10 More Horror Movies Everyone Wished Were Way Crazier
These movies committed the cardinal sin of horrors - they were boring.
Horror fans are, largely, creatures of habit. They know what they like, they know what they don't like, and they can be very vocal when something doesn't live up to their expectations.
There are a lot of reasons why a fanbase can turn on a film - bad acting, stupid plot twists, if it's part of a franchise that carries on past the number three - but there's one thing that pretty much all horror hounds can agree that they hate; when a film is dull.
Not every horror has to be a whirling, frenzied cyclone of viscera, gore, and assorted body chunks, with monsters straight out of a Lovecraftian cheese dream, but equally fans really hate it when they go too far the other way.
There's already been 10 Horror Movies Everyone Wished Were Way Crazier, but sadly, this affliction is widespread in the genre. Many movies make the mistake of bringing wild and outlandish concepts to the table, only to fail to deliver on them, leaving those films at the mercy of their furious audiences.
Well, they'll probably be furious, once they've woken up.
10. Five Nights At Freddy’s
After the better part of a decade in development, fans of the popular video game series Five Nights at Freddy's finally got to see the story play out on the big screen when this movie hit theatres in 2023.
And it was... fine. It was fine.
With Josh Hutcherson taking on the role of Fazbear's latest night guard, the film played out in a similar fashion to the first game; Hutcherson has to survive encounters with evil animatronics whilst trying to discover their secret. The ideal location of a haunted pizzeria, combined with the cast of memorable and unsettling characters, should have made this a guaranteed scarefest.
Instead, what played out was a thoroughly mediocre mainstream horror.
As soon as it was revealed the film only carried a PG-13 rating, it was clear that the FNAF name was being tacked-on to make money, not to do the franchise any justice. The finished product was dull, confusing, and thoroughly unscary, which is actually quite impressive considering the source material.
Oh well, maybe Blumhouse will get it right for the sequel... if it ever comes out.