As a general rule, comic book movies are fun, action-packed popcorn flicks that are invariably suitable for children. Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and the majority of the early Batman movies are testament to that notion. That said, a number of comic book movies have broken the mould by either being outright dark or by having elements of more adult-oriented movie genres. We've seen hardcore violence, gore, romance, sex and politics on display in comic book movies - all of which don't immediately spring to mind when you stereotypically think of comic books - but one element that really isn't associated with comic books is horror. Of course, any devout comic book fan knows that there are more to comic books than the archetypical superheroes like Superman and Spider-Man - there are some truly dark and dirty titles out there - but, for those people who go in to comic book movies without prior knowledge of the source material, it might be something of a surprise for them to see some of the content. In this article, we're going to take a look at the times comic book movies contained some moments that could be pretty scary to viewers who aren't fans of scary movies and were expecting an easy ride. Here are ten moments in comic book movies that felt more like horror movies...
