8 Horror Movies Built On A Lie

9. Honourable Mention: At The Mountains Of Madness

A short deviation from the films that used lies to their advantage, here's the one case where a film absolutely SHOULD have been built on a lie - but wholesome, pure, good-hearted Guillermo Del Toro couldn't bring himself to bend the truth for his passion project to come to life. God bless that man.

At the Mountains of Madness was Del Toro's envisioned adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's work of the same name, and would have been a deliciously dark fantasy slathered in his iconic style. The only reason it hasn't already been made - as it was in the capable hands of Universal studios at one point - is because it was designed with a hard R rating in mind.

Apparently, Del Toro knew a PG-13 could have gotten the green light, but didn't want to tell porkies about his project. It's only when the thing got canned that he realised his mistake.

He said himself in an interview with Collider: "I’m too much of a Boy Scout, I should have lied, but I didn’t.”

You should have Mr. Del Toro, you should have.