In the mood for some entertainment? Check out this week's lineup of horror movies showing on the big screen in and around El Paso.

Here are the highest-rated 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.)

Jaws

An insatiable-great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island. The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter, seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.

With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this '70s throwback boasts plenty of accolades. Newsweek's Arthur Cooper said, " 'Jaws' is a grisly film, often ugly as sin, which achieves precisely what it set out to accomplish-scare the hell out of you." 

Catch it on the big screen at The Grand 10 – Ft. Bliss (1619 Pleasonton Road) through Wednesday, July 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

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 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The Wall Street Journal's John Anderson said, "When a movie like 'Midsommar' comes along, and goes out of its way to so flamboyantly flout convention, it deserves credit just for being undefinable," while Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune noted, "The movie works best, I think, as a black-comic treatise on what can befall a garden-variety passive-aggressive mixed blessing of a boyfriend if he's not careful."

In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at The Grand 10 - Ft. Bliss (1619 Pleasonton Road) through Thursday, July 4; Bassett Place Premiere Cinema 17 + IMAX (6101 Gateway West, Suite 15) through Wednesday, July 3; AMC El Paso 16 (9840 Gateway Blvd. North) through Monday, July 8; and Cinemark 20 and XD (11855 Gateway West) through Sunday, July 7. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Annabelle Comes Home

Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren, bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target — the Warrens' 10-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

With a Tomatometer Score of 70 percent and an Audience Score of 72 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Annabelle Comes Home" is well worth a watch.

"The reason the movie works, I think, is simple. The actresses are all strong," noted Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune, while the Globe and Mail's Brad Wheeler said, "What follows is excellent, uncomplicated and well-wrought house-of-horrors fun, complete with a message about self-blame and the real things that haunt us."

It's screening at The Grand 10 - Ft. Bliss (1619 Pleasonton Road) through Thursday, July 4; and AMC El Paso 16 (9840 Gateway Blvd. North) through Tuesday, July 2. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Child's Play

Karen, a single mother, gifts her son, Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday. She's  unaware of its more sinister nature. This story is a contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic.

With a Tomatometer Score of 60 percent and an Audience Score of 60 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Child's Play" is well worth a watch. Tribune News Service's Katie Walsh said, "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?" and Espinof's Kiko Vega noted, "A well-made modern retelling of this classic horror film that accurately portrays the times we live in."

Interested? It's playing at The Grand 10 - Ft. Bliss (1619 Pleasonton Road) through Thursday, July 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

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