10 Horror Movies Ruined By Fan Overhype
4. Army Of The Dead
No one is going to deny the fact Zack Snyder is a love-or-hate filmmaker. However, there's one thing we can all agree on - his Dawn of the Dead remake is nearly impossible to fault.
So, when the Watchmen director revealed he was making another zomfest called Army of the Dead, it looked like a sure thing.
As refreshing as it was to see Snyder receive so much support, the hype for this blockbuster was preposterous. Almost a year before Army of the Dead was released, a prequel and an anime spin-off series were green-lit. The same week the film hit Netflix, Snyder unveiled a sequel called Planet of the Dead was in the works.
All of these projects were declared willy-nilly, under the impression Army of the Dead was a guaranteed success... which it wasn't. It may have its moments, but this zombie heist thriller was let down by its bum-numbing run-time, absurd plotholes, half-baked subplots, and lack of pay-offs. (Why did Vanderhoe tease his buzzsaw if he wasn't going to use the damn thing?)
Even though Army of the Dead was underwhelming in its own right, the fact that the studio saw it as the tentpole for a cinematic universe made it more crushing.