The Roommate
What is it? A thriller about a college freshman whose assigned roommate turns out to be obsessive and violently unbalanced.
Stars: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Aly Michalka, Matt Lanter, Frances Fisher
Director: Christian E. Christiansen
Release Date: September 17, 2010
The Ward
What is it? The first feature film directorial effort from John Carpenter since 2001's Ghosts of Mars, it tells the story of a young woman thrown into a psychiatric hospital with no memory who begins to fear for her life when the other patients start disappearing one by one.
Stars: Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mika Boorem, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris
Director: John Carpenter
Release Date: September 2010
Hatchet 2
What is it? A sequel to the underground hit Hatchet, about a deformed killer living in the Louisiana swamps.
Stars: Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Parry Shen, AJ Bowen
Director: Adam Green
Release Date: September/October 2010 (brief theatrical release followed soon thereafter by DVD)
Saw VII 3D
What is it? The seventh annual film in the Saw franchise (the first in 3-D) about a serial killer who puts victims through a series of deadly games.
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Tanedra Howard
Director: David Hackl
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Area 51
What is it? Writer/director Oren Peli's POV follow-up to Paranormal Activity, in which teens break into the notorious Area 51 military base with a video camera to capture evidence of alien experimentation.
Stars: Reid Warner, Darrin Bragg, Ben Rovner
Director: Oren Peli
Release Date: Fall 2010
Black Swan
What is it? A psychological thriller from Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) about a veteran ballerina who finds her position threatened by a younger dancer who may or may not be a ghost.
Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Release Date: Fall 2010
Let Me In
What is it? A remake of the acclaimed Swedish movie Let the Right One In, about a bullied school boy who befriends a young female vampire, helmed by Cloverfield director Matt Reeves.
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Sasha Barrese, Dylan Minnette, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas
Director: Matt Reeves
Release Date: Fall 2010
My Soul to Take
What is it? Director Wes Craven's first venture into horror since 2005's Cursed, in which teens born the night of a serial killer's death begin turning up dead. Previously titled 25/8.
Stars: Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Raul Esparza, Zena Grey, Frank Grillo, Shareeka Epps
Director: Wes Craven
Release Date: Fall 2010
The Hereafter
What is it? A supernatural thriller about three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a British school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.
Stars: Matt Damon, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cecile de France, Frankie McLaren
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 2010
