10 Horror Movies That Wasted Brilliant Concepts

10. Would You Rather

It’s often the mark of a great horror movie story that it forces the audience to ask deeply difficult questions about themselves. In the case of Would You Rather, it was how far would you go, how much pain could you take and inflict on others to save someone you love?

It’s an incredible premise, as Iris was desperate for money and forced into an evening of pain and torture to cover the cost of her brother's medical bills. An intriguing premise, but the execution ultimately let down what could have been a fantastic movie.

Aside from the harsh questions, the movie had the opportunity to get incredibly creative and unsettling with its means of torture and injury. There was a certain amount of this, particularly when it was the elderly woman’s turn to get hurt, but not nearly enough.

The games essentially were just repetitive almost to the point of boring, with everyone going around the table largely being asked to do the same thing. There was a hint of zoning in on each person’s specific weakness, more of this would have improved proceedings greatly, but instead what was produced was something more forgettable than anything else.