10 Good Horror Movies With Surprisingly Low Rotten Tomatoes Scores
10. John Dies At The End - RT Score: 60%
This one comes in at number ten on our list not because it isn't worthy of a higher spot, but because it's the only one with a fresh rating.
In John Dies at the End, after encountering a strange substance known only as Soy Sauce, two best friends find themselves at the centre of a cosmic mystery of horrors. The adventure crosses both time and space, as the two must battle a monster made entirely out of meat, a biomechanical eldritch supercomputer, and even reality itself in the hope of saving the world.
John Dies at the End is the kind of movie destined to achieve cult classic status. Its weirdness is unique in that, instead of feeling forced, it comes across as endearing, working in conjunction with the twisty narrative to tell an unusually sweet story about friendship. Where it really succeeds though is in its willingness to just go for it. The movie never feels constrained by logic or real world sensibilities, and is constantly upping the ante in its oddity. It knows exactly what it wants to be, and proudly embraces its identity.
Whether it just went over critics' heads or was too weird for its own good, John Dies at the End is worth more than a barely passing grade on the Rotten Tomatoes scoreboard.