10 Movies That Should Have Been Horror

10. Room

Released in 2015, Room is an independent movie directed by Lenny Abrahamson and based around a 2010 novel of the same name.

Starring Brie Larson and Jacob Trembley, the film revolves around a mother named Joy and her son Jack who have spent seven years living in captivity confined to just one small room. Their captor is a man named Nick, Joy's ex-partner and Jack's biological father, who routinely beats and abuses the mother and son.

The pair eventually escape their captor in a wonderfully thrilling action sequence, and the film's second act follows the two of them adjusting to life back in the real world. However, the film focuses more on the themes of coming of age and the love between a mother and her son, rather than being an outright dark crime story and ultimately ends on a reasonably positive position for the pair.

Room's dark premise is plucked straight from a nightmare and could have very easily lead to one of the darkest horror movies of the year being released.

Upping the amount of graphic material on show and altering a couple of scenes to help with a more sombre tone would have been fairly easy, and could have really helped bring out the true nightmare feel of the film's story.