Random Horror Fans Defend Worst Movies They Still Love (15 items)

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  (#1) Thirteen Ghosts

  • Shannon Elizabeth, Tony Shalhoub, Matthew Lillard, Abraham Murphy, Rah Digga, Embeth Davidtz, Laura Mennell, Craig Olejnik, J. R. Bourne, C. Ernst Harth, Matthew Harrison, John DeSantis, Xantha Radley, Charles Andre, Herbert Duncanson, Alec Roberts, Jacob Rupp, Daniel Wesley, Shawna Loyer, Mikhael Speidel, Laurie Soper, Shayne Wyler, Kathryn Anderson, Mike Crestejo, Aubrey Culp

  Posted by u/SordidSplendor:

  I loved it when I was younger, and rewatching it, I’m surprised by how much I still really enjoy it. Tony Shalhoub, Matthew Lillard and Embeth Davidtz give great performances, the effects are great and still hold up (Greg Nicotero worked on the film, which was cool to see), it’s gory, the ghosts have great designs, and... that Tricky song. Sure, it’s a bit cheesy at times, and Bobby is an annoying little d***, but it’s a lot of fun. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend giving it a watch.
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  (#2) House on Haunted Hill

  • Ali Larter, Famke Janssen, Geoffrey Rush, Lisa Loeb, Taye Diggs, Bridgette Wilson, James Marsters, Chris Kattan, Peter Graves, Debi Mazar, Peter Gallagher, Jeffrey Combs, Max Perlich, Slavitza Jovan, Jeannette Lewis

  Posted by u/Jadeidol65:

  This is one that started my love for asylum movies, along with Disturbing Behavior and Silence of the Lambs which I saw at 10. I believe many films and shows have had a creature shaking their head really fast, this is the first one I can recall doing it. There are quite a few great scenes in this one, the surgery, the scene with Geoffrey Rush in the spinning contraption, Taye Diggs walking around all creepy and then entering the pool of blood. I love this movie!!!
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  (#3) Signs

  • Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Abigail Breslin, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Showalter, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Merritt Wever, Patricia Kalember, Clifford David, Lanny Flaherty, Ukee Washington, Ted Sutton, Marion McCorry, Jose L. Rodriguez, Rhonda Overby, Greg Wood, Paul L. Nolan, Chuck Pressler, Paul Wilson, Angela Eckert, Kevin Pires, Samantha Steffen, Babita Hariani, Adam Way, Thomas Griffin

  Posted by u/dtg108:

  Signs does creepiness so well. I think that Signs takes the philosophy of “not showing too much” and runs with it. From the cornfield to the silhouette on the roof, it leaves you with just enough to let your imagination run wild, and then the alien reveal on the news sends chills down your spine.

  Another thing is the fantastic acting by both Phoenix and Gibson. It really sells the “small family” aspect and lets you believe that they really are just these ordinary people caught in the middle of this terrible invasion. You know as much as they know, and it’s really effective.

  I know the whole faith aspect gets a lot of hate, but I think it really takes the movie deeper than just another invasion flick. Graham’s whole lack of faith and subsequent regaining of it fits in perfectly with the plot.
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  (#4) Halloween

  • Malcolm McDowell, Danny Trejo, Danielle Harris, Clint Howard, Micky Dolenz, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Dee Wallace, Sybil Danning, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe, Sheri Moon Zombie, Udo Kier, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Daryl Sabara, Ken Foree, Daniel Roebuck, Richard Lynch, Hanna R. Hall, Lew Temple, Leslie Easterbrook, Tom Towles, Daeg Faerch, Pat Skipper, Paige Pollack, Skyler Gisondo, Richmond Arquette, Max Van Ville, Kristina Klebe, John Demita, Amanda Tepe, David Michie, Nikki Taylor Melton, Nick Mennell, Jeremy Maxwell, Kazu Nagahama, Mel Fair, Steve Boyles, Daamen J. Krall, Adam Weisman, Barbara Harris, Paul Kampf, Noreen Reardon, Myla Pitzer, Stella Altman, Jenny Gregg Stewart, Andreana Weiner, Sydnie Pitzer, David Randolph, Linda Sypien, Nancy Truman, Deven Streeton

  Posted by u/rhoades2rocky43:

  I might be alone here but I love Rob Zombie's Halloween.

  I understand that Michael was always supposed to be a mystery, but for me, I need to understand why the character did what he did. In Rob Zombie's first Halloween film he gives us an understandable backstory that would really f**** up a kid... I feel them showing Michael's beginnings and progress when he was locked up was also pretty cool.

  Sure, the original is absolutely fantastic, soundtrack, the atmosphere, just everything. But the one thing I never liked was not seeing why Michael did what he did, and with Rob Zombie's film, you got a taste of that.
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  (#5) Resident Evil Franchise

  • Milla Jovovich

  Posted by u/Steboo:

  I loved them [the movies] tbh. They're not really "Resident Evil" but each film genuinely tried to be a fun romp through the universe. As long as you don't take it seriously, you'll enjoy them for what they are. Seriously, they are wild. The clones, the telekinesis, the set-pieces. These movies are supposed to be off the rails and enjoyable.

  The movie series were made for fun, and imo you can't fault Paul [director] and Milla [lead actress] for making them. They brought more recognition to the game series if anything because Paul is a huge fan. Then it just became their thing to do as a couple. I would have loved to even be an extra on any movie of the series because it looked like everyone was having a blast behind the scenes.

  Basically, just enjoy it. If it's not your thing, that's ok! Luckily for diehard fans, there is a CGI canon movie series off the main game.
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  (#6) Event Horizon

  • Laurence Fishburne, Jason Isaacs, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, Sean Pertwee, Emily Booth, Richard T. Jones, Teresa May, Jack Noseworthy, Noah Huntley, Peter Marinker, Robert Jezek, Holley Chant, Barclay Wright

  Posted by u/Bobby_Fingers:

  Absolutely amazing! I loved it right from the first viewing, but the sad thing is how badly the studio made Paul W.S. Anderson butcher the film and remove so much of the gore that would have made this IMO one of the scariest horror movies ever. And the footage is now lost forever to time so of course we'll never get to see a full director's cut.

  But enough of my griping, I'll say again how amazing this movie is. You don't see horror movies like this anymore; one with such a creepy atmosphere to it, and the way it plays out it just sucks you in right from the get-go. I think if the director had been given free rein... it would be right up there with Alien and The Thing in terms of sci-fi horror. 
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  (#7) Alien 3

  • Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Pete Postlethwaite, Charles S. Dutton, Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, Ralph Brown, Brian Glover, Danny Webb, Christopher Fairbank, Peter Guinness, Leon Herbert, Christopher John Fields

  Posted by anonymous: 

  It is horrifying. Ripley's situation is desperate, her condition (of carrying within her what she hates and has tried to escape) is unnerving, and of course her sudden, violent loss of Newt and Hicks is devastating.

  Its alien is horrifying. The alien seems to me the embodiment of a nightmare, a contradiction: biological and mechanical, masculine and feminine, violent and graceful, from us but not of us, emotional and yet cruel, human-like and yet utterly alien. The third movie adds the idea of the "dragon", an implacable enemy whose nature is forever opposed to humanity, especially as embodied in Ripley.

  It is the perfect conclusion to the story, which from the start was nihilistic. The alien relentlessly strips from Ripley all those she has loved--the crew of the Nostromo, Hicks, Newt, Clemens--and it even destroys her own body, her motherhood. Ripley recognizes this when she speaks to the alien--"You've been in my life so long, I can't remember anything else"--yet she remains human in the face of the alien (literally!). This knowledge does not destroy her. She knows what she must do. She is steadfast to the very end.
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  (#8) Dreamcatcher

  • Morgan Freeman, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Donnie Wahlberg, Ty Olsson, Reece Thompson, Lance Kinsey, C. Ernst Harth, Michael Dobson, Rosemary Dunsmore, Eric Keenleyside, Colin Lawrence, Michael Daingerfield, Michael O'Neill, Campbell Lane, Kevan Ohtsji, Ingrid Kavelaars, Alex Campbell, Joel Palmer, Dion Johnstone, Jon Kasdan, Darrin Klimek, Giacomo Baessato, Shauna Kain, John Moore, Chera Bailey, Victor Formosa, Ryan DeBoer, Mikey Holekamp, Chris Duggan, Daniel Merali, T.J. Riley, Christopher Ang, Carolyn Tweedle, Marcy Goldberg, Malik McCall, Trenna Frandsen, Matt Riley, John Hombach, Kat Kosiancic, Susan Charest, Jordan Walker, John Gagné, Jack Crowston, John Armstrong, Sue Hartley

  Posted by mks2000:

  It's an entertaining mess that works as a blending of virtually every idea King previously had, using elements from Stand By Me, The Tommyknockers, It, The Shining, and multiple others. It's bananas, sometimes stupid and schmaltzy, but occasionally intense, and rarely boring. I think the cast and Kasdan's direction carry it a long way (but it can never quite wrangle in the insane material, which was written by King while he was blasted on pain [medication] recovering from getting run over by a van).
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  (#9) The Happening

  • Zooey Deschanel, Mark Wahlberg, M. Night Shyamalan, John Leguizamo, Kristen Connolly, Spencer Breslin, Betty Buckley, Alan Ruck, Joel de la Fuente, Robert Bizik, Frank Collison, Brian Anthony Wilson, Brian O'Halloran, Peter Appel, Victoria Clark, Robert Bailey, Jr., Chris McMullin, Alison Folland, Roberto Lombardi, Alexander Emmert, Ukee Washington, Charlie Saxton, Armand Schultz, Michael DenDekker, Jeremy Strong, Steven J. Klaszky, Vincent Riviezzo, Scott Yannick, Curtis McLarin, Ashlyn Sanchez, Thomas M. Hagen, Lyman Chen, Mara Hobel, Traci Law, Jennifer Wiener, Chuck Schanamann, Kerry O'Malley, Stephen Singer, Edward James Hyland, Cyrille Thouvenin, Frank Aptacy, William James Kelly, Lee Burkett, Dustin LaValley, Christian Dorsey, Megan Mazaika, Stéphane Debac, Jordan Romero, Jared Uhrich, Eugene Smith, Richard Graves, Daniel Van Wert, Greg Wood, Stosh Zona, John Wooten, Cornell Womack, Julia Yorks, Robert Fazio, Shayna Levine, Kimberly Villanova, Robert Lenzi, Joseph Tornatore, Mike Wilson, Catherine Cahill, Art Lyle, Ken Myers, Derege Harding, John Ottavino, Mark Pricskett, Adam Schoon, Bill Chemerka, Marc H. Glick, Mary Ellen Driscoll, Whitney Sugarman, Michael Quinlan, Jann Ellis, Megan Rose, James Breen, Sam Rocco, Mark Jacobson, Ruben Fischman, Anthony C. Brown, Michael Biscardi, Michael J. Kraycik, Samantha Steffen, Keith Bullard, Christina Sampson, Catrina Villani, Ben Samuels, Carmen Bitonti, Kurt Runkle, Rich Chew, Nikki Prantil, Joseph Villani, Babita Hariani, Nicholas Alexander Martino, Sophia Paulmier, Ashley Brimfield, Scott Troost, Alex Craft, Lisa Furst, Nicole Lee, Alex Van Kooy, Leilani Goode, Wes Heywood, Mauricio Ovalle, Kathy Hart, Bill Shusta, Eoin O'Shea, Farris Ellington, Nancy Sokerka, Kirk Penberthy, Don Castro, Sid Doherty, Chelsea Connell, Allie Habberstad, Rick Foster, Greg Smith, Sophie Burke, Adam Danoff, Austin Cope, Chris Bowyer, Alicia Taylor

  Posted by u/JBlitzen:

  I really liked it. It was weird, but imaginative and very effective. I don't care if the toxin was from plants or aliens or terrorists or whatever, it's no sillier than a thousand other premises we don't mind accepting.

  What I found freakiest was how the threat was within; how it was about people being driven to suicide. I find that a very powerful idea. It's reminiscent of some of the most psychologically subversive stories ever put to film, like They Live and The Thing. Is there something to learn about human nature by reflecting on what it would feel like to be chemically drive to self-harm? Because few things scare me so much.

  Anyway, an effective movie if you give it a chance. And the old lady still creeps me the f*** out.
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  (#10) Scream 3

  • Courteney Cox, Jenny McCarthy, Carrie Fisher, Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Patrick Dempsey, Emily Mortimer, Kevin Smith, Parker Posey, David Arquette, Nancy O'Dell, Patrick Warburton, Scott Foley, Roger Corman, Kelly Rutherford, Jason Mewes, Lance Henriksen, Heather Matarazzo, Jamie Kennedy, Matt Keeslar, Josh Pais, Roger L. Jackson, Deon Richmond, Lynn McRee, Lawrence Hecht

  Posted by u/LittleMissRedCoat:

  Unpopular opinion : Scream 3 isn't that bad. Everyone s**** on it so much like its the disease that [ruined] the Scream franchise but I actually really enjoyed it! I have way more fun rewatching this one than Scream 2, which mostly felt too slow and draggy to me (but is a still a great movie!).

  Sidney and Roman's fight was brutal and I loved it. She walked into that mansion ready for a fight and gave it her all. Roman as a [villain] is also very underrated with most people ranking him near the bottom of on their Ghostface list.

  He was one of the smartest Ghostfaces... He wore a bulletproof vest, used other characters voices to manipulate everyone, and was the only [Ghostface] to actually make Sidney question her own sanity - and his plan would of worked if he had only made sure that he truly [offed] Sidney. He has the highest singular body count and in my opinion was one of the Ghostfaces with the best motive alongside Mrs. Loomis.

  I just felt like giving some love to a movie that gets nothing but hate. 
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  (#11) Dracula 2000

  • Gerard Butler, Jeri Ryan, Nathan Fillion, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Esposito, Jonny Lee Miller, Shane West, Danny Masterson, Omar Epps, Vitamin C, Justine Waddell, Sean Patrick Thomas, Lochlyn Munro, Tom Kane, Tig Fong, Tony Munch, David J. Francis, Robert Verlaque

  Posted by anonymous: 

  Dracula 2000... Admittedly there are issues - it's a stereotypical post-Matrix early 2000 movie from the soundtrack to the black leather, and the acting is pretty cheesy.

  But, it does some damn interesting things with the Dracula mythos and moves it to a unique setting. So many movies seem unable to move beyond Bram Stoker's vision, while this series (there are sequels) mines European folklore to give a very unique vampire experience.
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  (#12) Sorority Row

  • Carrie Fisher, Jamie Chung, Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis, Briana Evigan, Margo Harshman, Matt Lanter, Caroline D'Amore, Julian Morris, Matt O'Leary, Leah Pipes, Maxx Hennard, Debra Gordon

  Posted by anonymous:

  Okay, its a remake, and okay, it's not up to par with the amazing new infusion of horror that started in 2017 and was CRUSHING it in 2018, but Sorority Row in 2009 was so. much. f***ing. fun.

  The characters are HYSTERICAL. Such a great mix of campiness and (attempted) scares. It was still a traditional slasher but the cast was on point, the atmosphere was both comical and full of jump scares (yes cheap, but we're not asking much more of this movie), and holy s*** Leah Pipes as Jessica Pierson was one bad b**** for the ages.

  This is totally underrated remake and even Carrie Fisher had a cameo.
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  (#13) The Wicker Man

  • Nicolas Cage, James Franco, Leelee Sobieski, Ellen Burstyn, Aaron Eckhart, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker, Christa Campbell, Emily Holmes, Diane Delano, Kate Beahan, Tania Saulnier, Matthew Walker, Mary Black, Erika-Shaye Gair, Christine Willes, Michael Wiseman, Zemphira Gosling, George Murphy

  Posted by u/pvhc47:

  Wow, this is a bad movie. I know that. I embrace that... But by God is it funny.

  I still don't understand why it was greenlit or why somebody during the making of the movie didn't realize just how terrible it was. Either way, the amount of times I've put this movie on with my friends just for a laugh is insane. It's so quotable, too. Nicolas Cage is a worldwide treasure... To sum up, this is the perfect case of a movie being so, SO bad...that it becomes EPIC...
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  (#14) Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

  • Kelly Hu, Kane Hodder, David Jacox, Peter Mark Richman, Ken Kirzinger, Saffron Henderson, Gordon Currie, Martin Cummins, Michael Benyaer, Alex Diakun, Scott Reeves, Warren Munson, Jasper Cole, Vince Cupone, Fred Henderson, Jensen Daggett, Tiffany Paulsen, Roger Barnes, Sharlene Martin, Tim Mirkovich, David Longworth, Sam Sarkar, Vincent Craig Dupree, Barbara Bingham, Peggy Hedden, Amber Pawlick, Todd Shaffer, Ace

  Posted by u/mutent92:

  Jason Takes Manhattan is probably maybe favorite of the Friday Franchise. I completely understand how most were let down with the movie only being in New York for basically only 1/3 of it. We all know the potential it could have had having all of the scenes in New York. But I won't judge the movie off of its potential, I'll judge it off of its actual content, and the content is actually great!

  It personally has the best acting for me. The story is a little slower and awkward, but I loved that... it seemed more down to earth. All the scenes with kid Jason are legitimately disturbing. It reminded me of sort of a rated R goosebumps. The soundtrack is top notch. All the 80s pop rock, "The Darkest Side of the Night" being played in the intro and the outro while showing [views] of New York (or Vancouver) gave me chills. My only main complaint are the kills aren't as interesting as past ones, [but] they're still enjoyable nonetheless.

  Since the movie was about high school graduates on a cruise ship, I sincerely believe had they subtitled it something else like "Jason takes Prom Night", while leaving the astonishing last half hour in New York as a secret surprise, this would be regarded as the best film in the franchise. Just my humble opinion.
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  (#15) A Serbian Film

  • Jelena Gavrilovic, Srđan Todorović, Sergej Trifunović, Ana Sakic, Nenad Herakovic, Katarina Zutic, Slobodan Beštić, Lena Bogdanovic, Natasa Miljus, Luka Mijatovic, Marina Savic, Lidija Pletl, Tanja Divnic, Miodrag Krcmarik, Andela Nenadovic

  Posted by u/Trompdoy:

  I enjoyed A Serbian Film. I'm a fan of extreme cinema, and it's nice to see an extreme film that is competently made, decently [filmed], with a compelling plot and characters, a good score and much-needed touches of humor here and there. I can understand if others don't agree with that assessment, and that's fine.

  A Serbian Film has value to me as an experience in extreme emotion. When I watch films like this I go in wanting and expecting to see and feel things I've never seen nor felt before whilst watching a movie... brutal scenes that challenge me on an emotional level or even challenge me just to keep watching. I acknowledge that there are films where the goal is simply "we want to make you squirm a whole hell of a lot." Not everything has to have a deep plot with intent to tell a complex story. It's okay and valid for a film to focus primarily on the emotions it creates in the viewer, even if those emotions are overwhelmingly negative.

  I do think the director's justification for the film's depravity is probably mostly bull****, but it seems very clear that his intent was rooted in a desire to make the audience feel deeply uncomfortable, revolted and shocked, all of which are integral parts of the horror genre. Horror isn't just about what scares you, it can also be about what haunts and repulses and disturbs you. 

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