20 Horror Movies That Were Way Too Cruel

It might've got inexplicably generous reviews from critics back when it was released, but Piranha 3D is a pretty bad movie for the most part, one which relies exclusively on gore and female nudity while failing to ever come up with a good script. 

Furthermore, while it was meant to be a horror comedy, it's got a weirdly nasty tone. There is something excessively sadistic about the elongated scenes of the piranha violently killing hundreds of innocent partygoers, and the sexualized overtones make it even more uncomfortable. In one scene, two piranha fight over a man's severed penis. In this same moment, two breast implants are seen floating away from a recently devoured woman. 

If the characters killed by the fish had all been total scumbags, then there would've been mileage for some good black comedy there, but Piranha 3D ultimately plays everything weirdly straight for the most part and never really provides any laughs, even though it was supposedly a comedy. Essentially, you're better off watching the far superior 1978 original from director Joe Dante, which also features plenty of brutal mayhem but captures the right vibe and never feels as unpleasant as this remake does.