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Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell
Director: Breck Eisner
Category: Horror
Rated: R

In this terrifying glimpse into the “American Dream” gone wrong, an unexplainable phenomenon has taken over the citizens of Ogden Marsh. One by one the townsfolk are falling victim to an unknown toxin and are turning sadistically violent. People who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives are now depraved, blood-thirsty killers. While Sheriff Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell), try to make sense of the escalating violence, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won’t let anyone in or out – even those uninfected. In this film that Pat Jankiewicz of Fangoria calls “disturbing,” an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for the few remaining survivors as they do their best to get out of town alive. Breck Eisner (Sahara) directs this suspenseful reinvention of the George A. Romero classic. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Joe Johnston
Category: Horror
Rated: R

Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins (“The Silence of the Lambs”) and Benicio Del Toro (“Traffic”) tear up the screen in this action-packed thriller. Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father (Hopkins), his brother’s grieving fiancee (Emily Blunt, “The Devil Wears Prada”) and a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector (Hugo Weaving, “The Matrix Trilogy”). When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death. Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, “The Wolfman” brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: **1/2 (out of four)
Rolling Stone: *1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Category: Horror
Rated: R

Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, when an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Category: Horror
Rated: R

Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other’s company. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star in this double-hitting, head-smashing comedy. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)

Overall: ***1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried
Director: Karyn Kusama
Category: Horror
Rated: R

Sexy temptress Megan Fox is hotter than hell as Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader who takes evil to a whole new level after she’s possessed by a sinister demon. Steamy action and gore galore ensue as the male student body succumbs to Jennifer’s insatiable appetite for human flesh. Now it’s up to her best friend (Amanda Seyfried) to stop Jennifer’s reign of terror before it’s too late. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: *** (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)