20 AWFUL Horror Movie Moments You Wish You Could Forget
20. The Haunting Of Sharon Tate: The Re-Enactment Of The Murders
Horror films do sometimes explore real-life tragedies and that's all well and good, but it has to be done respectfully and in a way that isn't exploitative. The Haunting of Sharon Tate most definitely didn't get the memo.
This risible horror film, which sees Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff) experiencing premonitions of the murders before they happen, received several Razzie nominations and it was absolutely deserved. In 2019, we already saw the Manson Family Murders reduced to an idiotic fight sequence in Quentin Tarantino's overpraised Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and somehow, that very same year, we got an even more infuriating treatment.
The premonition of the murders comes in the form of an abysmally-executed load of gratuitous, exploitative violence, and it's further brought down by the sub-par acting and writing that plagued the rest of the film. At one point, while victim Abigail Folger (Lydia Hearst) is being stabbed she literally says aloud "You got me. I'm already dead." Who wrote this?
The Haunting of Sharon Tate was quite possibly the most offensive movie released in 2019, and this scene alone confirmed that.