15 Horror Movies Since 2000 So Awful They'e Genuinely Horrifying

1. The Wicker Man

The Devil Inside
New Line Cinema

The Plot:

Nicolas Cage's policeman heads to an isolated island community to find a missing girl.

Why It Sucks:

Here are some things which are scarier than The Wicker Man:

Flowers. Butterflies. Rainbows. Bunny rabbits. Clouds. Grass. Baby kittens. Every kids film ever made. Every kids TV show ever made. And of course, the original.

This is maybe the worst horror film ever and is a harrowing reminder of how bad horror films can be. Then again, it's hard to call this horror since it's never scary.

Full of dream fake-outs, bees and endless screaming instead of suspense, fear or anything even remotely disturbing, this is a complete insult to the fantastic original. Where that was a terrifying examination of religion and corruption, this is a moronic movie during which Nicolas Cage runs around an island screaming, wearing bear-suits, stealing bicycles and punching women.

A film so stupid it makes Snakes on a Plane look like a documentary, this is below the bottom of the barrel on every conceivable level. With putrid acting, painfully awful screenwriting, artless direction and no scares, logic, pathos or plot, this is arguably one of the worst films ever made.

In a word, horrifying.

Contributor

Film Studies graduate, aspiring screenwriter and all-around nerd who, despite being a pretentious cinephile who loves art-house movies, also loves modern blockbusters and would rather watch superhero movies than classic Hollywood films. Once met Tommy Wiseau.