The River

If you bought a night-light after watching Paranormal Activity (not that we know anyone who did...), keep it on for the latest project from Paranormal director Oren Peli. Filmed in that same docu-horror style, this creepy drama follows Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood), a wildlife-TV host who's disappeared in the Amazon. When his wife (Leslie Hope) and son (Joe Anderson) enlist a TV crew to find him, they discover that something doesn't want them in the jungle. ''This is a show about a family putting themselves back together again — and also getting the living s--- scared out of them,'' says co-creator Michael R. Perry. The solid pilot, which fills in important background, leads to a genuinely terrifying second episode. Three words: evil baby dolls. —Melissa Maerz