Horror movie of 2012

Admit it, you knew The Devil Inside was going to suck. Let’s look at the facts – First and foremost, January is the dumping grounds for all of the crappy films that Hollywood could never otherwise unload on the public.Secondly, we’re at the point where any new entries into the “Found Footage” genre are going to be about as fresh and original as a Rick Astley cover act. And finally, as a consequence of more and more people embrace secular humanism over traditional Catholic morays, the idea of demonic possession isn’t really as frightening as it used to be.So take a deep breath. Yeah, the red band trailer looked cool.

 
And maybe we all got rooked, but whining about it isn’t going to change anything. Time to move on, because I believe that this is going to be a really good year.Why the unbridled optimism, you ask? Because we’re due. Because hard times are the fertile soil from which spring our most potent nightmares. The turmoil of the late 60′s and early 70′s provided us with Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist.The economic crises of the 70′s led us to the release of Dawn of the Dead, Alien, Phantasm, the Fog, the Amityville Horror, Prophecy and several others all being released in the space of about a year (1978-79, for those keeping score). And let’s face it, America’s been going through some pretty fucking hard times.So I’m going to go out on a ledge and make a prediction here: that 2012 is going to be one of those landmark years. Here’s my pick, not only for the top 5, but the order as well.

Halloween 
Genesis
Lords of Salem
World War Z
John Dies at the End