Overrated Horror - Page 2

First of all, I don't hate any of these movies, and in fact I like most of them, but I do consider them to be overrated:

The Shining (I love it, but I love the book more)
From Dusk 'Till Dawn (wonderful campy fun, but it isn't a classic)
Ginger Snaps (Not what I thought it would be, which is my own fault I guess)
Blair Witch Project (Not bad, but not even close to the hype)
Wrong Turn (enjoyed the stupid stereotypes only because I live in WV and it looks nothing like this)
Feardotcom (shit)
Halloween 6
Halloween: Resurrection (shit)
Vampire in Brooklyn
Scream 2&3 (shit)
Ghost Ship (shit)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Hellraiser 3&4 (I prefer the originals when Pinhead wasn't a half-rate Freddy)
Lifeforce
The People Under The Stairs
Nightbreed
Session 9
Mimic
The Others
Child's Play
Unbreakable
Duel (great, but still not everything it's cracked up to be)
Dawn of the Dead (again, I like it, but I prefer Night & Day)
28 Days Later (good, but not a masterpiece)

This is of course my opinion and no one has to agree with it. I'm sure there are plenty more, but I can't think of them at the moment.

I still think FDTD is the Citizen Kane of horror films.

Um, no. That would be Dawn of the Dead.

The one true horror masterpiece of the last 30 years-that and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Geez, some of the you kids I feel very sorry for.

At least no one ragged on my beloved "Re-Animator."

Not sure why The Shining is getting this much hate. One of the best examples of one mans slow decent into utter and complete madness. Apocalyspe Now being THE best example.

Some of my picks:

The Others- So they are dead at the end? Big fucking deal. Kidman has never been this annoying. A shrill, shrieking miserable shrew.(say that three times reeeal fast)

The Ring- Too schitzo-all over the place. nice atmosphere, but dull overall.

Friday the 13th- Amauterish, slow, mean-sprited and just plain lame.

Cannibal Holocaust-cruel, sick and a vile piece of shit. Worst thing ever I have seen.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, III- worse than any of Jason's latter outtings.

Blair Witch- gave me a headache.

House of 1,000 Corpses- incoherent garbage. If Zombie was going to rip off a movie he could have at least ripped off some good ones.

From what I have seen of the Italian zombie stuff, me no likey.

I have no hate for The Shining and I tend to enjoy films with a slow build up. It's just that so much was left out of the film that could have made it greater than it already is. But that's just my skewed view as a big fan of the novel. I still love the film and watch it on a regular basis.

I'm sure I am going to be crucified about this one...but May , while a good movie is not the end all, be all, emotionally beautiful movie to me that it is to others.

I would say House of 1000 Corpses also, but I am really starting to like that movie, a lot, so back then- yes, now- no.

let me recant my previous answer and replace it with "The Sixth Sence"

/bow

Thank you

Dont you love it when a thread goes from simple to "you are all dumb motherfuckers" in a few post

I have to admit that I happen to judge alot fo ppl by their taste in movies. I know its wrong but shit Im only human and since Im a fanboy I judge them by my own likes and dislikes.

My two roommates would never understand Darko and got confused watching Memento and they like Fast and the Furious. Now while I think they are of low intelligence, they are still two of my best friends, so no one take any offense to the movies I think are overrated...

Scream 1-3. Craven didnt reinvent horror. He just took a classic slasher story and made it hip. Now all of the sudden teeny weenies can relate and its "so good". Only thing good was the homage to Halloween and the Randy character. I think he represents us all.

6th Sense- While I think M.Night is awesome. 6th sense just didnt do it for me, especially after seeing STir of EChoes which I thought was superior.

The Beyond. I know how you people love Fulci, but this movie just didn't do it for me...as with most Fulci movies...all gore, with very little plot...It was okay the first time I saw it, but upon rewatching it...It bored the shit out of me.

Donnie Darko. Some people call it horror. Some don't. I call it crap. I just don't see what all the hype was about....

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Others.
The Blair Witch Project.
The Sixth Sense.

These films are so overrated it's not even funny.

When did Halloween:Ressurection and Vampire In Brooklyn become rated, let alone "over"...

To be honest, there's a pantheon of classic horror pictures that "are" classic because they've been around long enough to be judged so - benchmarks by which all others are judged. But judging all the others is pointless - the title of the thread isn't "films that at least one other person likes and who I think is a tool because of it".

****ing ****head With Spray-On Hair's list is probably the closest to challenging perceived praised pictures even if it is contentious - but then that's the whole point of the discussion.

I don't think anyone's going to mistake Ghost Ship, Feardotcom or Hellraiser III as overated though.

Indeed, Hellraiser III is criminally underappreciated to me - as are all the works of Oscar winning editor Anne V. Coates talented progeny.

Ringu
The Scream Trillogy
Audition
Dagon
Sleepaway Camp

These films do not deserve as much praise as some people give them.

If in La. I knew where you are....I'd hunt you down for adding Audition

I reside in New Orleans

An American Werewolf in London-has probaly one of the best human to werewolf transformations given to us by Rick Baker. However it....takes...so....damn....long to get to finally see it. Also never fond of the final product of the transformation....a big dog. Still like Paris better, kickass soundtrack, and rewatchable in its entirety. Looking for good werewolf flicks. The Howling. The Monster Squad. Dog Soldiers.
Ginger Snaps- heard all the wonderful things about it. Bought the DVD as soon as I could get it. The whole thing played as well for me as your typical, non-porn flicks that Cinemax would play around 3a.m.-6:30.am. when only serial killers, the unemployable, and angry loners(thats me ) would be watching.
DAGON- all the fun you can have with a wet firecracker.
SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE, and SIGNS- M. Night can write some pretty good dialogue, and create some good suspense. However for me at least, it just seems once your done watching one of his flicks, there doesn't seem to be any reason to watch them again.

It's called character development.

I've never been a fan of the Italian Giallo stuff. I just see it as bad crime fiction, not horror.
I'm also continually amazed at the love "Monster Squad" gets.
And to paraphrase Roger Ebert, I've always hate, hate, hated "The Lost Boys". As a teenager it killed me that this toothless piece of fluff was a big success, while that year's superior vampire flick, "Near Dark", languished in obscurity.

There are definitely lots of sub par giallo flicks out there, but I wouldn't write off the whole genre in one go.

Near Dark is a tremendously overrated movie IMHO. It's tedious, and classy vampires are way more compelling than white trash vampires.

Syhamalan's big three are very overrated. He's got skills, I just don't like the way he broadcasts and spoonfeeds everything. He's too self important, he doesn't have a sense of fun. On the flip side, he doesn't have a sense of true horror (though like I say, his scare scenes work). Jacob's Ladder will ALWAYS own The Sixth Sense.

I might agree with you. It's gotten it's just due and then some in recent years. But back in 1987, it was woefully underrated. Especially when compared to "The Lost Boys".

I also agree that Night's stuff is generally overrated, but I still enjoy it.

If you're ever in the Lafayette area, email me. As for adding "Audition" it was kind of slow but I dug the last 30 minutes. It just didn't live up to the greatness that some people claim the film to be. That's why I added it to the the list.

The Shining (Kubrick)
Shatter Dead
Jeepers Creepers

Piss me off, make me cry, a film should be able to make me feel something when I'm done. JMO, but these two movies did nothing but bore me. I can do that on my own, thank you.

Some of you might hate me forever for saying this, but I didn't enjoy Suspiria as much as all the hype led me to believe I would. It had its moments, but mostly it was just coloured lights and looking confused.

Also...I thought this thread was about overrated horror. It's not overrated if nobody liked it in the first place. So why are movies like fear.com and Ghost Ship on some peoples' lists? Nobody ever liked those.

I also thought Vampires was overrated

seemed too rushed

not enough vampires

Forget there was ever a book. If you take this flick for what it is, then you can enjoy it.

If not, go rent the King mini-series that is faithful to the book, up until the lame ending.

While all of these (except for Hellraiser 3 I guess) are mostly hated by the horror fan community, I know a great deal of people that love them. In the case of Ghost Ship, Feardotcom, and Halloween: Resurrection, it's because they don't know any better (ok, that was mean, but come on). As for Vampire of Brooklyn, I know a bunch of people who like that film just because of Eddie Murphy. Like I said, these are people that aren't horror fiends like most of us that like these.

As for Hellraiser III, I just don't care for it that much. I love the first two and thought Inferno was ok (I'll probably be shot for saying that one), but I can't stand 3, 4, and 6. Bloodlines because it is horribly put together and Hellseeker because it's just a bad movie. And as I said before, I didn't appreciate them turning Pinhead into a half-assed Freddy in 3 (no hate against the Nightmare films though). That's just my personal feelings though, and I realize that most don't share those views.

Reading this thread, I now understand how Iron Eyes Cody felt when he looked upon the fouled landscape.

bah, I heard "Iron Eyes" wasn't even a real native American.

Now I'm really angry. Half Italian is still all Indian (er... Native American) to me and ol' Iron Eyes.

Grrrrrr...