Looking for some entertainment? Check out this week's lineup of horror movies showing on the big screen in and around San Diego.
Here are the top-ranked horror films to catch in theaters, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.
(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)
Midsommar
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Set for wide release on Wednesday, July 3, "Midsommar" already has a Tomatometer Score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. The AV Club's A.A. Dowd said, "This is, in other words, a less perfectly crafted nightmare than Aster's last one. But there's a deranged integrity to its sprawl, and to the filmmaker's willingness to embrace the darkest, most unsparing aspects of human desire," while Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly noted, "The skin-pricking pleasures of 'Midsommar' aren't rational, they're instinctive: a thrilling, seasick free fall into the light."
In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at AMC Fashion Valley 18 (7037 Friars Road), Reading Cinemas Town Square (4665 Clairemont Drive), Angelika Film Center & Cafe Carmel Mountain (11620 Carmel Mt. Road), and ArcLight La Jolla (4425 La Jolla Village Drive) on Wednesday, July 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
With a Tomatometer Score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1980s classic has much to recommend it.
"When you sit down to 'The Shining,' you sit down with normal expectations of being diverted, perhaps even being gripped, but not being undermined. But the film undermines you in powerful, inchoate ways," according to Bruce McCabe of the Boston Globe, while Time Out's Ben Walters said, "A masterpiece."
Catch it on the big screen at ArcLight La Jolla (4425 La Jolla Village Drive) through Sunday, June 30. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Child's Play
The story follows a mother named Karen, who gives her son Andy a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its sinister nature.
With a Tomatometer Score of 61% and an Audience Score of 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Child's Play" is well worth a watch.
"Who would have guessed that a 'Child's Play' film would leave us with less popcorn-rattling jump scares and more existential questions about the role of Alexa in our lives?" noted Katie Walsh of Tribune News Service, while RogerEbert.com's Nick Allen said, "Nastier, more playful, and just as good if not better than the original film."
Get a piece of the action at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas - Del Mar (12905 El Camino Real) through Thursday, June 27; AMC Fashion Valley 18 (7037 Friars Road) through Thursday, June 27; Reading Cinemas Town Square (4665 Clairemont Drive) through Tuesday, July 2; and ArcLight La Jolla (4425 La Jolla Village Drive) through Monday, July 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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