20 Horror Movies That Were Way Too Cruel

Look, everyone felt bad for Zack Snyder when Warner Bros. screwed him over with Justice League, but that doesn't mean he should be given carte blanche to keep inflicting all these awful Netflix Originals on us. Army of the Dead is an infuriating mess across the board, and one of its very worst problems was just how weirdly mean-spirited it was, which was especially jarring as it's quite a light, silly film in other ways. 

Regardless of the picture's flaws, the heist crew that goes into a zombie-infested Las Vegas to retrieve some money are generally likable characters, and it was so infuriating how all of them kept dying in the most avoidable ways, thanks to a never-ending stream of dumb decisions. As a result, much like with the aforementioned Wolf Creek films, these deaths are difficult to accept because they never feel earned. 

A tonally discombobulated flick, Army also veers misguidedly into melodramatic territory with some of its deaths, and each of these occasions felt manipulative and exasperating instead of being moving. For example, there's a particular moment where a character tells protagonist Scott (Dave Bautista) that she has feelings for him, and she's then abruptly killed by the zombies out of nowhere. 

And just when you think it can't get any worse, Army gives viewers the finger by making its least-likable character - Katie (Ella Purnell), Scott's whiny daughter who gets everyone else killed through her stupidity - the only one to survive. Urgh!