10 Most Disappointing Horror Movie Sequels

10. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)

Now, this one is a bit of an anomaly on this list – I’ll explain.

The 2006 remake of Wes Craven’s classic wasn’t incredible, with the 1977 original movie becoming a cult classic. The remake was satisfying for gore hounds and updated the OG movie’s commentary of American morality, and did brilliantly at the box office.

Makes sense for a sequel to be put into production pretty quickly then.

When the sequel did arrive in 2007, it was a disappointing mess of gore and sexual assault with a weak plot. Bludgeoned by critics, the film ended up with a 12% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Ouch.

But the real kicker was that the teaser trailer for this film was brilliant. It was simple, chilling and just showed a bound person getting dragged through the desert by a hidden figure – from the perspective of the captive individual.

The eerie ‘Insect Eyes’ by Devendra Banhart plays and begins to rise into a crescendo, only for the music and hidden figures to vanish in the dust.

Expectations for this sequel were therefore through the roof, and only made the final product suck even more.