10 Terrible Films By Game Of Thrones Directors

Director: Neil Marshall

British director Neil Marshall has been a mixed bag when it comes to feature films, though the two episodes of Game Of Thrones he has directed have both been met with critical acclaim. The penultimate episode is usually seen as the season's best, and Marshall has helmed two thus far - the memorable Blackwater in season 2 and The Watcher on the Wall in season 4.

Long before HBO greenlit Game of Thrones, Marshall was making a name for himself in horror circles with his critically acclaimed debut Dog Soldiers (2002) and the claustrophobic chiller The Descent (2005), films that earned him the right to play with a bigger budget for 2008's Doomsday.

This near-future sci-fi takes place in Scotland after the country has been quarantined for three decades because of the outbreak of the deadly Reaper virus. When Reaper is discovered in London, politicians in the UK's secure capital send a team north to cross the border and search for a possible cure.

Some reviews accused Doomsday of lifting far too heavily from existing films (Aliens and The Road Warrior being the most blatant) though the real problem here isn't the director's many influences, it's how haphazardly they are thrown together. The film goes out of its way to blend genres and in doing so loses the rhythm that made Marshall's earlier work play so well, resulting in a slog of set-pieces that just aren't enough to keep you interested in what happens next.