The Awakening deals with ghosts and the supernatural. Set in the 1920s, The Awakening stars Rebecca Hall as a non-believer who makes a living disproving the existence of paranormal entities. Though the film was recently released to theaters in the United Kingdom, it has yet to find a release date in North America. Dominic West also…

Set for release sometime in 2012 is Akuma, a horror film that deals with dark forces. As the promo trailer points out, the character Akira has moved to the United States. Akira had hoped to escape whatever demons she had in her personal life. Unfortunately, those demons followed her to the U.S. and those demons,…

The trailer for the forthcoming movie Chronicle has been released. It looks to be a found-footage film that deals with a group of teens who come to possess supernatural abilities and powers. From what can be discerned from the trailer, Chronicle seems to combine humor, thrills, mystery and strange scenes and happenings. If Chronicle is a found-footage…

The fourth entry in the Wrong Turn franchise, Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, turns back the clock and is a prequel to the first movie from 2003. This film will likely be released later in this month of October. Wrong Turn 4 will be a direct-to-video release, as were Wrong Turn 2: Dead End and Wrong Turn 3:…

Set to be released in March 2012 is The Raven, a crime thriller starring John Cusack as mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in the nineteenth century. A serial killer is on the loose and the police enlist Edgar Allan Poe to help apprehend the perpetrator. The film is currently in post-production.