Top 2. 0 Best Horror Movies Of 2. Lets take a look at the best horror movies of 2. The scary list features the usual mix of sequels Wolf Creek 2, adaptations Horns and original fare Oculus. Although oddly there hasnt been a single prominent remake this year. It has been a good one for indies. Open Grave. Starring Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann. Chances are the horror movies youve seen are actually fairly normal when compared to these. Director Gonzalo Lpez Gallego. Released January 3, 2. US Dates A man Copley wakes up in a huge pit of dead bodies with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Fleeing the scene, he breaks into a nearby house and is met at gunpoint by a group of strangers all suffering from the same memory loss. The group tries to piece together clues about their identities, but when they encounter a deadly threat theyll have to figure out the whole picture before its too late Think Agatha Christie meets The Last of Us, in fairly uninspired hands. It does a good job of creating mystery by posing intriguing questions, the first 4. But as the characters are there only to serve the mystery plotting they come off flat and lifeless. Romantic Horror Movies Heavy Metal ' title='Romantic Horror Movies Heavy Metal ' />When you dont know who anyone is until virtually the last five minutes, its hard to care too much about their fates. As Above, So Below. Starring Ben Feldman, Perdita Weeks, Edwin Hodge, Josh Kervarec. Director John Erick Dowdle. L. A. Times entertainment news from Hollywood including event coverage, celebrity gossip and deals. View photo galleries, read TV and movie reviews and more. Buy Movies on DVD View our list of most popular movies at Movies Unlimited. Dont forget to also check out our running lists of The Best Documentaries of 2017, The Best Horror Movies of 2017, and The Best TV Shows of 2017. Why wait. Released August 1. Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris. When a team of explorers venture into the uncharted maze of bones they uncover the deadly secret of the city of the dead. Descending into madness and terror they will be forced confront their sins head on or be extinguished. From the writer and director of the not great Quarantine. The director took a step up with the underrated Devil. Here they are back to found footage and fighting to avoid the cliches that go with it. Lifting heavily from The Descent and 2. Catacombs, mixed with a bit of Tomb Raider, this does well on atmosphere and scares. In Service Of Nothing Online English. Your enjoyment probably depends on whether REC underground sounds appealing or tired at this stage. Wolf Creek 2. Starring John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn. Director Greg Mclean. Released May 1. 6, 2. Lured by the promise of an authentic Australian holiday, three backpackers visit the notorious Wolf Creek crater. But their dream Outback adventure becomes a nightmare when they encounter the sites most infamous local, Mick Taylor imagine a murderous Mick Dundee. As they flee, he pursues them on an epic, white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland, and at least one will be dragged back to his lair to witness the true magnitude of his monstrosity. To survive, they must become as ruthless as him. The writerdirector of the first Wolf Creek returns, as does its star whos still a compelling presence. The 2. 00. 5 original was creepy and disturbing but also a sadistic and depressing movie that dwelt on torture. This shifts focus more toward black humour and suspense action with a second half thats part road chase thriller ala Duel. However it remains sadistic, with the German backpacker sequence in particular exhibiting a very disturbed psyche. The final scene is implausible and unsatisfying too. Still the movies neatly crafted, nicely acted and a well paced gory ride. Worth seeing if you enjoyed the first. Sins. Starring Mark Webber, Ron Perlman, Rutina Wesley, Pruitt Taylor Vince. Director Daniel Stamm. Released April 1. A meek social services coordinator whos drowning in debt and about to marry his love receives a call informing him that hes on a hidden camera game show where he will receive 6 million for completing 1. After he agrees, for task onetwo, to kill and eat the fly that is bothering him, thousands of dollars appear in his bank account. From there is he led through progressively challenging, degrading, and dangerous stunts by the mysterious caller, to a devastating point of no return. From the director of The Last Exorcist, this is a remake of the quirky 2. Thai horrorthriller 1. Game of Death. Its a surprisingly entertaining film that continues to throw satisfying plot twists and interesting scenarios into the mix as it esculates. Watching the protagonist grow in confidence is fun. It has a very similar premise to this years equally good but smaller scale Cheap Thrills although that ones more thriller than horror. The Sacrament. Starring Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Gene Jones. Director Ti West. Released May 1, 2. Two journalists for VICE magazines video documentaries film their friends visit to the Eden Parish, a religious commune where his troubled sister has been living since her drug rehabilitation program. The sister seems healthy and the inhabitants they interview speak of the commune utopia in glowing terms. However they gradually discover there is a sinister edge to the cult that belies the seemingly peaceful setting From producer Eli Roth and writer director Ti West House of the Devil, The Innkeepers, this is based quite closely on the harrowing Jonestown Massacre of 1. Jim Joness glasses. The slow build up opening hour features great writing, performances and direction, with effective use of the found footagedocumentary style. Things turn deadly a bit too abruptly, and while those events are intense, their horror should have been pushed even further the real life story was far more grand scale and shocking 1. Watching this unofficial adaptation could have left audiences mentally scarred, but instead its simply a solid, cleverly made horror thriller with a cinematically original premise. Stage Fright. Starring Allie Mac. Donald, Douglas Smith, Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf. Director Jerome Sable. Released May 9, 2. Musical whodunit 8. Think Friday the 1. Glee. Starry eyed teenager Camilla wants to follow in her mothers footsteps and become a Broadway diva, but shes stuck working in the kitchen of a snobby performing arts camp. Determined to change her destiny, she sneaks in to audition for the summer showcase and lands the lead role in the play, but just as rehearsals gets underway, the bodies start to drop. A masked killer who despises musical theater is on the prowl complete with screaming heavy metal voice, and occasionally electric guitar There arent many who like both horror and musicals outside of Rocky Horror so the public reaction has been unfairly brutal to this. Its actually very funny and if you love slasher films, and understand going in that all the deaths will be tongue in cheek, youll have a great time. Horror Movies 2. 01. Place Horror Movies 2. Pages 1 2. 34. 5.