Focus Features has officially kicked off summertime horror with Obsession (read our review), the first big horror movie of the year, setting off a string of genre films coming out over the next few months. Summer used to be dedicated to blockbusters, but now we get horror films that studios actually believe in.

As many of you older readers know, August, September, January, and February used to be considered “dump months,” where studios would unload horror films they didn’t believe in, with lesser marketing spends and less risk, just to...