of terror, halloween, silver bullet, watchers, the relic, ghost and the darkness, wes cravens new nightmare, the devils advocate, insidious (though the end was…subpar), devil.
- i have high expectations of horror movies and am not easily pleased, so most new have been total crap to me.
- movies i most want to see ; the thing prequel, the lady in black, 7500, the bay, the devil inside and prometheus.
- forgot to mention ;creepshow, white noise, devils rejects, stay alive, IT, funhouse and ENTITY as awesome movies.
- forgot to mention that i also despise ; T chainsaw, saw franchise, wrong turn, hills have eyes and wrong turn.
The Grey is just totally inaccurate. The wolf behavior is just bogus.
You have a better chance of winning the lottery than being attacked by wild wolves.
seen all these movies on here now bar none ……. really really really thought they was all overhyped and crap , wanted to watch prometheus and was badly let down , i cant find a decent horror any more i am afraid !!
OK, none of these were scary except for The Woman In Black! I saw all of these on page one and none of them made me scared!!! Sorry, but seriously!
i still haven’t seen the woman in black but i think it’s kinda not scary :/ … but now i’m gunna watch the devil inside online and see how scary it is … although i don’t get scared easily ..!
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