10 Horror Movies You Won't Believe Are Coming Out
For better or worse, these insane horror movies (somehow) exist.
There's no movie genre quite so prolific and arguably over-saturated as horror, because unlike many other types of film - especially sci-fi, westerns, and superhero fare - you don't need millions of dollars and A-list actors to make a horror film that people will actually want to watch.
And while the majority of horror movies play within a well-trod formula, the genre does also serve as a sandbox for filmmakers to unleash their most unexpectedly left-field projects upon audiences, for better or worse.
Even accepting the utterly unhinged, even baffling horror films that end up getting the greenlight, who ever believed that they'd ever see these 10 horrors come to fruition?
These are the most bizarre and surprising of all the upcoming horror movies, from hilariously absurd creature features to outrageously cynical public domain slashers, unexpected sequels in hit franchises, and everything else in-between.
Regardless of whether anyone asked for them or not, and no matter how they turn out quality-wise, these unlikely horror films are all happening, with many of them already firmly in the can and due to release in short order...
10. Hungry
Though there have been talks of an official adaptation of the Hasbro board game Hungry Hungry Hippos for well over a decade, an unrelated horror film centered around a killer hippo is currently shooting in Malta.
Hungry revolves around a hapless group of vacationers who end up assailed by a bloodthirsty hippo while holidaying in the Louisiana swamplands, with director James Nunn (Shark Bait) helming the production.
It sounds like an absolute farce on paper given hippos' common presentation in pop culture as lazy, sleepy, even "harmless" creatures.
However, it's worth remembering that they're actually one of the most dangerous land animals on Earth, with their speed, strength, and tough skin making them responsible for 500 human deaths per year in Africa alone.
While pulling this creature feature off on a low budget certainly presents its challenges, if successful it could end up doing for hippos what Jaws did for sharks, entirely rewriting their perception in society - for better or worse.