2016 has been a banner year for horror so far. We’re only a quarter of the way into the year and we’ve seen The Witch, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and Hush. The Boy is making waves, and so are a number of other indie projects that are set to hit screens and streams all over the world. Even with these marquee titles already out, it looks like we have a whole slew of intense horror movies to come. Here are just 5 that we are excited about.

Green Room –When we saw that writer / director Jeremy Sauliner, the man behind the incredible revenge flick Blue Ruin, had a new film coming out we were beyond excited. When the trailer dropped and we saw that it was going to be a horror flick between trapped punks and Neo-Nazis, we were all in. Anton Yelchin of Star Trek fame stars alongside Patrick Stewart, who is rocking a long southern drawl. When the band members witness a murder, they are held hostage by the attackers. Faced with certain death, they have to fight back.

Part of what made Blue Ruin so great was the unflinching and realistic violence. The trailer shows us that we can expect nothing less from Green Room. Fights with cardboard box cutters and broken light bulbs will surely stain the carpets of this green room red.

Death House – If you were to ask a horror fan to make their version of The Expendables, this is what you would get. So far Danny Trejo, Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th VII onward), Tom Savini (From Dusk Till Dawn), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), Dee Wallace (Critters, Cujo), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), and even our old friend Bill Oberst Jr. (Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies) are in this film. Rumor has it Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street) is going to be in this one as well. The list continues, but we don’t have the space for all the big names. Get yourself over to IMDB and be in awe.

It’s a star studded cast for a movie that will probably prove to be ridiculous, but that has never stopped us from loving something before. We need to see this flick.

The Conjuring 2 – When James Wan puts together a series, people pay attention. The first Conjuring movie was more approachable than a lot of horror Many non-horror fans were able to appreciate what was being done and how well-crafted the movie was. In this sequel, the Warren family heads to England to help with a possession case and soon find themselves in over their head.

The first movie made waves because it was brutally scary without being a gore fest. It was the type of horror film that could keep you up at night but still had the reach to meet a wider audience. Hopefully the sequel can live up to the first.

Yoga Hosers – Okay, so maybe very few people are looking forward to this one. Kevin Smith’s True North trilogy started out with a box office whimper with Tusk, but he is moving forward with the second film, Yoga Hosers. In true Smith fashion, it centers on a pair of friends working in a convenience store played by Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp. We’re guessing that this is at least part of why Johnny Depp is reprising his role as French Canadian uber-detective Guy Lapointe, who was the brightest and possibly strangest part of Tusk.

If all this sounds weird, you haven’t heard the half of it. Haley Joel Osment is going to play a Nazi with an army of sentient bratwurst, all played by Kevin Smith. Will this film be too weird to have success? Or will curiosity get the better of horror fans?

The Purge: Election Year – The Purge movies aren’t objectively good. They are overacted and center on a completely illogical idea that somehow one night of violence would keep all people in check. Even with a plot with more holes than your average Swiss cheese, they somehow manage to be an entertaining romp. The third movie will be addressing how ridiculous The Purge is as an idea, as a politician who is trying to end the purge is running for her life from fanatics who want to keep their bloody holiday.

The main reason this made it on the list, and why it will probably do well in theaters, is because of the election year itself. With choices like we have, it feels like we could use a good purging.

This list is far shorter than it should be, so we want to hear about the movies you are excited about this year. Are you waiting with bated breath over Swiss Army Man? Or are you needing to let Liam Neeson baste your ears with his gravelly voice in A Monster Calls? Hit up the comments below!

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Tony Southcotte: Tony hails from the Rocky Mountains somewhere around the state of Colorado. Possibly raised by grizzly bears, this gritty denizen of the arena now spends most of his time grappling with Java updates and dysfunctional RAM. With not much fiction under his belt, it might seem tempting to bet against Mister Southcotte, but an impressive knowledge of everything from PVC pipe to psychedelic drugs makes Tony a storehouse of fiction waiting to hit the paper. Plus, you know, there’s the possibility of him ripping you apart like a grizzly bear.