Horror Movies

The origins of the demonically possessed that inhabit the apartment building from the first two [REC] movies is explained in this prequel from director Paco Plaza, one of the two co-directors of the series. His twice-over collaborator, Jaume Balaguero, returns to helm [REC] Apocalypse, the conclusion to the first-person action/horror franchise. Diego Martin and Leticia Dolera star. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Busty stripper Rena (Aora Aoi) and her fellow dancers fend off hordes of flesh-eaters after lap-dancing Gothic-Lolita Maria reads an ancient incantation that unleashes a terrifying zombie plague. Adapted from Rei Mikamoto's popular manga by director Takao Nakano (Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A convicted pedophile escapes from jail and embarks on a vicious murder spree, killing the jury-members who sentenced him to a lifetime behind bars and collecting their faces as gruesome trophies. When Leonard Karlsson, Jr. arrived in his new home of concrete and steel, his fellow inmates beat him so badly that his face was horribly disfigured. No one ever suspected that Karlsson could ever walk free again, but now he's back on the outside, and looking for revenge. Upon returning to the town where his trial was held, Karlsson delivers a death sentence to the twelve men and women who previously sealed his fate. Local waitress Claire Norris (Emily Hardy) was on that jury, and she's determined not to wind up on Karlsson's growing list of victims. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Young drag racers Jared, Rick, Kate and Jessica fight a killer in a wreckage yard after their car breaks down. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The war horror hybrid War of the Dead focuses on a platoon of American and Finnish soldiers who, after an ill-advised battle, soon find themselves on the run from soldiers they've already killed. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Jasin and his lover Caleb battle an army of immortal foes when Demetrius builds up a bloodsucking brood, and declares all-out war. Now, in order to remain together for all eternity, Jasin and Caleb must battle not only Jasin's embittered ex Tara, but an onslaught of vampire boxers as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Kate Beckinsale returns to the Underworld film series for the fourth installment, which finds fierce vampire Selene (Beckinsale) escaping captivity and taking up arms against humans after mankind discovers the existence of vampires and lycans, and launches a massive war aimed at wiping out the creatures of the night. Stephen Rea and Michael Ealy co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

An ambitious young filmmaker is plunged into the twisted mind of a celebrated horror author as the pair collaborates on a film so frightening that it could consume them both body and soul. 25 year old Alessio Rinaldi has just been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime; best-selling writer Ubaldo Terzani is about to scripting his latest horror film and a producer has just recruited Rinaldi to help form the story. In order to work more efficiently, Rinaldi moves in with Terzani. Meanwhile, as the nervous up and comer gets a glimpse into his collaborator's dark, vast imagination, the walls of sanity quickly begin to crumble. As his fractured psyche begins to slip, Rinaldi must free himself of Terzani's malevolent grasp before sanity becomes a distant memory. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A widowed lawyer travels to a secluded village on an important assignment, and encounters a vengeful ghost with mysterious motives. After losing his beloved wife in childbirth, young barrister Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) was nearly consumed by grief. A haunted widower father, he raises his young son with the help of his devoted nanny. Arthur is on the verge of losing his job when an important client of the firm dies, and his boss offers him one last opportunity to prove his worth by settling the woman's affairs. Determined to succeed, Arthur travels to the remote village and receives a chilly welcome. Something horrible once happened here, and it seems that the locals are determined to ensure Arthur never finds out what it was. Now, the more time Arthur spends in his client's crumbling estate, the more aware he becomes of a presence that isn't quite human. In this house dwells a woman's ghost. In life she lost something precious, and now in death she'll do whatever it takes to get it back. Until she does, her spectral presence will serve as a harbinger of doom, always to be followed by the death of an innocent. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A terrifying urban legend returns with a vengeance when a group of curious teens venture into the woods in search of a little fun. According to local legend, a witch who dwells in a derelict house deep in the woods stalks the moonlit nights in search of children to eat. The only way to protect yourself from her wrath is to throw a stone at the side of the house, but if that stone breaks a window you're next on her list. Later, as the sound of broken glass echoes through the trees, the hungry hag comes out to feast. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Robert H. Lieberman directs this thriller following a revenge-obsessed couple who take justice into their own hands when their child's murderer manages to plea bargain his way into a light sentence. Before long, the devastated parents have conspired to kidnap the killer and force him to suffer for his sins. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

A curious young woman sneaks into a derelict movie theater and experiences six tales of Grand Guignol terror in this horror anthology featuring contributions by Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, Jeremy Kasten, Richard Stanley, David Gregory, Douglas Buck, and Karim Hussain. As the sinister host (Udo Kier) emerges to introduce the show, the screen flickers to life and the terror begins to build. In Buddy Giovinazzo's "I Love You," a bewildered man (Andre M. Hennicke) awakens with a gruesome hand injury and a debilitating case of amnesia, and he endures a brutal verbal onslaught from his unfaithful wife (Suzan Anbeh). Marital troubles continue when an abusive husband gets his gruesome comeuppance in Tom Savini's "Wet Dreams," and an anthropologist (Shane Woodward) and his frivolous partner (Victoria Maurette) encounter an enigmatic witch (Catriona MacColl) who casts a seductive spell before making a grotesque transformation in Richard Stanley's "The Mother of Toads." Hopelessly depressed after being rejected by his gorgeous girlfriend Estelle (Lindsay Goranson), portly sugar addict Greg (Guilford Adams) discovers that you really are what you eat in David Gregory's "Sweets," and a female serial killer seeking to preserve the tragic memories of society's outcasts finds an unusual means of doing so in Karim Hussain's "Vision Stains." Elsewhere, in Douglas Buck's "The Accident," a mother searches for the words to comfort her traumatized young daughter after the pair witness the sudden death of a friendly motorcyclist. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Special-effects artist D. Kerry Prior makes his feature directorial debut with this oddball horror comedy concerning a fallen soldier who joins the ranks of the living dead, and embarks on a vigilante mission to rid the streets of human scum. Bart Gregory (David Anders) has just died -- so why is he still up and walking around? The only person Bart can turn to is his best friend Joey (Chris Wylde), and before long the two pals have surmised that Bart needs human blood in order to survive, and he requires a steady supply of the red stuff. Unfortunately, most folks are fairly protective of their own plasma, so Bart and Joey are forced to get creative. Convinced that no one will miss the drug dealers and killers who have transformed the city into a swirling cesspool of crime and vice, the twosome decide to do law enforcement a favor by cleaning up the streets while collecting the precious blood needed to keep poor Bart from withering away into dust. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi