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Movie reviews for horror

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    Texas Chainsaw 3D

    Dumb characters, lots of gore, in seventh Chainsaw movie.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Aftershock

    Horror/disaster hybrid is gory, brutal, cruel, and unfunny.
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Mama

    Uneven movie has very scary scenes, some involving children.
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    13
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

    Ghost story relies on creaky old clichés to generate scares.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Scary Movie 5

    This dumb, raunchy series should have given up the ghost.
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Evil Dead

    Gore-filled horror remake entertains but can't top original.
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    6 Souls

    Muddled horror tale mixes scares, troubling themes.
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    16
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    John Dies at the End

    Oddball horror/fantasy has gore, fake drugs, monsters.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    The Collection

    "Torture porn" sequel packed with bloody, gory deathtraps.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    The Bay

    Fake docu about disturbingly believable gory disaster.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    The Last Exorcism Part II

    So-so horror sequel has more spooky scares than gore.
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    13
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Sinister

    Scary, intense horror film involves kids and murder.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

    Muddled horror sequel is nightmarishly violent.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Paranormal Activity 4

    Fourth in spooky series runs out of ideas -- and scares.
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    The Possession

    Demonically scary movie has low gore, strong characters.
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    14
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Resident Evil: Retribution

    Plenty of gore -- and more 3-D -- in fifth RE installment.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    V/H/S

    Spooky anthology horror film has lots of gore, sex, drugs.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    The Apparition

    Haunted house flick has some scares but lacks story.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

    Ridiculous, bloody blending of history and violence.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    Chernobyl Diaries

    Radioactive mutants attack in waste-of-time horror movie.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    The Cabin in the Woods

    Clever but very bloody deconstruction of horror movies.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    Piranha 3DD

    Bloody, sexed-up sequel lacks predecessor's camp appeal.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    The Moth Diaries

    Angst-ridden teen horror movie has suicide themes.
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    16
     
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    Detention

    Bloody teen slasher ridicules genre's many stereotypes.
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    Silent House

    Horror movie has more style (and blood) than story.
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    (DVD, 2012)