My pick this week is Wes Craven's 'My Soul to Take'

It’s Wednesday, so today I give you my weekly list of movies that will open in theatres this week as well as my list of movies that will be released this week on DVD.

I hope this will serve as a useful guide as to what’s going on this week if you happen to be near a movie theatre or if you’re looking for something to drop into your NetFlix queue.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this Friday include:

- Down for Life (Drama, R): Starring Jessica Romero, Danny Glover, Kate del Castillo and Emily Rios.

- I Spit on Your Grave (Horror, Thriller, R)

- It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Drama, Comedy, PG-13): Starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts and Viola Davis.

- Life As We Know It (Comedy, PG-13): Starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

- My Soul to Take (Drama, Thriller, R): Directed by Wes Craven and starring Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Emily Meade and Nick Lashaway.

- Nowhere Boy (Drama, Epic and Historical, R): Starring Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster and David Morrissey.

- Secretariat (Drama, PG): Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn.

- Stone (Drama, Thriller, R): Starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich and Frances Conroy.

- Tamara Drewe (Drama, R): Starring Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp and Dominic Cooper.

New DVD releases for the week of Oct. 5 include:

- Holy Rollers (Drama, R): Directed by Kevin Asch and starring Jesse Eisenberg.

- The Human Centipede (Horror, Thriller, Not Rated): Directed by Tom Six and starring Dieter Laser.

- The Karate Kid (Action, Drama, PG): Directed by Harald Zwart and starring Jadan Smith and Jackie Chan.

- A Nightmare on Elm Street (Horror, R): Directed by Samuel Bayer and starring Jackie Earle Haley.

- The Oxford Murders (Crime, Mystery, R): Directed by Alex de la Iglesia and starring Elijah Wood and John Hurt.

- The Secret of Kells (Family, Fantasy, G): Directed by Tomm Moore and starring Evan McGuire.

- Splice (Science Fiction, R): Directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Adrien Brody.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “My Soul to Take,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

In the end, let me know if you get a chance to watch any of the new movies in theatres this week or if you’ve already seen any of the movies that have just been released on DVD. What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.