The movie’s aim is to frighten through the mind and not through the eyes.  The method will not work on everyone, but those whose patience allows them to be drawn into the setting will find “Jug Face” to be both thoughtful and chilling.

“Found footage” is exchanged for a traditional narrative.  Cotton passes the torch to Nell.  Practical FX make way for the digital variety.  In an effort to create its own identity, “The Last Exorcism Part II” shelves everything that made the original uniquely entertaining and ends up being a movie that falls short of the first film’s bar.

Desperate to create a sense of suspense artificially, frantic music swells and the camera continually spins dizzily around the actors as they mutter, “c’mon” at a computer screen.  But really, scenes of enhancing pixels in a digital image and listening to a detective shout, “stop, go back” come with a very limited capacity for excitement.

“The Butterfly Room” is a covered boil thriller that crawls under the skin slowly and infects all the way up to the psyche.

This is a movie in love with its own sense of style and it makes no apologies for that fact ... But for an art house interpretation of vampiric bloodlust, “Kiss of the Damned” can be as seductive as its subject matter. 

In a world without Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead,” it would be difficult to imagine the remake standing the same test of time as the original.

I imagine that a years long journey through the empty blackness of space with the same handful of people in a module no bigger than a studio apartment might be a rather dull experience.

If there is such a thing as a “tasteful” way to do torture horror, then “Would You Rather” is it ... Brittany Snow may be first billed, but Jeffrey Combs is the star of the show.

The horror at the film’s heart is a fusion of possible Yeti attacks, wormholes, teleportation, fanged creatures, extraterrestrial mythology, and enough ancillary ideas to power an entire season of “The X-Files.”  ... The first person perspective in the fast paced finale creates the look and feel of being on a Universal Studios dark ride, complete with creature effects straight out of “The Mummy.” 

 “Entity” asks the question, what if a “found footage” paranormal investigation story was presented as more of a traditional film narrative instead of strictly as “found footage?”  The answer is, it would still be two acts worth of people walking around an abandoned building followed by a predictable finale...

There also happens to be a Hero Zero.  He is the only man out of six billion on the planet capable of saving the human race.  That man: Brad Pitt.

 ... The title is almost misleading as to what “The Jeffrey Dahmer Files” truly offers.  The audience will not walk away with bullet point factoids or increased knowledge about the killer, but they will walk away with perspective on the Everyman personalities affected by the aftermath of his crimes.

Those who are fascinated by fresh concepts and unique ideas will have numerous occasions to stare in wonderment.

Anyone who needs a reason to start a fight with someone should watch “616: Paranormal Incident” in a double feature with the first “Paranormal Incident.” They can then make their own entertainment by arguing over which of the two movies is worse.

The film may be technically competent in places, but the uninteresting characters with their absurdly convenient dark secrets and the puzzling presentation make the movie forgettable.

Looking for a mindless 80 minutes of formulaic hack and slash? ... “Blood Runs Cold” has that covered.  But seen too many 1980’s slasher retreads that lack creativity or entertainment value beyond a few gory kills?  Move along.  There is definitely nothing to see here.

 “The Haunting of Helena” is an average ghost story that is heavy on atmosphere, but light on resonating chills.  High production values serve up platefuls of style, except the entrees are reheated leftovers of tropes and scares culled from footprints of the haunt-loaded horrors that came before it.

“V/H/S/2” is a rare film in that the sum of its parts supersedes the average portions of the individual segments. The final verdict is that the total package provides 90 minutes of horror entertainment.

“The Manson Family” movie is as erratic, disturbing, uninhibited, and fueled by as much hallucinogenic imagery as the actual Manson Family itself.

Once the premise is accepted for what it is, the film finds a way to make its mark as both class separation commentary and as a home invasion thriller.