THE BEST HORROR FILMS OF 2012

             Below you'll find listed the best new horror films which became available during 2012. Not too many will be remembered a couple of years from now, but at this moment, these were at least halfway there towards the ever more distant rainbow of horror perfection.
                All films are rated from * (atrocious) to ***** (timeless perfection).

1. BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO

UK/ITA, 12

***(*) 3+

2. BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW

CAN, 11

***(*)     3+

3. LIVIDE

FRA, 11

***  3+

4. SLEEP TIGHT

SPA, 12

***     3

5. PENUMBRA

ARG, 11

***      3

6. THE WOMAN IN BLACK

UK, 12

***     3

7. THE TALL MAN

CAN/FRA, 12

***      3

8. THE AWAKENING

UK, 11

***      3-

9. DETENTION

USA, 12

***       3-

10. DEAD SUSHI

JAP, 12

***       3-

11. PROMETHEUS

USA, 12

**(*)     3-

12. ABSENTIA

USA, 12

**(*)   3-

13. SINISTER

USA, 12

**(*)     3-

14. THE DEVIL'S BUSINESS

UK, 12

**(*)   3-

15. HIDDEN IN THE WOODS

CHIL, 12

**(*)   3-

16. CABIN IN THE WOODS

USA, 12

**(*)  3-

17. REC 3: GENESIS

SPA, 12

**(*)   3-

18. MIDNIGHT SON

USA, 12

**(*)    3-

19. INTRUDERS

UK/SPA, 12

**(*)   2+

20. THE MOTH DIARIES

USA, 11

**(*)   2+

            

Those below are mostly too mediocre or poor to be arranged in any order other than chronological, i.e. in order of being available and watched during 2012.

CHRISTOPHER ROTH

ITA/BEL/ROM, 11

**(*)   2+

LE MOINE

FRA, 11

**         2

ROSEWOOD LANE

USA, 12

**        2-

THEATRE BIZARRE

USA, 11

**(*)   2+

DEMONS NEVER DIE

UK, 12

**        2

URBAN EXPLORER

GER, 11

**(*)   2+

EVIDENCE

USA, 12

**(*)  2+

ADAM CHAPLIN

ITA, 11

**        2

THE CORRIDOR

USA, 11

**        2+

CASSADAGA

USA, 11

**        2

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

USA, 11

*          1

ASYLUM BLACKOUT

FRA/UK, 11

**        2

TWIXT

USA, 12

*(*)    2-

JUAN OF THE DEAD

CUB, 11

**(*)  2+

SKEW

USA, 12

**        2

THE SQUAD aka El páramo

COLO/ARG/SPA, 11

**(*)   2+

GUT

USA, 12

*(*)     2-

SILENT HOUSE

USA, 11

**        2+

INBRED

UK, 12

**        2+

PIRANHA 3DD

USA, 12

*(*)     2-

CHILDISH GAMES

SPA, 12

**        2+

ZOMBIE 108

TAIW, 12

*(*)       2-

THE ROAD

PHIL, 11

**         2+

EDDIE THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL

DEN/ CAN, 12

**         2

V/H/S

USA, 12

**(*)    2+

LOVELY MOLLY

USA, 12

**(*)   2+

RITES OF SPRING

USA, 11

**        2+

GRABBERS

UK, 11

**        2+

THALE

NOR, 12

**(*)    2+

THE ASYLUM TAPES

USA, 12

**(*)   2+

BAIT

AUS, 12

**(*)   2+

THE BARRENS

USA, 12

*(*)     2-

CHERNOBYL DIARIES

USA, 12

**(*)   2+

COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES

UK, 12

**        2

WRONG TURN 5

USA, 12

**        2

THE BAY

USA, 12

**        2+

CITADEL

UK, 12

**(*)    2+

LOBOS DE ARGA aka GAME OF WEREWOLVES

SPA, 12

**(*)   2+

HELLGATE

USA/THAI, 12

**        2-

IN THEIR SKIN

CAN, 12

**        2-

SADAKO

JAP, 12

**        2+

SILENT NIGHT

USA, 12

**        2

CRAWLSPACE

AUS, 12

**(*)    2+