Best Horror Movies and Monster Films of 2012: Featuring New Trailers for "Dark Shadows" and "Piranha 3dd"
88Introduction
Who said horror and monster movies were dead in Hollywood? Not me. Hell, from doing quite a bit of research, it seems like we have a lot of horror and monster films on the horizon. Too many in fact. However, let's get started here shall we. As some of my readers know, I've taken the liberty to categorize my film previews this year in perspective categories, in hopes of helping my readers find the movies that best suits them. Unfortunately, this also means you might start to see some of these movies become placed in other preview hubs (i.e. Godzilla and Prometheus in "Science Fiction film previews of 2012" in addition to this one). This is done because some of these films do fall into other categories besides horror and monster, and I can't assume everyone that reads my previews on something like "Dramas and Independent films of 2012" will necessarily read my preview hub on "Comedies of 2012." Therefore, I have to go by the logic that all these hubs are being viewed by various people that didn't read the previous preview hubs...if that makes sense.
Like my normal preview hubs, you'll find each film with it's perspective plot synopsis and cast listings; while providing a trailer for them as well. Unfortunately, some of these films have yet to release a trailer, but I'll be updating this hub until December 31, 2011, so be sure to check here frequently.
Remember that release dates are subject to change, so be sure to check your local listings for details.
Update #1: In a bizarre twist of fate, "Piranha 3DD" has been delayed until 2012. Originally set to come out later this year, but Dimension films has suddenly decided to pull the plug on that plan, and pushed the movie until next year instead. No official word has come out to explain why it's delayed until next year, but I'll be sure to keep you posted in case anything changes.
Update #2: Unfortunately, Legendary Studios has pushed back production on the Godzilla reboot until 2014 according to imdb. Although there's no official explanation released by Warner Bros. or Legendary to explain this, but it's rumored that it has a lot to do with keeping within Legendary and WB's plans to only release so many block busters per year in order to keep from flooding the market with them all at once. I do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but I'll be sure to keep you posted if anything changes.
Update #3: In light of the recent success of "Paranormal Activity 3", Paramount executives have gone on record to say that there will be another sequel to this franchise after all. And with keeping with it's tradition of releasing a "Paranormal Activity" movie once every year since 2009, it looks like 2012 is certainly no exception to this rule.
Update #4: "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" has been delayed until 2013, due production delays.
Prometheus
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Damon Lindelof, Jon Spaihts
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace
Synopsis: 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.
Set to be a prequel to the popular "Alien" franchise before the days of Ripley.
Release Date: June 8, 2012
The Innkeepers
Director: Ti West
Writer: Ti West
Cast: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle, Alison Bartlett, Lena Dunham, Jake Ryan, John Speredakos
Synopsis: A horror-thriller centered on the last two employees at a haunted hotel that's going out of business.
Release Date: December 30, 2011 (Video on Demand); February 3, 2012 (theaters)
Paranormal Activity 4
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Writer: Oren Peli
Cast: Katie Featherston
Synopsis: Unfortunately, there's no official plot synopsis at this time, but since the last "Paranormal Activity" movie was a hit at the box office, it looks like we can expect another sequel coming next year, according to Paramount Executives. I do apologize that I don't have more information at this time, but I will be updating this hub once that information becomes available.
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Underworld Awakening
Directors: Bjorn Stein, Mans Marlind
Writers: Allison Burnett, John Hlavin, Danny McBride, Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Kris Holden-Ried
Synopsis: "Underworld Awakening" brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.
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.
Release Date: January 20, 2012
The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes
Directors: Daniel Farrands, Casey La Scala
Writers: Daniel Farrands, Casey La Scala
Cast: N/A
Synopsis: "The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes" showcases the events after the time of the original The Amityville Horror book and movie through found footage dating back to 1976. An ambitious female television news intern, on the verge of breaking the most famous haunted house case in the world, leads a team of journalists, clergymen and paranormal researchers into an investigation of the bizarre events that will come to be known as The Amityville Horror... only to unwittingly open a door to the unreal that she may never be able to close.
Release Date: January 27, 2012
The Woman in Black
Director: James Watkins
Writers: Susan Hill, Jane Goldman
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciaran Hinds, Roger Allam, Sophie Stuckey, David Burke, Shaun Dooley, Liz White, Victor McGuire, Sidney Johnston, Alisa Khazanova, Paul J. Dove, Mary Stockley, Alexia Osborne, Aoife Doherty
Synopsis: Young lawyer Arthur Kipps travels to a remote village to organize a recently deceased client's papers, where he encounters the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance.
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Hotel Transylvania
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writers: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, David I. Stern
Voice Cast: Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Cee-Lo, Fran Drescher, Miley Cyrus
Synopsis: Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The Cabin in the Woods
Director: Drew Goddard
Writers: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Chris Hemsworth, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Amy Acker, Kristen Connolly, Brian White, Anna Hutchison, Tom Lenk, Jodelle Ferland, Terry Chen, Richard Cetrone, Monique Ganderton, Chelah Horsdal
Synopsis: A group of friends at a cabin retreat scratch the surface of something so massive and horrific that they can only begin to fathom it as time quickly runs out.
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Frankenweenie
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Tim Burton, Leonard Ripps, John August
Voice Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Conchata Ferrell, Martin Short, Tom Kenny, Martin Landau, Robert Capron, Atticus Shaffer, James Hiroyuki Liao
Synopsis: When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.
The film is essentially a stop motion black and white animated film set to be a remake of the original 1984 short of the same name. Tim Burton coincidentally was involved in that film as well.
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Dark Shadows
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Seth Grahame-Smith, Dan Curtis
Cast: Johnny Depp, Chloe Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Synopsis: In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better...
Based on the popular TV series of the same name.
Release Date: May 11, 2012
The Becoming
Director: Geovanni Molina
Writer: Geovanni Molina
Cast: Geovanni Molina, Neil Orlikoff, Geretta Geretta, Dawn Andrews, Anastasia Kuzu, Buddy Howard, Matthew Molina, Chance Molina, Evelyn Jimenez, Megan Rosetti, Jonathan Windt, Lee Geiger, Jessica Guadix, Heidi Rae, Frenchi Dourbecker
Synopsis: This world we call earth experiences an evil Darkness. For the powers of the spirit world are alive. This story is based on ancient time scrolls that have been hidden through time .the story of fallen angels that have become demons, which we call vampires. How can any spiritual being possess so much cruelty and hate,that they are willing to KILL and possess innocent human beings in ways that our minds could not imagine.This could only tell us, that there is an evil force lurking among us. some call him LUCIFER or SATAN ,Gods chosen angel that betrayed him and lured a third of the angels with him to earth to control the PAIN, SUFFERING, TORTURE, HATE, and DEATH in this world.But he must first sacrifice the child that was born on 6-6-2006 to open the gateway to his kingdom.
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Seth Grahame-Smith, Simon Kinberg
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Synopsis: President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
Release Date: June 22, 2012
John Dies at the End
Director: Don Coscarelli
Writers: Don Coscarelli, David Wong
Cast: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Doug Jones, Clancy Brown
Synopsis: It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Writer: Michael J. Bassett
Cast: Sean Bean, Malcolm McDowell, Carrie-Ann Moss, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Kit Harington, Heather Marks, Adelaide Clemens
Synopsis: Heather Mason and her father 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.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Stoker
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writers: Wentworth Miller, Erin Cressida Wilson
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Ralph Brown, Alexa Nikolas, Alden Ehrenreich
Synopsis: A teenage girl mourning the death of her father deals with an uncle who mysteriously shows up to meet the family.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Suspiria
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer(s): N/A
Cast: N/A
Synopsis: A remake of Dario Argento's 1977 cult horror pic "Suspiria." The film is about a newcomer to a fancy ballet academy who gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Mama
Director: Andres Muschietti
Writers: Andres Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Synopsis: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years.... but how alone were they?
Release Date: TBA 2012
The Devil's Mile
Director: Joseph O'Brien
Writers: Joseph O'Brien, Mark Opausky
Cast: David Hayter, Franke Moore, Maria del Mar, Shara Kim, Craig Porritt, Samantha Wan, Casey Hudecki, Amanda Joy Lim
Synopsis: A relentlessly-paced hybrid of gritty crime thriller and Lovecraftian supernatural horror, The Devil's Mile follows a trio of kidnappers who take an ill-advised detour en route to deliver their hostages - two teenage girls - to their mysterious and powerful employer. When they accidentally kill one of the girls during a botched escape attempt, their simmering mistrust explodes into shocking violence. But what they thought was their worst case scenario is only the beginning, as they are engulfed by the hellish forces that haunt the road - a road they realize they may never escape. Now captors and captive must fight together to escape the monstrous forces pursuing them and somehow survive... THE DEVIL'S MILE.
Release Date: TBA 2012
The Lords of Salem
Director: Rob Zombie
Writer: Rob Zombie
Cast: Sherri Moon Zombie, Marvin Duerkholz, Clint Howard
Synopsis: Residents of Salem, Massachusetts are visited by a 300-year-old coven of witches.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Resident Evil: Retribution
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller, Ali Larter, Sienna Guillory
Synopsis: Alice fights alongside a resistance movement in the continuing battle against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Dark Moon
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Cast: N/A
Synopsis: The project takes on the idea that manned moon missions did not stop with Apollo 17 and follows a black ops post-Apollo mission sent to the moon to explore previously classified discoveries and its unintended and disturbing consequences. The film will tell the story in the "found footage" format.
Release Date: September 28, 2012
The Letters
Director: Todd Fjelsted
Writers: Todd Fjelsted, Ellen Gilchrist
Cast: Alexis Bledel, Jon Paul Phillips
Synopsis: Coastal California, 1978. To the horror of his pregnant wife, a bright young teacher begins to unravel after the suicide of his wayward twin brother.
Release Date: TBA 2012
World War Z
Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Max Brooks, Matthew Michael Carnahan, J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Brad Pitt, Bryan Cranston, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos, David Andrews, Elyes Gabel, Abigail Hargrove, Julia Levy-Boeken, Mustafa Harris, Katrina Vasilieva, Peter Basham, John Gordon Sinclair, James Cotter, Okezie Morro
Synopsis: A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z.
Based on the novel, "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War", by Max Brooks
Release Date: December 21, 2012
The Cheerleaders Must Die!
Director: Zeke Pinheiro
Writers: Curtis Andersen, Zeke Pinheiro
Cast: Shirly Brener, Griff Furst, Maysen Michaels, James St. Vincent
Synopsis: The cheerleaders of Armadillo High party hard and cheer harder but they feud amongst themselves more than with rival teams. Things really heat up with the arrival of the new girl, Tammi, who, unbeknown to anyone, has ties to their town's dark past. That past rears its gory head on a team-building trip to cheer camp. Now the girls have to fight for their lives against a sadistic bloodthirsty killer with one purpose: Cheerleaders must die.
Release Date: December 13, 2012
The App Killer
Director: Pau Maso
Writers: Pau Maso, David Szymanski
Cast: Hakan Yildiz, Rick Dawson, Pau Maso, Simon Brading, Ewelina Lukaszewska, Irene Gonzalez, Tonia Marie Passow, Rodrigo Fraga, Laura Altesa, Emily Lawson, Eva Gonzalez, Silvia Valverde
Synopsis: Set in the city of Barcelona, a large group of friends who are mainly international students and interns, starts to vanish little by little. It will be up to a person to put the pieces together to find out what's going on.
Release Date: November 23, 2012
Halloween 3-D
Director: Patrick Lussier
Writers: Todd Farmer, John Carpenter, Rob Zombie
Cast: Morgane Slemp
Synopsis: Originally set to come out in October 2011, but the Weinstein Company ran out of money in 2010, so they were forced to post pone it for another year. Now, it's allegedly set to be released in October of 2012, and it's going to be shot in 3-D as well. There's no official word on what the plot of this movie will be about, but I'll definitely post it up here later once it becomes available. I apologize again for any inconvenience.
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Warning: This Trailer Contains Graphic Images and Violence that May Not Be Suitable to Younger Viewers. Parental Discretion is Advised
Bunnyman 2
Director: Carl Lindbergh
Writer: Carl Lindbergh
Cast: Marshal Hilton, Maria Olsen, Jamie Bernadette, Stephanie Beran, Stefanie Estes, Julianne Dowler, Lindsey Leino, Heather Daley, Sarah Newswanger, David Scott, Jennifer June Ross, Joshua Lang, Jeffrey Zukowski, Kelly Erin Decker
Synopsis: As of right now, there's no official plot synopsis released about this sequel. I do apologize for the inconvenience, but I will be adding it here once it becomes available. However, if it helps, the last movie was about a sadistic serial killer that hunted down people while wearing a bunny costume. No, I'm not kidding, as this is literally what the film was about... One can only presume we can expect more of the same in this sequel.
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Opious
Director: Sheila Ryan
Writer: Sheila Ryan
Cast: Jeremiah Sayys, Remy Ryan, Sean Ryan, William A. Robertson, Kit Williamson, Julie Van, John Halbach, Marcy Heartsong, Carlo Mendez, Martin Yribarren, Stacia Rader Price, Toni Rader Price, Frederik Wiedmann, Hyesu Yang
Synopsis: When a group of ghost hunters arrive to investigate a said to be haunted inn, they stumble upon a journal belonging to Arrlington Mason, the leader of a cult called OPIOUS. The ghost hunters then must close a portal from hell, that's accidentally opened, before the sun rises the next morning. But doing so wont be easy.
Release Date: October 25, 2012
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3-D
Director: John Luessenhop
Writers: Kirsten Elms, Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, Stephen Susco
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Scott Eastwood, Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Paul Rae, Heidi Montag, James MacDonald, Bill Moseley, Dodie Brown, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Richard Riehle, Gunnar Hansen, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Michael Patrick Rogers, Scott A. Martin, David Born, John Dugan, Ritchie Montgomery, Sue Rock, Elena Sanchez, Roni Hummel, Dan Yeager, Troy Harris, Brandon Noack, Pamela Van Zandt
Synopsis: A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance; little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-yielding killer is part of the reward.
Release Date: October 5, 2012
ParaNorman
Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Writer: Chris Butler
Voice Cast: Leslie Mann, Anna Kendrick, John Goodman, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Casey Affleck, Jodelle Ferland, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Bernard Hill, Jeff Garlin, Tempestt Bledsoe, Elaine Stritch, Tucker Albrizzi
Synopsis: A misunderstood boy who can speak with the dead, takes on ghosts, zombies and moronic grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Slash
Director: Rycke Foreman
Writers: Rycke Foreman, Jeremy Orr
Cast: Holly Madison, Todd Farmer, Megan Lee Joy, Paul London, Natalie Taylor, Joseph Snyder-Kloos, Clare Grant, Jillian Murray
Synopsis: Cade Victor just wants to distance himself from a fatal confrontation between his controlling step-brother "Trench" Sickert and Trench's father, instead focusing on his stage-acting career and on his new love interest, Jillian Eddowes. But with Cade's current murder mystery--in which he plays a killer known as The Ripper--just days from opening, snarky lead actress Polly Nichols abandons the production, opening a spot for Kathy Eddowes, Jillian's sister and Trench's girlfriend. However, moments later, someone with a grudge dons The Ripper's costume, stalking and killing Polly with the unique Thorn Ax before she can leave. In the meantime, Trench is fascinated by a local serial killer and begins sharing violent fantasies with Cade, bullying him to participate in his dark dreams. Cade passively plays along, until Trench devises a plot to kill Cade's fellow actors during a staged "murder" sequence...
Release Date: July 29, 2012
Delta of the Dead 7: The Lost Medallion
Director: Michael Heimark
Writers: Michael Heimark, Christian Brabrand
Cast: Michael Heimark, Alexander Heimark, Jonas Ibsen
Synopsis: Chino, a zealous cameraman, gathers a film crew and sets out to do a film on the disappearance of an expedition into the Amazon jungle. But what they find is pure evil.
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Warning: Video Contains Adult Situations, Suggestive Scenes, Sexual References, Language, and References to Potty humor. Parental Discretion is Advised
Crack Whore
Director: Lance Polland
Writer: Lance Polland
Cast: Kristina Page, David C. Hayes, Emilee Wilson, Paul Gonzalez, Steven Richards, Chris Staviski, Mary Shaffo, Christopher Raff, Julianne Tura, Mac Hinkle, Shane Andrew, George Troester
Synopsis: The story of a Crack addicted prostitute named Honey. A girl who goes to a party out in the desert where she falls victim to drugs and gang rape. Spoon feeding herself crack, Honey decides to settle the score. Armed with only a switchblade and her alluring body, Honey's full scale revenge on these hillbillies is nothing but bloody.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Noirland
Director: Ramzi Abed
Writer: Ramzi Abed
Cast: James Duval, Twink Caplan, Lorielle New, Lloyd Kaufman, Rena Riffel
Synopsis: A catatonic serial killer is put under a deep hypnosis in order to free his last victim, and revive him into coming to terms with the sadistic sexual acts he is responsible for. An amnesiac detective searching for a serial killer, finds out he is the prime suspect. Criminal psychiatrists and psychologists watch and listen to the mysteries unfold.
Release Date: May 2012
House at the End of the Street
Director: Mark Tonderai
Writers: Eduardo Gordon, David Loucka
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot
Synopsis: A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Warning: This Video Contains Gore, Violence, and Disturbing images that may not be suitable to younger viewers. Parental Discretion is Advised.
Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation
Director: Jeff Broadstreet
Writers: Jeff Broadstreet, Robert Valding
Cast: Andrew Divoff, Jeffrey Combs, Sarah Lieving, Robin Sydney, Adam Chambers
Synopsis: After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Darkest Night
Director: Noel Tan
Writer: Russ Williams
Cast: DJ Perry, Issa Litton, Anne Gauthier, Nic Campos, Jill Palencia, Zeny Sevilla, Justin Hoong-Fai Chan
Synopsis: "Darkest Night" has its roots in horror styles and moods from many eastern and western traditions. Filmed in a "found video and documentary" style, "Darkest Night" depicts a family holiday reunion at an isolated home in the Sagada Mountains. The family's celebration is shattered by bizarre, supernatural and tragic terrors no one can explain. This film is a psychological horror story with intense family drama, suspense, action and shock.
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Chronicle
Director: Josh Trank
Writers: Max Landis, Josh Trank
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, James DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Alex Russell, Anna Wood, Joe Vaz, Matthew Dylan Roberts, Luke Tyler
Synopsis: Three friends who gain superpowers from a mysterious substance turn on one another when personal problems arise.
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Blood Reign
Director: Daniella Garcia
Writers: Daniella Garcia, Charles Singletary
Cast: Nicole Axelrod, Bethany Tiller, Tara Nicole Azarian, Cody Sulek, William J. Harrison
Synopsis: Two women trained by the fangs of Dracula attempt to live in modern day society.
Release Date: January 15, 2012
The Possession
Director: Ole Bornedal
Writers: Leslie Gornstein, E.L. Katz, Kevin Mannis, Juliet Snowden, Stephen Susco, Stiles White
Cast: Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Grant Show
Synopsis: A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Haunted Poland
Directors: Pau Masó, Ewelina Lukaszewska
Writer(s): N/A
Cast: Pau Masó, Ewelina Lukaszewska, Irene Gonzalez, Dominik Lukaszewski
Synopsis: A couple travel to Poland but find themselves disturbed by an evil force when the girl returns to her home town where she once played a Ouija board.
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Jerome High's Scream Team
Director: John Swider
Writer: Jim Jackson
Cast: Claire Garrett, Julie Anne Doan, David Joseph Martinez, Michelle West
Synopsis: Five failing high school seniors (circa 1955) must write a short screenplay over the weekend for their English teacher in order to graduate from high school the following week. After class they decide to spend that Friday evening (the 13th) together at a farmhouse in rural "Jerome," Louisiana to write the perfect script. Easy enough until they eat a homemade pizza on the way accidently covered with 'Silly Shy Ben' (psilocybin) mushrooms. Confused and lost, they wind up at an old 'gothic' church that appears in the middle of nowhere in a terrible rainstorm which unknown to them is a portal into hell. There they come into contact with their English teacher in a devilish form who intoduces them to potential death and the horrors of hell.
Release Date: TBA 2012
Boneboys
Directors: Duane Graves, Justin Meeks
Writers: Kim Henkel, Jonathan Swift
Cast: Edwin Neal, Marilyn Burns, Derek Lee Nixon
Synopsis: A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh - dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Girl Scout Cookies
Director: Bobby Jones
Writer: Bobby Jones
Cast: Jessica Cameron, Kaylee Williams, Monique Gata Dupree, Melanie Robel, Seregon O'Dassey, Frances Manzo, Brandon Van Vliet, Pete Duffy, Reno Ministrelli, Mark Cray, Shannon McDonough, Laura Mixon, Erica Soto, Landyn Banx, Callan Korpi
Synopsis: 6 couples head into the woods of Northern Minnesota looking for a weekend of fun, romance and camping. But instead of enjoying the warm waters and each others company they end up forced into a game of life and death where it's kill or be killed.
Release Date: January 2012
Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Director: N/A
Writer(s): N/A
Cast: Jackie Earle Haley
Synopsis: After the 2010 Nightmare On Elm Street Remake ended the 2012 picks up 5 months after the ending. And follows the characters lives as in college everyone tries to move on. But the psyhcopathical killer returns after three students go to sleep the dreams begin again by singing the song in their heads and the visions begin again. Since then everyone has him in their dreams once again. How will Freddy be stopped? Nightmare On Elm Street II coming in 2012
Release Date: TBA 2012
Piranha 3DD
Director: John Gulager
Writers: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Ving Rhames, David Hasselhoff, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Gary Busey, Chris Zylka, Chelan Simmons, David Koechner, Paul Scheer, Cody Kennedy, Elise Neal, Sam Jones III, Clu Gulager, Jean-Luc Bilodeau
Synopsis: After the events at Lake Victoria, the pre-historic school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into a newly opened waterpark.
Release Date: TBA 2012
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I pretty much feel the exact same way about most of these movies listed. However, i definitely want to see how the new "godzilla" movie turns out. Of course, the other movies that I'm looking forward to are "Woman in black", "Frankenweenie", "hotel transylvania", and "Dark Shadows." All the other horror and monster movies listed here, I could care less if I see it or not. Although, some of these horror movies sound a bit ridiculous if you ask me like "Crack Whore", "Bunnyman 2", "The Cheerleaders Must Die", and "Girl Scout Cookies." lol. Oh well. to each their own. Anyway, thanks for stopping by. :)
when i saw the trailer and poster of Crack Whore i thought that Megan Fox was the main actress because of the similar looks....to bad she isn't. or is that going to far?
lol. Now that you mention it, you're right. That girl in the movie does pay a striking resemblance to her. I can't believe I didn't realize that until you just said it. lol. Maybe she's acting in that movie using an alias name, as she's too ashamed to admit that she went from starring in a blockbuster franchise like "Transformers" to what looks like a soft core pornographic horror comedy that is "Crack Whore." lol. (joke)
glad that i can point it out lol
Wow you certainly did a lot of research and I;m glad you did, I'm really looking forward to all of these awesome looking movies!!! Great hub!
These movies seem to range from horror to horrible. Hotel translyvania and Hansel n gredal seemed to be targeted for kids. Underworld series is good but I see no reason for it to be in 3-D.
the "Found Footage gimmick is getting old. I am a bit confused about Promethus. Didn't Ridley Scott almost ruin the Alien franchise with his Alien on a prison planet clap-trap? Lets not give him another shot please.
I am looking forward to Dark Shadows and Resident Evil.
I can not wait for World War Z, Prometheus, and the new Amityville Horror movie. The others i might just wait for on blu-ray. Good stuff, looks like 2012 has a promising line up on films. great work. voted up and interesting.
@nickalooch
lol.
@Jennuhlee
Thanks Jennuhlee. I'm glad you liked the hub, and I hope you enjoy the movies whenever you get a chance to see them. :)
@ruffyrider
Well, I don't know if I'd say that "Hansel and Gretal" are geared towards kids, as I heard it's supposed to be more of an action horror film along the lines of "Resident Evil." I just got the cute kiddy pic because no official poster for it is available for the movie yet. However, I do agree with you that "Hotel Transylvania" does sound more like a family film just by reading the premise of it.
As for Underworld, I don't disagree either. I just think the only reason they're doing it is because they want to try to cash in on the 3d craze in hollywood right now. kind of sad really.
And you're right, the lost footage gimmick is getting old, but leave it to Hollywood to milk something until it dies. lol.
As for "Prometheus", I just hope it's better than the last few "Alien" movies, as it seems the franchise sort of went down hill since "Aliens" came out. Not saying the other ones flat out sucked, but they were hardly on the same level of quality of the first two.
As for Resident Evil and Dark Shadows, I'm actually looking forward to "Dark Shadows" a lot because I know Tim Burton is directing it, and it features two great actors in Johnny Depp and Chloe Moretz, so you know you'll see a great film. Still not sure about Resident Evil though, but I'll probably end up seeing it anyway. lol.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by again Ruffyrider. :)
@fullerman5000
Well I have to admit that "World War Z" does sound kind of interesting. I never would've pegged Brad Pitt to want to star in a zombie film, but it should be a good movie. Anyway, thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us fullerman, and for reading my hub. :)
Oh, I've gotta see "Crack Whore"!!! It appears to be gross out squared. Anyway, who said horror films are dead? They seem to make more of those than any other genre, including romantic comedies, equally sickening perhaps. Very good job, dude. Thanks. Later!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked the preview hub. To be honest, I actually want to see "Crack Whore" too for some weird reason. It doesn't look like the typical normal movie that I would want to see, but the premise of it sounds so horrendously stupid that I can't help but feel like I have to watch it for curiosity's sake. lol. Anyway, thanks for stopping by.
piranha 3dd is awesome!!!! always love the dead movies no matter how many they do! Underworld and resident evil are good but there very similar and rip each other off. Halloween is awesome with rob zombie much better then the original and world war z sounds awesome as well. Another great hub!
Thanks Grimlock. I'm glad you liked the hub. To be honest, I just barely found out that "Piranha 3DD" was being delayed until next year when I saw that teaser they showed on spike. It should be interesting to see how it turns out. lol.
Excellent list. I'd like to watch the second Piranha movie.
they delayed Piranha 3dd probably to get some more "assets"
@blaise25
Thanks Blaise. I'm glad you like it, and I hope you enjoy the new film when it comes out. :)
@nickalooch
lol. Yeah, I think that probably is the exact reason why too, but they don't want to admit that publicly though, as I'm sure they don't want to seem sexist. lol.
ParaNorman? sounds like a SciFi movie. or an SNL skit. or like something i wont be seeing lol
lol. I don't know. I think it might be good, as I heard it's made by the same guys that made "coraline", so it might be pretty good. Besides, it has to be better than half of the films listed here. lol.
Miley Cyrus is Dracula's daughter just cracked me up. i'm still laughing five minutes later
lol. Yeah, I felt the exact same way when I heard about this bit of news too. lol.
chronicle looks awesome!!! Amityville really those movies suck!
I can see myself watching most of these movies, even the direct to video one and there are many. Well, maybe not the Miley Cyrus one, I have an aversion to her an The Bieber, but the others, yes please.
Thank you so much for the list. Voted up.
@optimus
lol. I wouldn't know. I never seen anything to do with the Amityville stuff, but I heard supposedly this one will be shot the same way that "Paranormal Activity" was shot; where they're going off the whole "found lost tapes" gimmick if you know what i mean. lol. Not sure how that will work, but i guess we'll find out next year.
As for chronicle, I have to say that I agree with you there. To be honest, I originally thought it was some sort of superhero movie when I read the premise of it on imdb, but after seeing the trailer, i can definitely see how it can be a horror movie instead. Although, I'm not sure if i'll see it in theaters or not, but it does look interesting. Anyway, thanks for stopping by grimlock
@vmartinezwilson
lol. That's cool. I'm with you on the whole Bieber and Cyrus thing, as I've never been a fan of theirs to begin with. Anyway, I'm glad you like the list though, and I hope you enjoy all the movies that you see on here that you liked. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us. :)
Wow you certainly did a lot of research and I;m glad you did, I'm really looking forward to all of these awesome looking movies!!!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked the list. :)
"Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" looks like a hoot. And I'm a sucker for anything "Amityville," even though most of the films made from the story have been terrible.
I gotta say, most of these look pretty decent. I LOVED the book, John Dies at the End. The movie is at Sundance soon, and will be epic. Prometheus is Ridley Scott's third Sci-Fi, and I expect it to be at the same level as Blade Runner and Alien.
@fatfreddycat
I don't disagree with you there about "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter", as it sounds like an interesting film. I'm just curious to see how well the movie ties itself to actual historical events involving Lincoln while still making it a horror movie about vampires. Anyway, thanks for stopping by to check out my hub. :)
@gregdinskisk
That's cool. To be honest, I never read the book, "John Dies At the End", but it does look promising from looking at the trailer. Plus, I'm kind of curious to see how well "Prometheus" will turn out, and if whether or not it'll tie it's story line in with the "Aliens vs predator" story arc as well, or it'll just ignore it completely. However, it should be interesting. Anyway, thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts with us, and giving us the inside scoop about "John Dies At the End" appearing at sundance. :)
Lots of good ones coming out. Many should make lists like http://www.filmcrave.com/list_top_movie.php?yr=201 for the best of 2012. Nice write up.
Yeah, that's true. there's a lot of good films that are coming out on the horizon. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, and proving a link to filmcrave, as i like to check out that site too. :)
Hmm ok first thing here is that the trailer for Abraham Lincoln the vampire hunter you used here is not the trailer for the movie , just the book. That being said, i find it quite interesting that so many horror movies are going to come out this(even though some of them are actually b movies). I like the way you took time to present your list with detail
Peace!!
I know the "Abraham Lincoln" one isn't the trailer for the movie, but I just liked the book trailer so much that i decided to use it in it's place. Besides, the movie doesn't have any trailers at this time. However, I do appreciate you stopping by, as I'm glad you liked the hub. :)
im most def looking forward to the silent hill movie and the resident evil movie.... im a huge fan of both games and the movies so this is going to be a good year for movies i think :)
Yeah, you might be right. Although I can't say im a huge fan of the movie and game franchises that you speak of, but it should be really exciting to see these movies. :)
You have an incredible list. I'm the ultimate scare-me-so-badly-I'm-afraid-to-go-to-sleep-alone movie fan. You have movies I haven't even heard of but will definitely find and watch. Great Hub, thanks for the movie info.
Your welcome, and thank you for stopping by to check out my preview hub. :)
Horror is my favorite movie genre and I had no idea so many are coming out soon! I will be avoiding the Woman in Black though because it has been my favorite ghost story BOOK for years. Afraid the movie will alter my imagination of the characters and story. Highly recommend the book! I will be watching for some of the others you mentioned. Really thorough and informative HUB on an interesting topic.
Thanks SopranoRocks. I'm glad you liked the hub. I should be updating it though within the next few days now that my oscar predictions are over with, so be sure to come back soon. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, as it was a pleasure meeting you. :)
It's looking like the best year in horror in a long time - World War Z and Cabin in the Woods being the two I'm most looking forward to watching in 2012. I'll probably alsoend up watching yet another Paranormal Activity film, even though they're pretty much all the same. The success of Woman in Black, The Devil Inside and Chronicle gets horror off to a good start - I just hope some of them manage to make it to my top movie list at the end of the year and on http://www.filmcrave.com/list_top_movie.php?yr=201
Yeah, it definitely looks that way. I never realized how many horror movies that were on the horizon until I put this hub together. Anyway, thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts with us.
Are you kidding me........ my name is London Knight. I am the 2ed leading expert in America to date. I have the true crime photos from Amity Ville. and documents. I have talk to Defoe. I have been in the paranormal field for 16 years of my life. and worked on some of the most well know cases out there, this was not then nor will it ever be a demon cases. you guys truly need to read my book and see the crime photos for your self's on the Amity Ville case. let the town and the dead rest in piece.
please do not get me wrong I love horror , hell i due horror books. but some times the dead is best left alone.and Amity Ville, well the truth of it is just this. Defeo was a mad man. with a lust for drugs and money. a cold blooded killer. nothing more.
You are aware this is just a preview hub for movies coming out this year...right?
innersmiff Level 3 Commenter 8 months ago
I'm really looking forward to Godzilla now that I know Gareth Edwards is directing. I was really impressed with what he did with 'Monsters' and I'm liking the noises coming from the producers. The rest I can take or leave, unless I see a particularly good review.