* Bird Box, December 21 (Netflix)
Bird Box is one of my favorite horror novels and it seemed impossible to make into a film. The beginning where the world is falling apart is very cinematic, but whatever is changing people can't be seen. The film adaptation looks amazing with surprisingly famous actors like Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich. The bicycle bells are a brilliant tool to keep her connected to her children and a creepy auditory cue. The parking sensor scare looks cool as well. I have high hopes for this and I can't wait to watch it.
* The Curse of La Llorona, April 19 (wide theatrical release)
The Conjuring Universe continues with La Llorona, a figure from Mexican folklore who lost her children and cries looking for them. I'm a little puzzled as to why this is part of that universe and why the main characters are white. The scene in the car with the kids trying to keep the ghost out is effective until the ending, which is a completely obvious, CGI jump scare. It's the style that makes James Wan films pretty mediocre despite some effective scenes. I'm not excited for this since it looks like every other Conjuring and Wan movie ever.
* Escape Room, January 4 (wide theatrical release)
Escape Room looks like a better version of movies like Saw, Exam, or Circle. A group of desperate people are forced to share their deepest, darkest secrets and work together to solve puzzles with deadly results. Plus that little boxes song is cheerfully creepy. I'm intrigued and I will be watching. I don't expect amazingness, but I expect a decent thriller with some twists and turns.
* Happy Death Day 2U, February 14 (wide theatrical release)
For some reason, this trailer isn't online, but I've seen it in the theater. Two years after the first film, Ryan, Carter's roommate, experiences the same phenomenon that Tree did: he keeps repeating the same day after dying over and over. Tree of course has some expertise in the matter and has to delve into why it happened to her. The trailer seems to reveal that she somehow goes back in time to her ordeal repeating, but I'm not sure how that happens. I'm all in. The first one was so charming and well done that I trust the same team and cast to complicate things and take us on another wild ride.
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