Queens of Scream

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

"Scream" scripter Kevin Williamson turns in another hip horror outing with this spine-tingling suspenser in which four teens involved in a fatal accident toss their victim’s body into the sea and agree to keep the events a secret. One year later, though, a mysterious hook-wielding figure has come looking for revenge. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze, Jr. star. 101 min. C/Rtg: R

When A Stranger Calls (2006)

Have you checked the children? The classic 1979 shocker is updated in this spine-tingler about a teenage babysitter (Camilla Belle) taunted by a succession of terrifying phone calls. When the calls are revealed to be coming from inside the house, she finds herself fighting for her life in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a deranged killer. With Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, and Lance Henriksen as the voice of the Stranger. 87 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Vacancy (2007)

Roadside motels get another bloody slap in the face in this chilling horror film, which finds a dysfunctional couple (Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale) stranded at a run-down motor inn after their car breaks down. Believing themselves safely ensconced in the shabby "honeymoon suite," they soon discover the motel is a slaughterhouse where hidden video cameras are set up to capture their impending demise. Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry also star. 85 min. C/Rtg: R

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.