20 Horror Movies That Were Way Too Cruel

These Australian horror films - in which various tourists are hunted down by the psychopathic serial killer Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) - are pretty good in a lot of ways, but there's a strong argument to be made that they are far too cruel. Granted, these movies revolve around one of the evilest killers in horror history, and it seems they were designed to be particularly brutal works, and yet, as mentioned before, brutality needs to feel earned. In these movies, it doesn't. 

Despite an award-worthy performance from John Jarratt, Mick Taylor isn't the most credible of characters, as he's ridiculously overpowered. Whenever his victims escape from him, he always manages to catch them, even after they've been going for hours through the vast wilderness of the Australian Outback. Every time, he magically turns up exactly where the plot needs him to be.

In both Wolf Creek films, he murders many innocent people, and the sole survivor in each case is left psychologically destroyed beyond measure. In neither case did this feel truly warranted due to all of these head-scratching logic gaps. As such, these movies leave a bitter aftertaste, despite their many positive qualities.