10 horror premieres for 2019

Happy macabre new year! While we're just getting 2019 underway, we already have a list of upcoming horror film premieres, including the Mexican film Belzebuth, which will finally see the light of day after four years of production, and the remake of Suspiria, which, although it premiered last year, will hit the big screen in Mexico. Both open on Friday, January 11. Later in the year, we'll get to see the second part of Zombieland as well as It; the franchise installments from the creators of The Conjuring with the third installment of Anabelle and The Curse of La Llorona. Among the most anticipated releases, we'll have Greta, a film by Neil Jordan starring Isabell Huppert, as well as the new film by Jordan Peele, US.

BELZEBUTH

Dir. Emilio Portes

Cast: Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell, José Sefami, Yunuen Pardo, Tate Ellington.

Synopsis: While investigating a series of murders on the Mexico–U.S. border, agent Emmanuel Ritter (Joaquín Cosío) discovers that the case appears to be linked to the arrival of the ancient demon BELZEBUTH. To stop this cruelty, Ritter will have to confront himself before facing the forces of good and evil.

SUSPIRIA

Dir: Luca Guadagnino

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper

Synopsis: Young dancer Susie Bannion arrives in Berlin to audition for the world-famous Helena Markos Dance Company, surprising the company's famous choreographer, Madame Blanc, with her original talent. Olga, the former principal dancer, accuses the company's directors of being witches. As rehearsals intensify, Susie and Madame Blanc grow strangely close, suggesting that Susie's purpose within the company runs deeper. Meanwhile, a psychotherapist, with the help of another dancer, tries to uncover the dark secrets hidden in the studio's concealed basements, where horrible secrets lie in wait.

IT - Part 2

Director: Andy Muschietti

Cast: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Bill Hader, Andy Bean

Synopsis: The second part of the film adaptation of “It,” Stephen King's famous novel, now centers on the Losers' Club, 27 years later, facing Pennywise once again.

PET SEMETERY

Paramount Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer

Cast: Jason Clarke, John Lithgow, Amy Seimetz

Synopsis: Dr. Louis Creed has just moved with his wife and two children from Boston to Maine. There, he discovers a strange cemetery hidden in the woods surrounding his new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis meets his strange neighbor, Jud Crandall, an encounter that will trigger a chain reaction with terrifying consequences.

US

Director: Jordan Peele

Cast: Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss, Winston Duke, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop

Synopsis: A mother and father take their kids to their beach house hoping to unplug with some friends, among them Emmy winner for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' Elizabeth Moss. But as the night wears on, serenity gives way to tension and chaos when uninvited visitors arrive.

THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA

Director: Michael Chaves

Cast: Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Madeleine McGraw, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Marshall Jones

Synopsis: La Llorona is a sinister apparition, trapped between Heaven and Hell, with a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. In life, she drowned her children in a fit of jealous rage, then threw herself into the river after seeing what she had violently done to them. Now her tears are eternal. They are lethal, and those who hear her deathly call in the night are doomed. La Llorona creeps through the shadows and preys on children, desperate to replace her own. As the centuries have passed, her hunger has grown more voracious and her methods more terrifying. In 1970s Los Angeles, La Llorona stalks the night and its children.

ANABELLE 3

Warner Bros. Director: Gary Dauberman

Cast: Mckenna Grace, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Stephen Blackehart, Steve Coulter,

Synopsis: The Warrens take the Annabelle doll to a place where she can no longer wreak havoc: their Artifact Room. There, she awakens the evil of the room, setting her sights on a new target: the Warrens' 10-year-old daughter, Judy. The girl, along with her teenage babysitter and cousin, Judy, and a friend of hers, will face off against the evil doll.

ZOMBIELAND 2 Director: Ruben Fleischer

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Zoey Deutch

Synopsis: A sequel to the 2009 film Zombieland, featuring the entire original cast.

Release date: October 11, 2019.

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

Director: André Øvredal

Cast: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Javier Botet

Synopsis: A group of teenagers must solve the mystery surrounding a series of sudden, macabre deaths taking place in their town.

GRETA

Director: Neil Jordan

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Stephen Rea, Colm Feore, Zawe Ashton

Synopsis: Frances (Moretz), a sweet and naive young woman trying to make her way in New York City, doesn't think twice before returning a handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That's Greta (Huppert), a rather eccentric and solitary French piano teacher who loves classical music. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows close to Greta, a longtime widow. The two become fast friends, but Greta's maternal charms begin to unravel and grow ever more terrifying as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta's life is what it seems.