Not in the mood for all that coziness around the holidays? On Friday the 13th we serve an alternative Christmas menu with the two most talked-about horror films of the moment. The original When Evil Lurks from Argentina is one for the hardened horror fan with a bawdy sense of humor. Be warned.

In the Argentine countryside, demons were around. They crawl under your skin, infecting you so that you swell up and give birth to evil. Two brothers discover that their elderly neighbor has had her infected son in the house for weeks. What to do? As they try to get their family to safety, their fear and mutual suspicion grow - with fatal consequences. When Evil Lurks is one of the best and most original horror films of recent years. Never has demonic possession been so convincingly delivered, with a threat as tangible as it is elusive. And the apocalyptic final scene is of a blood-curdling beauty.…