There are plenty of Horror/Thriller movies out in 05, but which ones do you think will be the Hits, and which ones the Flops?

White Noise
(Supernatural Ring Like Thriller with Michael Keaton)

Amityville Horror
(Remake of horror classic with Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George, terrifying trailer. Makers of TCM Remake)

Boogeyman
(From the studio behind THE GRUDGE, and same producer, Sam Ramai)

House Of Wax
(Wrong Turn like, horror remake with Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton and Jared Paedilaki)

The Ring Two
(Sequel to one of THE best horror movies in the past 10 years, starring Naomi Watts, Elizabeth Perkins, Sissi Spacek and David Dorfman)

Hide And Seek
(New thriller with Dakota Fanning and Robert Deniro)

Alone In The Dark
(Uwe Boll video game adaptation starring Steven Dorff, Christian Slater and Tara Reid)

Saw 2
(Sequel to last years awesome suspensful smash hit, Saw)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
(Prequel to 2003's massive successful TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake!)

The Fog
(Remake of John Carpenters 80's hit)

Land Of The Dead
(George Romero's new addition to the "OF THE DEAD" Horror franchise)

Devils Rejects
(Sequel to the money making success, house of 1000 corpses)

Constantine? (Thriller.. :? )
New thriller starring Keanu Reeves)

Underworld 2
(Sequel to the hit 2003 movie, Underworld with Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman)

Cursed
(Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven (SCREAM makers) team up again to bring us this new wearwolf movie. Starring Christina Ricci, Skeet Ulrich, Shannon Elizabeth, Omar Epps, Mya, Mandy Moore, Cory Feldman and Lance Bass)

Mindhunters
(Slasher film, in March, starring Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, Johnny Lee Miller, said to have FINAL DESTINATION like death scenes)

High Tension
(French movie, rated NC17, starring Cécile De France, Maïween Le Besco, Philippe Nahon from lions Gate)

Skeleton Key
(Thriller from Universal, starring Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard)

Dark Water
(Japanese Remake from the maker of THE RING, starring JENNIFER CONNELY, TIM ROTH, JOHN C REILY and Ariel Gade)

The Woods
(Long produced Slasher movie, set in a boarding school, starring Agnes Brucker, Patricia Clarkson, Bruce Campbell )


So, the hits?
And the flops?


I rekon
AMITYVILLE
DARK WATER
RING 2
TCM 2 (if confirmed)
THE FOG

will be the BIG ones.

$100M+
The Ring Two

$80M+
Amityville Horror

$60M+
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The Fog

$50M+
Constantine? (Thriller.. )
Cursed
Dark Water


$40M+
White Noise
Hide And Seek
Saw 2
Underworld 2


$30M+
Boogeyman
Mindhunters
Skeleton Key

$20M+
House Of Wax
Land Of The Dead
Devils Rejects
The Woods


-$10M
Alone In The Dark
High Tension



Thats how i think it's gonna go.

THE FOG, CURSED and DARK WATER have the potential to REALLY surprise i think.

Dark Water and The Ring 2 will enter $100 million-territory.


TCM2 is not out until 2006, I fear.

Hits:

The Ring Two - $95 Million
Hide And Seek - $58 Million
Alone In The Dark - $76 Million
Saw 2 - $48 Million
Underworld 2 - $102 Million
High Tension - $25 Million
Dark Water - $11 Million
The Woods - $20 Million

Mindhunters will probably gross between $40-$50 million. I saw it a while ago, and while it is good, and rather suspensful, it has been delayed for so long it may not have a proper release. As long as it is not edited to a PG-13 to pacify, and is released in a wide release it should follow numbers similar to Final Destination 2.

House Of Wax
(Wrong Turn like, horror remake with Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton and Jared Paedilaki)

Huge ass bomb.


Alone In The Dark
(Uwe Boll video game adaptation starring Steven Dorff, Christian Slater and Tara Reid)

Huge ass bomb. Who wants to see Christian Slater and Tara Reid. Who the hell is Steven Dorff anyways?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
(Prequel to 2003's massive successful TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake!)

Why?


Land Of The Dead
(George Romero's new addition to the "OF THE DEAD" Horror franchise)

I love the whole franchise but why do we need another one.

Devils Rejects
(Sequel to the money making success, house of 1000 corpses)

I'm interested because I like 1000 corpses but it was really unneeded.

Constantine? (Thriller.. :? )
New thriller starring Keanu Reeves)

Ewwww Keanu Reeves

Underworld 2
(Sequel to the hit 2003 movie, Underworld with Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman)

I might go see cuz Beckinsale's a cutey.

Cursed
(Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven (SCREAM makers) team up again to bring us this new wearwolf movie. Starring Christina Ricci, Skeet Ulrich, Shannon Elizabeth, Omar Epps, Mya, Mandy Moore, Cory Feldman and Lance Bass)

Corey Feldman and Lance Bass. That just brings the chances of this succeeding to a minimal.

Mindhunters
(Slasher film, in March, starring Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, Johnny Lee Miller, said to have FINAL DESTINATION like death scenes)

Val Kilmer and Christian Slater! Wowy! What a bomb!

Well, horror is on an uptick right now so at least I doubt all of those will bomb.

So the big question is: What if the Studios responsible for the films you've listed above give these films a PG-13 Rating??? Do you think they will be as good as having them an R Rating??? I mean you know how studios want more $$$ and by giving them a PG-13 Rating, this will assure them that they do make more $$$ than if they were R Rated.. Besides, many of the films you've listed, I've seen on either HBO or got suckered into plopping down $$$ to rent them and none of them, NONE OF THEM deserve to be R Rated, except for TCM Remake which was a piece of shit compared to the original..

It depends on the film as to whether a PG-13 or R rating is best. Films like The Ring were fine as PG-13, and would actually probably not have worked as well as R rated films. The Grudge could go either way. I, personally, did not like the film, and will probably at least rent the Unrated edition, but I'm not sure if an R rating would have made the film any better.

White Noise - $60 million
Amityville Horror- $70 million
Boogeyman- $30 million
House Of Wax - $25 million
The Ring Two - $180 million
Hide And Seek - $35 million
Alone In The Dark- $40 million
Saw 2 - $60 million
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2- $75 million
The Fog- $45 million
Land Of The Dead - $55 million
Devils Rejects - $20 million
Constantine- $120 million
Underworld 2- $70 million
Cursed- $33 million
Mindhunters- $50 million
Dark Water- $55 million
The Woods- $35 million

White Noise - $55 million
Amityville Horror- $115 million
Boogeyman- $25 million
House Of Wax - $50 million
The Ring Two - $130 million
Hide And Seek - $50 million
Alone In The Dark- $30 million
Saw 2 - $30 million
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2- $65 million
The Fog- $80 million
Land Of The Dead - $60 million
Devils Rejects - $18 million
Constantine- $45 million
Underworld 2- $45 million
Cursed- $50 million
Mindhunters- $60 million
Dark Water- $30 million
The Woods- $15 million

i think the devil's rejects will do pretty good. house of 1000 corpses did pretty good business at the box office and it seems to have gained a pretty decent cult following. i'd say $21 million for it. As for Land of the Dead, it's the movie i've looked forward to for 15 years. George Romero finally is making a 4th "dead" film. With the success of the Dawn remake, Land seems destined to do pretty good business as well. i would guess somewhere around $50 million at this point. Lord knows i'll be there opening day, the same with devil's rejects.

I saw the original "Dawn of the Dead" and enjoyed it. I actually need to pick up the recently released Collector's Edition. I will probably try and find the other two in the series as well sometime.

Supposedly, The Grudge 2 will be coming out in 2005. I doubt that though, and figure if it's filmed in 2005, it'll have a release in the spring of 2006, kind of mirroring The Ring 2.

I think The Ring 2 will be the winner of horror in 2005, obviously. Definitely over 100 million, maybe even over 120.

The Ring 2 will big the biggest one of them all.

I get this sneaky feeling that HOUSE OF WAX will pull a BUTTERFLY EFFECT type hit on our asses.

No one really thought that would be a hit, and it made nearly $60M.

I rekon with CHAD MICHAEL MURRRAY, ELISHA CUTHBERT and PARIS HILTON, there will be alot of media attention. And i think the movie has a chance of passing $30M now.

The Woods $10-20 million
Devils Rejects $15-25 million
Alone in the Dark $20-30 million
White Noise $25-35 million
Hide and Seek $35-40 million
Constantine $35-45 million
Mindhunters $40-50 million
Saw 2 $50-60 million
Land of the dead $55-65 million
Underworld 2 $55-65 million
Boogeyman $55-65 million
Cursed $60-70 million
House of Wax $60-70 million
Texas Chainsaw Massacre $65-75 million
Amityville Horror $70-80 million
The Fog $80-90 million


Dark Water $100-120 million
The Ring 2 $130-150 million