OPENING THIS WEEK

AMITYVILLE: THE

AWAKENING: As has become custom for the franchise, a family moves into a new home and weird and horrifying things happen. (PG-13) DARKNESS RISING: First-time director Austin Reading’s unsettling film follows a young woman back to her childhood home, which unleashes terrifying forces. (NR)

DESPICABLE ME 3: Gru and Lucy try to thwart an attempt at world domination. With Minions. (PG)

THE HOUSE: A couple, played by Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, lose their daughter’s college fund and must find a way to replace the money. (R)

THE BEGUILED: A wounded Union soldier finds complicated refuge in an all-female Southern boarding school. (R)

Warner Bros. Pictures Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler star in “The House.”

Focus Features Colin Farrell stars in “The Beguiled.”