The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

[8] Stranded in the desert on their way to California, a family is attacked by savage cannibals in this brutal, low-budget horror flick from writer/director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream). Some of the family members go for…
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

[8] A high school girl (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends are hunted in their dreams by Fred Kruger (Robert Englund), a local criminal who died many years earlier. But unlike normal nightmares, if the kids die in their dreams, they…
Swamp Thing (1982)

Swamp Thing (1982)

[3] In this adaptation of the DC Comics series, a scientist working on a bio-engineering experiment is killed in a lab explosion that turns him into a creature, half-man and half plant. Super-strength and the ability to heal people are…
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

[3] Horror maestro Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) tackles voodoo and zombification in The Serpent and the Rainbow. Bill Pullman (Spaceballs) stars as an anthropologist sent to Haiti by a pharmaceutical company seeking the ingredients of a…
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

[8] After taking an interesting turn for the worse with their first sequel, New Line Cinema corrects course with a third Freddy movie that's just as good as the original film. Original star Heather Langenkamp returns as a psychologist that…
Scream 4 (2011)

Scream 4 (2011)

[6] You really aren't supposed to return to a well too many times. But in the case of the Scream franchise, I was still thirsty. So I drank... and the water's still good! Of course the novelty has worn off,…
Cursed (2004)

Cursed (2004)

[5] There's a good concept at the core of this Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson (Scream) collaboration -- a brother and sister coming to terms with the fact that they may be werewolves. But serious werewolf fans will bemoan the cheesy Hollywood…
Scream 2 (1997)

Scream 2 (1997)

[7] More of the same is enough to earn a passing grade in the case of Scream 2. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is off to college, but Ghost Face isn't through with her yet, shoving the sordid story of her…
Pulse (2006)

Pulse (2006)

[1] Pulse is astonishingly bad in almost every way imaginable. The only nice thing I can say about it is that leading lady Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) seems to be doing the best she can with the material. But other…
Scream (1996)

Scream (1996)

[9] Wes Craven's self-referential teen slasher murder mystery soars on the strengths of Kevin Williamson's clever screenplay and its charismatic cast. Anyone who loves slasher movies will revel in the in-jokes and homages, but the film isn't all satire --…