Yet another movie not screened for critics.

Horror flicks are often let loose on the public without being shown to critics first, so it comes as no surprise that Captivity will open July 13 with no press screenings. It will, however, be screened “at an expected showing for women’s groups in New York, at which [producer Courtney Solomon] wants to engage in a town-hall-style debate with detractors,” according to the New York Times.

The most shocking item in this story, for me, is the revelation that this bit of “torture porn” is directed by Roland Joffé, who once made Oscar-worthy historical dramas like The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986). Then again, I guess his fortunes did take a dive when he collaborated with Demi Moore on that tawdry, bodice-ripping remake of The Scarlet Letter (1995).