2012 Movies : Suspense

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 Ted Kotcheff

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant (Gary Bond), a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough Australian outback mining town of Bundanyabba, planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left.

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 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 Ted Kotcheff

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant (Gary Bond), a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough Australian outback mining town of Bundanyabba, planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left.

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.