2/16/2014

The best horror films of 2013



2013 was a poor year for horror cinema, plain and simple. From the selection in which even the best titles belong, more properly, to the half-assed "not too bad" category, I made the following list.


1. LORDS OF SALEM
USA, 13
***(*)       3+

2. STOKER
USA, 13
***   3+

3. CURANDERO

MEX, 05/13
***  3+

4. BYZANTIUM
UK, 13
***        3

5. RESOLUTION
USA, 12
***       3+

6. LESSON OF THE EVIL
JAP, 12
***       3

7. THE CONJURING
USA, 13
***      3-

8. INSENSIBLES
SPA, 12
***      3-

9. MANIAC
USA, 13
**(*)    3-

10. EVIL DEAD
USA, 13
**(*)    3-

11. CURSE OF CHUCKY
USA, 13
**(*)      3-

12. YOU'RE NEXT
CAN, 13
**(*)        3-

13. BAD MILO
USA, 13
**(*)     3-

14. ENTITY
UK, 12
**(*)    3-

15. BLIND ALLEY
SPA, 11
**(*)    3-

16. HORROR STORIES
KOR, 13
**(*)     3-

17. TALES FROM THE DARK
HK, 12
**(*)      3-

18. THE ABCS OF DEATH
USA etc, 12
**(*)    3-

19. ANTIVIRAL
CAN, 12
**(*)      3-

20. NO ONE LIVES
USA, 13
**(*)     3-

21. VHS 2
USA, 13
**(*)     3-

22. HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT 2; GHOSTS OF GEORGIA
USA, 13
**(*)    3-

23. HANSEL AND GRETEL, WITCH HUNTERS
USA, 13
**(*)    3-


The 23 titles listed above are more or less watchable.
Those below are mediocre, or worse. Listed in no particular order.

           
AMERICAN MARY
CAN, 12
**         2+

THE COLLECTION
USA, 12
**(*)    2+

MAMA
USA, 13
**(*)    2+

COME OUT AND PLAY
USA, 12
**        2-

Dario Argento's DRACULA 3D
ITA/HUN, 12
*(*)     2-

MODUS ANOMALI
13
*(*)     2-

KISS OF THE DAMNED
USA, 13
**(*)    2+

DEAD SHADOWS
FRA, 12
**        2

EXPIRATION
S. AFR, 12
**(*)    2+

DARK SKIES
USA, 13
**        2+

UNDER THE BED
USA, 13
*(*)       2-

ZOMBIE ASS
JAP, 12
**        2+

HOME SWEET HOME
USA, 13
**        2
  
STRANDED
USA, 13
**        2

LA SENDA (THE PATH)
SPA, 13
**(*)    2+

100 BLOODY ACRES
AUS, 13
**(*)    2+

THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT
USA/RUS, 13
**        2+

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH
CAN, 13
**(*)    2+

JUG FACE
USA, 13
**        2+

THE BUTTERFLY ROOM
ITA/USA, 12
**        2

SATURDAY MORNING MYSTERY
AUS, 13
**         2+

FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY
13
**(*)     2+

THE CONSPIRACY
CAN, 13
**          2+

WORLD WAR Z
USA, 13
**          2+

KILL ZOMBIE! aka ZOMBIBI
HOL, 12
**          2+

WITHER
SWE, 13
**(*)      2+

NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR
USA, 13
**          2+

DARK TOUCH
UK, 13
**(*)      2+

BIG-ASS SPIDER!
USA, 13
**(*)      2+

HAUNTER
USA, 13
*(*)        2-

HELLBENDERS
CAN, 13
**(*)      2+

CARRIE
USA, 13
**          2-

CULT
JAP, 13
**(*)      2+

CONTRACTED
USA, 13
*(*)       2-

TOAD ROAD
USA, 13
*(*)       1+

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE
USA, 13
**          2

HERE COMES THE DEVIL
MEX, 12
**(*)      2+

BATTERY
USA, 13
**           2

THE COMPLEX
JAP, 13
**(*)       2+

INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2
USA, 13
**(*)       2+