Spook-tacular autumn movies – Regression, Crimson Peak and Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension

In the mood to be thoroughly terrified? In the build-up to Halloween, we've got plenty of spine-tingling horror movies making their way to Cineworld screens.

Scroll down for all the details of what's on – and sleep tight!

Regression

What's the story? Harry Potter's Emma Watson stars in this chilling story of satanic sex abuse in 1990s Minnesota.

In 1990 Minnesota, twentysomething Angela (Emma Watson) is being questioned by Detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) about an incident of sexual abuse from her childhood. Her father, John Gray (David Dencik) admitted to the crime, although he claims to have no memory of it. With the help of a psychologist, he relives the incident and implicates a police officer as his partner in crime. But when other townsfolk begin to remember years-old abuse, a terrifying possibility occurs to Kenner – that a Satanic cult has been operating secretly not only in Minnesota, but countryside, for generations.

Emma Watson leaves Harry Potter heroine Hermione Granger behind for good in this disturbing story from Academy Award-winning writer/director of The Sea Inside and The Others, Alejandro Amenábar.

Regression opens on 9th October.

Crimson Peak

What's the story? Acclaimed Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro returns with this chilling Gothic horror.

In 19th century England, comely young author Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself taken with the dashing, mysterious Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston). A whirlwind romance soon leads to marriage and Thomas whisks her off to live at his forbidding, isolated mansion.

Whilst attempting to acclimatise to her new surroundings, Edith begins to suspect that her new husband is harbouring his fair share of secrets, suspicions exacerbated by the presence of his sister Lady Lucille (Jessica Chastain). Soon, she discovers that the house is haunted by mysterious entities, each of whom appears to be connected to Thomas' past – but what is the real secret of Crimson Peak?

Celebrated director of Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro returns to his horror and fairy tale roots with this lavishly appointed, all-star period horror story, one in which nothing is at it seems.

Crimson Peak is released on 16th October.

Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension

What's the story? Prepare for yet more bumps in the night as the spooks return – in terrifying 3D!

The Fleeges family have recently moved into a new home and couldn't be happier. But things soon change after they start being terrorised by apparently supernatural forces. Upon discovering a box of tapes mysteriously left in the attic, as well as a camera that can seemingly capture ghosts on film, they soon realise that their arrival in their new house was no accident...

The sixth and reportedly final instalment in the hugely successful Paranormal Activity series, Ghost Dimension promises to take the terror to the next level as all manner of evil leaps off the screen in 3D. Prepare to duck and cower in your seat as the world of Paranormal Activity comes to life like never before. Sweet dreams!

Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension is unleashed on 23rd October.

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