20 Most Disappointing Horror Movies of the 2020s (So Far)
These 2020s horror films all failed to live up to the hype, sadly.
As much as it may pain us horror fans to admit it, sometimes it's tough to admit when a newly hyped release just doesn't live up to expectations, leaving large swaths of viewers wondering quite what went wrong during production.
And so, though the 2020s have been a banner decade for horror so far, it's also fair to say that not everything has hit how we wanted it to.
These 20 horror films, for one reason or another, are the most disappointing and underwhelming to release throughout the 2020s so far.
Perhaps they were a long-awaited, franchise-concluding sequel that went spectacularly off the rails, saw a beloved filmmaker come up short, or simply failed to capitalise on an incredible premise.
Whatever the reason, it was tough not to walk away from these films feeling more than a little short-changed, like somewhere in the creative process the best version of the movie just never really came together.
In most cases, it was simply an isolated let-down, though in a few instances these horror movies risked more than just disappointing fans - they could have derailed their entire franchise...
20. Halloween Ends
Though anyone who knows how Hollywood works was fully aware that Halloween Ends wouldn't be the last Halloween movie, it was at least marketed as the epic final showdown between Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney).
And while, to its credit, it does at least conclude with a definitive end for The Shape, pretty much everything leading up to it is proof that subverting expectations alone doesn't make a story worth telling.
In a bold yet ultimately misguided move, Halloween Ends focuses less on Laurie and Michael than a new character, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), who we're led to believe just might become the new Michael Myers (spoiler: he doesn't).
As such it became painfully clear that writer-director David Gordon Green had little interest in giving audiences the movie they were sold, instead serving up a lackluster franchise-ender that barely features its two central characters.