10 Horror Movies You Really Wanted To Like (But Actually Couldn’t)

Look, nobody wants to go out of their way to watch an abysmal horror movie (unless it falls under the"so bad, it's good" category). Wasting 90 minutes of your life looking at badly written characters, sloppy dialogue, or enduring a derivative story can be infuriating.

However, there are times where you really try to look past the many, many glaring flaws. If the project has been hyped for years, is based on a beloved IP, or had a mind-blowing trailer, you don't want to consider the possibility it could be anything except incredible. Even if the slasher, paranormal thriller, or zombie flick gets shredded by critics, you want to give it the benefit of a doubt. Rather than switching the horror in question off, certain viewers push through, hoping it gets better.

But when it becomes apparent the film's quality isn't improving, you have to accept the fact you're watching garbage.

Although there are a myriad of god-awful horrors to choose from, the ten entries on this list really broke our heart. Even though we wanted to like this sorry bunch, saying they fell short of expectations is an understatement.

Although Matt Reeves' found-footage classic Cloverfield was a blast, there wasn't much hard evidence a sequel was in the pipeline.  As such, the creature feature seemed like a one-and-done. So, when a follow-up was announced eight years later, fans were excited about the prospect of this story being expanded into a franchise.

Even though 10 Cloverfield Lane was a riveting drama, it had almost no association with Cloverfield and nothing was revealed about the city-levelling kaiju. So, when The Cloverfield Paradox was dropped on Netflix, it was assumed it would interconnect with the previous instalments.

Once again, Paradox has so little to do with its predecessors, it was no surprise to learn it was a standalone film before being repurposed as a Cloverfield entry.

Not only that, Paradox doesn't work as a self-contained story. Despite the brilliant cast, the cosmic flop suffers from a disjointed narrative, underdeveloped characters, an inconsistent tone, and lack of substance. Also, the shot of another Clover monster at the very end came across as tacked on and desperate.

Despite the fact producer, JJ Abrams, suggested a true sequel to Cloverfield could still be on the cards, The Cloverfield Paradox may have killed off any interest.