
2011 brought us new installments of Scream, Final Destination, and Paranormal Activity, remakes of ‘80s classics Fright Night and The Thing, and Adam Wingard’s calling card, You’re Next. But for a significant percentage of cinemagoers, the film most likely to induce sweaty palms, racing hearts, and an overwhelming sense of dread was a wordy Wall Street drama whose only kill was a euthanized dog.