10 Horror Movies You Didn't Know Got Cancelled

The film industry sure is a fickle mistress, with movies being unexpectedly greenlit and cancelled every day - many more, in fact, than we as film fans ever end up hearing about.

Then there are those cancellations which end up flying surprisingly under the radar, to the extent that even movie lovers who have their ear to the ground might not realise. Considering that there are few genres more popular and commercially bulletproof than horror, it stands to reason that for every greenlit project, there are a ton of cancellations too.

On one hand, it's just part of the creative process and the "business" of moviemaking, but on the other, it's sometimes surprising how quietly announced films can end up evaporating into the ether. And that's certainly the case with these ten announced horror movies, from sequels to reboots to wild crossovers, each of which was expected to begin production but has ultimately been tossed out for one of many reasons.

Perhaps the studio lost faith in the project, the filmmaker couldn't come up with a compelling idea, or boring business nonsense left it dead in a ditch. Whatever the reason, these sequels have all gone up in smoke without most of us even realising.

Zack Snyder's zombie heist flick Army of the Dead was released on Netflix in 2021 and proved to be a sizable numbers hit for the streamer, who intended to develop a wider franchise based on the movie.

This began with the spin-off prequel Army of Thieves released later in 2021, and a direct sequel to the original film, Planet of the Dead.

Several years passed as Snyder got to work on other projects - namely, his critically mauled Rebel Moon duology - and last summer reports emerged that Netflix had "quietly cancelled" not only Planet of the Dead but also a planned animated series.

Netflix hasn't revealed why they cancelled the film, and in turn, the entire Army of the Dead franchise, though there are two obvious probable causes - the disappointing critical and viewership performance of Rebel Moon, and Army of Thieves bringing in considerably less viewers than Army of the Dead.

Simply, Netflix may not have had confidence in the IP or even in Snyder moving forward.