10 Horror Movies Critics Were Way Too Harsh On

Stewart Hendler's Sorority Row is one of those rare remakes that actually surpasses an original.

That original was 1982's The House on Sorority Raw, and Hendler's 2009 effort took that formulaic slasher and breathed new life into it in a way that felt fresh yet familiar.

Is Sorority Row an all-time classic of the genre? Nope. What it is, though, is a brisk, entertaining slasher that's the perfect tonic when you're looking for something easy to watch for 90 minutes or so. The kills aren't overly gory, the plot isn't particularly clever and the performances aren't all that noteworthy, yet the film is a nice time-filler that ticks all of the right boxes for those of us with a penchant for '80s horror tropes.

Plot-wise, Sorority Row sees an opening act prank massively backfire, resulting in the death of a college girl. After her friends hide the dead body down a mine shaft, a year later the group all start to be targeted by a mysterious figure who knows what they did. Again, all very generic, all seen before, but nowhere near as awful a viewing experience as some would have you believe.

Regardless of how it's a great popcorn horror flick, critics hated Sorority Row when it hit the silver screen.