The Conjuring is, in its basest form, a ghost story. And, while ghost stories are usually pretty terrifying, in their own little way, there’s USUALLY a get-out clause of some kind. Haunted houses, for example, are just that; haunted houses. Ghost stays in, you run outside screaming and bag yourself a room at the local…

If your kid gets possessed, just put it down and start over. This ends our Public Service Announcement

Charlize Theron is on deliciously caustic form in dark comedy Young Adult; a tale of one woman’s desperate addiction to the life she no longer has. It may be that the script never quite matches the brilliance of the star, but with Theron’s horrible anti-heroine leading every scene its easy to stop worrying, sit back and sink into pure unadultered squirm.

In space Noomi can hear you scream.

Paramount will be releasing Jason Reitman’s Young Adult on December 16, 2011. Woopah!

Barry Munday is a feel-good rom-com premised on genital mutilation. Potentially offensive on two entirely different levels then, it’s no surprise that this is probably one to miss.

James Wan returns to fill up your fear tank with Insidious; a film that is equal parts night-terror and sense-defying cheese-dream. I can guarantee you’ll have so many simultaneous reactions to this movie, your face won’t know what to do.