Liam Neeson behind the wheel of a Mustang Shelby Super Snake GT350, battered and barreling past the police? We know the drill. Or at least we think we do. The Mongoose starts with the familiar pleasure of watching Neeson do what Neeson does best: defy authority, take a beating, and keep moving.

Florida has a gator problem. And Jessup City has something considerably worse. With a masked killer prowling the swamplands and hungry reptiles turning the local waters into a danger zone, Gator Face serves up a gloriously wild double helping of backwoods horror.

Forget the huffing and puffing. In The 3 Killer Pigs, the fairy tale trades straw, sticks, and bricks for a generous helping of farmyard antics. I have always loved The Three Little Pigs, so the childhood nostalgia gave this one an immediate advantage.

From its opening moments, Ash and Bone sinks its hooks in with a desperate escape that ends in cruel irony. A terrified young woman flees through the woods and flags down a car on a dark road, only to find her pursuers inside.

Breeder is as sick and sinister as anything horror has coughed up lately, mainly because its nightmare never feels entirely removed from reality.