12 Perfect Horror Movies With One Glaring Flaw

12. Final Destination - Much Of The Acting Is Terrible

Final Destination is one of the best teen horror films ever made; a brilliantly inventive and fiendishly entertaining tour-de-force in wacky gore and Hitchcockian suspense that still holds up today, not least because it revolves around a group of victims who you actually care about.

The single biggest issue with it, however, is definitely the acting. Although Devon Sawa gives a genuinely excellent performance as protagonist Alex and the film also boasts a terrific cameo from horror legend Tony Todd, many of the actors playing the other survivors being hunted by death itself are pretty weak.

Ali Larter's flat performance as Clear Rivers is the most jarring one, as she is the co-lead, but in general the acting from most of the younger cast does leave a lot to be desired and this is the main blot upon what is otherwise a tremendously fun viewing.

Unfortunately, even though most of the sequels were also pretty darn good they've all been plagued by bad acting as well - even the surprisingly kick-ass fifth movie - so this is a problem the franchise hasn't managed to shake. Still, with the sixth film (finally!) coming to HBO Max in the next few years, hopefully they'll be able to buck this trend.