Horror
Rod Lott
With its early scenes of an Iraq War vet mountain biking across the breathtaking scenery all by his lonesome, "Shadow" reminded me of "127 Hours" ... if, of course, it slammed head-on into "Hostel."

Thriller
Rod Lott
With A Lonely Place to Die — which is not to be confused with A Horrible Way to Die, which I did for the better part of last year because those titles are just too damn similar — we have an excellent example of why I neither climb mountains nor go hiking.