10 Horror Movies Hated By Critics But Audiences Loved

10. Final Destination

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 36%

Final Destination genuinely might boast one of the most brilliantly original concepts in all of horror - a group of teenagers narrowly cheat death by departing a soon-to-explode plane after one of them experiences a premonition, prompting Death itself to pick off those who escaped its clutches.

All the same, critics were resoundingly frosty in their assessment of the film, calling it stupid, badly acted, and comparing it derisively to TV shows like The Twilight Zone and The X-Files - a fitting critique given that screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick originally penned Final Destination as an X-Files script.

Despite this, audiences went gaga for the concept and the movie as a whole, which netted over $110 million globally against a mere $23 million budget, kickstarting a franchise which led to four commercially successful-yet-critically dubious sequels.

Almost 25 years (!) on from the original's release, though, it remains hugely popular as a campy, deliciously-premised supernatural slasher, enough that a sixth film is currently in development.