10 Horror Movies That Actually Benefitted From Bad Acting

Horror films aim to scare the pants off viewers everywhere. To achieve this goal, the performance of the actors is imperative. By giving out a good performance, they bring their characters to life and convey the emotions required from the page. However not all things work out, and can lead to bad acting for a number of reasons.

The first is due to the choices of the filmmakers, as poor direction can make even the best actors look awkward and clumsy.

Another reason can be due to the performers themselves. As the horror genre is often cheap and will employ unknown or inexperienced actors, this can lead to poor attempts from people who can't act their way out of a paper bag.

There are cases, however, when bad acting ends up ironically benefitting the movie. This happens when the actors give a performance memorable for all the wrong reasons or end up adding a unique charm to the film. With that said, these are the 10 instances when bad acting ends up doing good rather than harm.

Halloween: Resurrection is infamous for nearly ending the franchise after the goodwill of Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later by killing Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode in its opening. The movie is considered one of the worst in the series but features one silver lining in the form of Busta Rhymes' Freddie Harris.

Though casting an established musician usually ends up in disaster, Rhymes' out-of-place nature ends up benefitting Resurrection in comparison to his castmates who tried to take the film seriously. We get insane sequences where the rapper spews profanities at Michael Myers and where the two of them wear the same costume. He even busts out some kung-fu moves and proceeds to lay a beatdown on the iconic slasher.

Adding insult to injury, Freddie delivers the killing blow on Michael by jamming an electric cord into Myers' crotch. In a franchise with memorable characters like Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, and Jamie Lloyd, it took Busta Rhymes to finish The Shape off for good.

While Resurrection's other actors try to act like they're in a horror movie, Busta is content with playing himself and letting loose. Though his performance is by no means credible, Rhymes' hammy acting becomes the only noteworthy aspect of this franchise-killer.