Horror Movies 2012 List

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The Bay

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told--until now. From Oscar(R)-winning director Barry Levinson and the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes this nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours though people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge.
Barry Levinson, Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli, Michael Wallach, Michael Beasley, Lauren Cohn, Will Rogers
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Citadel

Tommy Cowley (Aneurin Barnard) lives a quiet life in a decaying apartment complex with his highly pregnant wife. The couple is attacked one day by a group of hooded young thugs, and after a shocking act of violence, Tommy is left to raise his newborn daughter alone. So shaken by the events that he’s developed extreme agoraphobia, Tommy alternates days hiding out indoors in his new flat from imagined threats and intense therapy sessions aimed at bringing him back to normalcy. When the same hooded gang, seemingly intent on kidnapping his daughter, begins terrorizing his life again, he’s torn between his paralyzing fear and protective parental instinct. With the help of a vigilante priest who has uncovered the genesis of this ruthless, potentially supernatural gang, Tommy must overcome his fears and venture into the heart of the abandoned tower block known as the CITADEL to save his family.
James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku, Ciaran Foy, Aneurin Barnard

Silent Night R

Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King star as a small-town sheriff and deputy on the hunt for a murderous Santa Claus terrorizing their community on Christmas Eve. But with the streets full of Santas for the annual Christmas parade, the killer is hiding in plain sight. He’s made his list, checked it twice, and the naughty are going to pay with their lives.
Steven C. Miller, Kid Cudi, Brendan Fehr, Richard Saperstein, Jamie Kennedy, Ellen Wong, Jayson Rothwell, Brian Witten

The Collection R

When Elena’s (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he’s transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter’s disappearance, Elena’s wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin (Josh Stewart), the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through the gruesome labyrinth. Now, Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena.
Marcus Dunstan, Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Hilton, Brett Forbes, Patrick Rizotti, Patrick Melton, Josh Stewart
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Frankenweenie PG

From creative genius Tim Burton comes Frankenweenie, a tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous.
Robert Capron, Winona Ryder, Tim Burton, Allison Abbate, Martin Landau, Martin Short, Don Hahn, John August

V/H/S R

When a group of petty criminals is hired by a mysterious party to retrieve a rare piece of found footage from a rundown house in the middle of nowhere, they soon realize that the job isn’t going to be as easy as they thought. In the living room, a lifeless body holds court before a hub of old television sets, surrounded by stacks upon stacks of VHS tapes. As they search for the right one, they are treated to a seemingly endless number of horrifying videos, each stranger than the last.
Adam Wingard, Ti West, Sophia Takal, Glenn McQuaid, David Bruckner, Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kate Lyn Sheil

#holdyourbreath R

Based on the urban myth that you can breathe in evil spirits when passing cemeteries, #holdyourbreath follows seven friends embarking on a weekend camping trip who pass a run-down cemetery and find themselves arguing about the legitimacy of the urban myth. When one friend refuses to hold his breath while passing by, he finds himself the unwitting host to a notorious serial killer who jumps from body to body in order to pick off each of the friends one by one.
Randy Wayne, Jared Cohn, Katrina Bowden
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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

When a mysterious creature terrorizes a village by moonlight, a local young man, Daniel, convinces a team of skilled werewolf hunters to let him join their quest to hunt it down. But as the villagers are attacked one by one and turned into vicious beasts, Daniel begins to fear that his ruthless foe is someone closer than anyone thinks.
Louis Morneau, Ed Quinn, Guy Wilson, Stephen Rea, Steven Bauer, Nia Peeples, Ana Ularu

Grave Encounters 2

Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in Grave Encounters 2. Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube. While he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face-to-face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.
Richard Harmon, Sean Rogerson, Dylan Playfair, John Poliquin, The Vicious Brothers, Stephanie Bennett, Leanne Lapp, Howard Lai

Smiley R

After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named Smiley can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.
Glasgow Phillips, Andrew James Allen, Roger Bart, Michael Gallagher, Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson, Keith David

Sinister R

Follows a journalist who moves his family into a house where another family was murdered. After moving in, he uncovers found footage that leads to clues about the murders.
C. Robert Cargill, Juliet Rylance, Jason Blum, Ethan Hawke, Michael Hall D'Addario, Scott Derrickson, James Ransone, Vincent D'Onofrio

Paranormal Activity 4 R

The plot follows Katie and Hunter Rey (now age 6), who have just moved into a house together as mother and son, and their neighbors, Alex and Alex's mother, who begin to experience the same hauntings which followed Katie and Kristi's family.
Kathryn Newton, Akiva Goldsman, Katie Featherston, Matt Shively, Jason Blum, Brady Allen, Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes

Sean Reynolds, an eager Television Host, is on a mission to debunk famed Bigfoot hunter Carl Drybeck, who claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. When the team arrives in Northern California they are immediately thrilled -- Drybeck’s zealous belief in his hoax is going to make for a wildly entertaining episode of campy-paranormal television. However, when Drybeck’s hunting partner is mysteriously attacked, the team is left alone and reality begins to set in. The evidence is stacking up, Drybeck’s theory may not be a hoax, and the existence of Bigfoot might just be the least of their worries. Shot on location in the region of the world’s largest concentration of Bigfoot sightings and based on the real accounts of locals, The Lost Coast Tapes reveals a new truth about America’s oldest living legend.
Corey Grant, Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald

Halloween

A theatrical re-release of John Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece.
John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Kyle Richards, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis

Silent Hill: Revelations 3D R

Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens) and her father (Sean Bean) have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.
Roger Avary, Sean Bean, Michael J. Bassett, Don Carmody, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger

Sleep Tight

Toiling silently amongst the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman Cesar (Luis Tosar) harbors a dark secret: His sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara (Marta Clara), one of his building’s cheeriest residents, his sick need blossoms into a full-fledged obsession. Embarking on a series of private and physical violations against Clara, Cesar becomes determined to ruin her life by any means necessary. Becoming the boogeyman hiding under the bed and bringing her nightmares to life, his fascination with torment soon crosses the line into lunacy – and his thirst for others’ sadness soon becomes manically unquenchable.
Jaume Balaguero, Luis Tosar, Marta Clara, Alberto San Juan

Cut/Print

A group of ambitious filmmakers set out to create the world's first reality horror movie. Their plan was simple; they'd offer an active serial killer complete anonymity and a worldwide platform from which to display his work in exchange for genuine footage of his grisly crimes. What ensues is a hellish game of cat and mouse as a cryptic filmmaker, known only as The Maestro, comes out from hiding in search of his "perfect shot".
Nathaniel Nose, Randall Godwin, Ken Foree

[REC] 3: Genesis R

Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride, the groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day in the countryside until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding. What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind…
Leticia Dolera, Paco Plaza, Diego Martín, Javier Botet

Bait 3D

When a monstrous freak tsunami hits a sleepy beach community, a group of survivors from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape to safety, they soon discover that there is a predator among them more deadly than the threat of drowning—vicious great white sharks lurking in the water, starved hungry for fresh meat. As the bloodthirsty sharks begin to pick the survivors off one by one, the group realizes that they must work together to find a way out without being eaten alive!
Sharni Vinson, Julian McMahon, Phoebe Tonkin, Kimble Rendall, Xavier Samuel, Cariba Heine, Alex Russell

House at the End of the Street PG-13

Seeking a fresh start, newly divorced Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) and her daughter Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret. Years earlier, in the house next door, a daughter killed her parents in their beds, and disappeared - leaving only a brother, Ryan (Max Thieriot), as the sole survivor. Against Sarah's wishes, Elissa begins a relationship with the reclusive Ryan - and the closer they get, the deeper they're all pulled into a mystery more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows, Mark Tonderai, Peter Block, Nolan Gerald Funk, Jonathan Demme, Aaron Ryder

The Hole 3D PG-13

Susan and her sons Dane and Lucas Thompson move from Brooklyn to Bensonville, in the countryside. Dane is upset with the constant changes of address and the family has lived in many cities. Lucas and Dane befriend their next door neighbor, the gorgeous Julie and the brothers find a bottomless hole in the basement of their house locked with several padlocks. They take the locks off and sooner they are haunted by their darkest fears. Further, they believe that the hole might be a gateway to hell.
Mark L. Smith, Bruce Dern, Nathan Gamble, JC Spink, Joe Dante, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster, Claudio Fäh

The Awakening R

Set in London in 1921, Florence Cathcart, author of the popular book "Seeing Through Ghosts," has devoted her career to exposing claims of the supernatural as nothing but hoaxes. Haunted by the recent death of her fiance, she is approached by Robert Mallory to investigate the recent death of a student at the all-boys boarding school where he teaches. When students at the school report sightings of the young boy's ghost, she decides to take on the case. Initially, the mystery surrounding the ghost appears nothing more than a schoolboy prank, but as Florence continues to investigate events at the school, she begins to believe that her reliance on science may not be enough to explain the strange phenomenon going on around her.
Rebecca Hall, Nick Murphy, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent

The Revenant

Follows a soldier and his slacker best friend who become zombies and use their newfound powers to become vigilante crime fighters with mixed, not to mention bloody results.
Jacques Thelemaque, D. Kerry Prior, Liam Finn, David Anders, Chris Wylde

The Apparition PG-13

When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force...
Sebastian Stan, Ashley Greene, Todd Lincoln, Joel Silver, Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman, Tom Felton, Steve Richards

The Possession PG-13

Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a Dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
Sam Raimi, Juliet Snowden, Kyra Sedgwick, Stan Wertlieb, Ole Bornedal, Rob Tapert, Stephen Susco, Stiles White

Piranha 3DD R

The prehistoric man-eating piranhas travel through plumping and pipes and into a newly opened water park called "The Big Wet Water Park".
Christopher Lloyd, John Gulager, Marcus Dunstan, David Koechner, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Matt Bush, Meagan Tandy

The Loved Ones

Lola Stone asked Brent Mitchell to the prom, but Brent said no, and now he's screwed. What happens when Lola doesn't get what she wants? She enlists Daddy's help to throw a prom of her own, where she is queen and Brent is king — whether he likes it or not. The Loved Ones is what happens when puppy love goes horribly, violently wrong. Brent should have said yes….
Sean Byrne, Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, Victoria Thaine, Jessica McNamee, Richard Wilson, John Brumpton

Apartment 143

A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs, are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infra-red filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group's attempts to contact the "other side" will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return...
Rodrigo Cortés, Rick Gonzalez, Carles Torrens, Kai Lennox, Michael O'Keefe, Fiona Glascott, Gia Mantegna

Prometheus R

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Kate Dickie, Patrick Wilson, Michael Costigan, Damon Lindelof

The Tortured

Craig (Metcalfe) and Elise (Christensen) had all the ingredients for an ideal life: a great marriage, a wonderful five-year-old son, a charming home and a bright future. Then, on one sunny day, their perfect world is irrevocably shattered . Leaving their five year old son, Ben, alone for only a moment, Craig is horrified to see him being abducted from their own front yard. Sadly, the desperate police search for the kidnapper proves to be in vain when the child is found dead. Craig is wracked with guilt and Elise cannot forgive him. Their relationship crumbles under the strain and Elise moves out – leaving each of them alone in their private hell. Months later, a chance tip leads police to the suspect’s door, catching him red-handed with another victim. Although Ben’s murderer is soon brought to trial, the grieving parents are stunned when his sentence is considerably reduced by a plea bargain. Utterly shocked and reunited by their outrage, Craig and Elise agree that they cannot live another day until they rectify this miscarriage of justice. Together they decide to seek their own retribution, hatching a plot to kidnap the man and subject him to the same monstrous acts he perpetrated against their helpless son.
Carl Mazzocone, Erika Christensen, Rob Lieberman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Marek Posival, Jesse Metcalfe, Bill Moseley

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter R

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.
Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Rufus Sewell, Jim Lemley, Seth Grahame-Smith, Benjamin Walker

Mother's Day R

Three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. Mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons' escape, teaching the house's new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way.
Alexa Vega, Jay Stern, Scott Milam, Rebecca De Mornay, Darren Lynn Bousman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Brett Ratner

The Road

Tells the story of a twelve-year-old cold case that is reopened when three teenagers vanish while traversing an infamous and abandoned road. As investigators try to find leads to the whereabouts of the missing teens, they also unearth the road's gruesome past that spans two decades - a history of abduction, crimes and murders.
Yam Laranas, Aloy Adlawan, Carmina Villaroel, Rhian Ramos, TJ Trinidad

Lovely Molly R

When newlywed Molly Reynolds returns to her long-abandoned family home, frightful reminders of a nightmarish childhood begin seeping into her new life. She soon begins an inexorable descent into an evil that blurs the lines between psychosis and possession.
Lauren Lakis, Eduardo Sanchez, Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Jamie Nash, Alexandra Holden, Ken Arnold, Daniel Ross

Entrance NR

Explores the thin line between anxiety and naked horror in the life of Suzy (Suziey Block), a young woman in Los Angeles who can’t get comfortable in her own skin. A loner who wallows in nostalgia and finds herself wandering aimlessly through life in the city, she can’t shake the gnawing suspicion that a true menace grows just outside her field of vision. As she scrambles to take control of her life, her anxiety rises to a fever pitch that boils over into a waking nightmare.
Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath

Chernobyl Diaries R

The film follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an "extreme tour" guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone...
Carey Van Dyke, Brad Parker, Oren Peli, Brian Witten, Shane Van Dyke

The Cabin in the Woods R

The Cabin in the Woods storyline provides a new twist on a classic scenario -- in this case, five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods and bad things happen. Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford will play white-collar co-workers with a mysterious connection to the cabin.
Chris Hemsworth, Brian J. White, Drew Goddard, Jesse Williams, Joss Whedon, Bradley Whitford, Richard Jenkins, Fran Kranz

Detention

The film follows a group of teens who struggle to survive their senior year of high school when a slasher-movie killer seemingly comes to life.
Dane Cook, Spencer Locke, David Kang, Joseph Kahn, Mary-Ann Tanedo, Mark Palermo, Richard Weager, Josh Hutcherson

Playback R

While digging into their town’s infamous past, a group of high school students unwittingly unlock an even darker secret. Now, an evil spirit has been awakened and will stop at nothing to find his true heir.
Randall Emmett, Toby Hemingway, Michael A. Nickles, John Bennett, Larry Robbins, Johnny Pacar, Brooke Smith, Alessandra Torresani

Silent House R

Trapped in a nightmare, a young woman descends into madness.
Elizabeth Olsen, Haley Murphy, Adam Barnett, Chris Kentis, Laura Lau, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross

The Innkeepers R

After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) - are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most haunted hotels. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunters” begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel’s long unexplained history.
Ti West, Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok, Sara Paxton, Derek Curl, Pat Healy

Kill List

A group of soldiers, working as contractors, target a group of devil-worshippers.
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump, Michael Smiley, Neil Maskell

Beneath the Darkness R

After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the psychopathic killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
Dennis Quaid, Scott Mednick, Wilbur Penn, Martin Guigui, Ronnie Clemmer, Bruce Wilkinson, Aimee Teegarden, Tony Oller

The Devil Inside R

In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) confessing that she had brutally killed three people. 20 years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth) to cure her mom using unconventional methods combining both science and religion, they come face-to-face with pure evil in the form of four powerful demons possessing Maria.
Ionut Grama, William Brent Bell, Morris Paulson, Matthew Peterman, Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley

Don't Go in the Woods

A young band heads to the woods to get away from their everyday lives in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to walk away from the trip with new tunes that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension.
Soomin Lee, Vincent D'Onofrio, Sam Bisbee, Joe Vinciguerra, Eric Bogosian, Gwynn Galitzer, Jorgen Jorgensen, Tim Lajcik

Underworld: Awakening R

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.
John Hlavin, Kate Beckinsale, Charles Dance, J. Michael Straczynski, Michael Ealy, Bjorn Stein, Len Wiseman, Scott Speedman

The Wicker Tree R

Follows two evangelists from Texas who visit Scotland to spread the gospel. They encounter a local man practicing ancient magic with sinister motives.
Robin Hardy, Graham McTavish, Peter Watson-Wood, Peter Snell, Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett, Christopher Lee