10 Terrible Horror Movies That Are Actually Awesome
It's time to accept that Rob Zombie's Halloween is amazing.
What makes a good horror film?
Is it the visuals? The implications of the action playing out on-screen? The performances and the characters caught in the midst of a waking nightmare? What about the jump scares? The gore? Is it the monsters, or the uniqueness of the filmmaker's vision?
More than any other genre, horror is a tough one to pin down, and it remains one of the most subjective and critically divisive cinema has to offer.
Over the years, there have been hundreds of horror films released to subpar reviews from both audiences and critics alike, dismissed - amongst other things - for being derivative, over-the-top, silly, obvious, cheap, poorly acted, or self-indulgent.
Such is the case with the following horror movies, all of which have received poor reviews, often rightfully so, from both audiences and critics over the years, despite the fact that they're actually a lot better than they get credit for.
With that in mind, from discomforting body horrors to misunderstood remakes of beloved classics, here are 10 terrible horror movies that - in spite of their obvious flaws and troubled reputations - are actually pretty damn awesome.
10. Bite (2015)
In the vein of many earlier instalments in the body horror subgenre, Bite follows an unsuspecting woman who's bitten by an unknown insect whilst on holiday, and slowly transforms into a twisted monster with no humanity.
Poorly acted and unfortunately dampened by some questionable dialogue and one-dimensional characters, Bite's first act leaves little to be desired, but the film eventually works brutally well as a sickening vision of bodily decay, revenge, and skin-crawling horror.
As Casey (Elma Begovic) succumbs to her condition -- which is never explained, making it all the more unsettling -- Bite's use of gore, effective make-up effects, and claustrophobia easily overshadows the film's obvious twists, dull performances, and clichéd finale.
It's not high art, but as far as distressing, shock-value body horrors go, it makes for genuinely fantastic escapism.