10 Biggest Missed Opportunities In Horror Movie History

10. Quentin Tarantino's Friday the 13th

Let's kick things off with a wild one. 

In 2005, as New Line Cinema was in the early stages of putting together a new Friday the 13th movie, word began doing the rounds online that Quentin Tarantino was in talks to potentially direct the next installment in the franchise.

IGN even claimed that Tarantino was in "final talks" for the gig, though a week later, Tarantino himself refuted the news, adding that while he did talk to New Line about a new Friday the 13th, he in no way signed up to do it.

All the same, the mere fact that Tarantino entertained the idea enough to discuss it with New Line sent fans into a frenzy, and to this very day, they can't help but fantasise about what a Tarantino-directed Friday the 13th would even look like.

Perhaps not-so-coincidentally, Tarantino's next film following this not-news was his only horror film to date, 2007's Death Proof. 

While Tarantino has also flirted with directing a Star Trek film in recent years, it goes without saying that his R-rated style was infinitely better suited to the world of Friday the 13th. 

But with Tarantino firmly moved on from the discussion and his next film reportedly set to be his last, this is destined to forever remain an agonising "what if?"