There are exciting things happening in the horror movie world – including brand new, distinctively different ideas, refurbished classics and anticipated sequels. The genre has been suffering because horror movie fanatics are as critical about what makes a good fright as ever. Luckily, there are some movies set to release this year that just might make horror movie lovers everywhere proud, and set the bar for future attempters of the genre that is so difficult to master.
Unfriended – April 17
Described as a whole new genre of horror, the movie takes place almost entirely on a computer screen during video chats between friends. After a high school girl is cyberbullied relentlessly and a video of her is spread around the Internet, she kills herself. But even after death, she’s still curious as to who took that video.

 
Poltergeist – May 22
This reimagined version of the 1982 horror film looks much scarier than the original. After a family discovers their home is occupied by spirits, their interactions become foul when their daughter is taken from them.

 
Insidious: Chapter 3 – June 5
This film is set before the haunting we see of the Lambert family in the first and second films, and instead focuses on psychic Elise Rainier and how she uses her psychic gift to communicate with the dead and help a young girl targeted by a dangerous creature.
 

 
Sinister 2 – Aug. 21
In yet another sequel, a woman and her twin boys are set to move into the house once occupied by the Oswalt family. In the first movie, Ellison Oswalt is a crime writer, hoping to get some inspiration for a new book by moving his family into a house where a brutal slaughter occurred. The second seems to be a pretty similar plot, as another family moves into the same house. Rumor has it that the likable police officer, dubbed “Deputy So-And-So” from the first movie, will make an appearance as well.
(Trailer not released)
 
Regression – Aug. 28
Starring Emma Watson, David Thewlis (Harry Potter reunion!) and Ethan Hawke, this film is a bit of a mystery with an incredibly short trailer and a vague plot of: A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing. With the enthusing cast and the academy-award winning director Alejandro Amenábar (who directed the twisty horror film The Others) it should be a success.

 
Victor Frankenstein – Oct. 2
Another revamped remake, the story is told from the perspective of Igor (played by Daniel Radcliffe), Victor Frankenstein’s young assistant. We see Igor’s dark past and how he came to be not only the young medical student’s assistant but also his friend. We also see, from a new perspective, how Frankenstein became the legend we know today.
(Trailer not released)