Horror Movies 2012 List

With Winona Ryder • Martin Short • Tim Burton • Catherine O'Hara • John August • Christopher Lee • Don Hahn • Atticus Shaffer • Allison Abbate • Martin Landau • Robert Capron • Conchata Ferrell

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.

With Ti West • Adam Wingard • Sophia Takal • Matt Bettinelli-Olpin • Glenn McQuaid • Calvin Reeder • Lane Hughes • Kate Lyn Sheil • David Bruckner

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.

With Katrina Bowden • Jared Cohn • Randy Wayne

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.

With Ed Quinn • Stephen Rea • Steven Bauer • Ana Ularu • Louis Morneau • Guy Wilson • Nia Peeples

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.

With Scott Derrickson • Ethan Hawke • James Ransone • Jason Blum • Vincent D'Onofrio • C. Robert Cargill • Clare Foley • Fred Dalton Thompson • Michael Hall D'Addario • Juliet Rylance

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.

With Keith David • Roger Bart • Melanie Papalia • Shane Dawson • Michael Gallagher • Nikki Limo • Glasgow Phillips • Caitlin Gerard • Andrew James Allen • Toby Turner • Michael Traynor • Liza Weil • Jana Winternitz

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.

With Richard Harmon • John Poliquin • Dylan Playfair • Leanne Lapp • The Vicious Brothers • Sean Rogerson • Stephanie Bennett • Howard Lai

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.

With Jason Blum • Oren Peli • Katie Featherston • Zack Estrin • Kathryn Newton • Steven Schneider • Ariel Schulman • Matt Shively • Henry Joost • Akiva Goldsman • Brady Allen

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.

With Drew Rausch • Corey Grant • Rich McDonald

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.

With Jamie Lee Curtis • Nancy Loomis • Donald Pleasence • John Carpenter • Kyle Richards • Charles Cyphers • P.J. Soles

A theatrical re-release of John Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece.

With Radha Mitchell • Sean Bean • Don Carmody • Malcolm McDowell • Kit Harington • Carrie-Anne Moss • Deborah Kara Unger • Roger Avary • Michael J. Bassett • Adelaide Clemens

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.

With Jaume Balaguero • Luis Tosar • Alberto San Juan • Marta Clara

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.

With Ken Foree • Nathaniel Nose • Randall Godwin

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".