10 Horror Movies Ruined By Fan Overhype

At some point or another, every moviegoer has fallen victim to overhype

If you found out a film you loved was getting a sequel, how are you going to stop yourself from getting pumped up

If you learned that your favourite actor is making a feature with an iconic director, well, you'd expect it to be an instant classic

But sometimes this overhype can unfortunately derail a movie's success. Either going in there expecting something and then seeing something completely different

or just not being able to live up to the monument you've built in your own mind. So let's take a look at them

As I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are 10 movies that are ruined by fan overhype

And just for the record, most of the movies on here are still very, very good, they're just different from what most people expected

10. Us Because Jordan Peele was initially known for his comedy skits

nobody expected his directorial debut to be a psychological horror. As an extra shocker, Get Out was amongst the most thought-provoking films in recent years

which helped cement Peele as a director to look out for. So when Peele announced his next project, Us, fans were immediately invested

Although the trailer gave little away, save the story revolving around a family being tormented by their doppelgangers

many assumed that it would be another smash hit. However, Get Out was a deeply personal story which the filmmaker spent four years fine-tuning to perfection

and because he spent less than half that time on Us, it didn't carry the same level of finesse as its predecessor

Also, the style and the structure of both features were very different. Despite Get Out's outlandish reveal during the climax, it ends with everything explained and

resolved. Us, on the other hand, well, it was more surreal and deliberately vague

forcing viewers to fill in the blanks themselves. Now, the reception of Us was positive

but saying that it fell short of expectations, well, that is a huge understatement

9. Hostel Hostel centres around a group of backpackers who get kidnapped and tortured by a nefarious organisation. And because of the film's

innovative gore and disturbing premise, Hostel would have been received positively by the masses

if it was released without fanfare. Instead, Eli Roth's work was plugged as the goriest movie ever

and more terrifying than The Exorcist, stirring horror fans into a frenzy. And when Quentin

Tarantino's endorsement for the movie was slapped on the poster, Hostel's rep was heightened even

more. In hindsight, it seems like Hostel was set up to fail, since it was built up way too much

Now, I know it's important for a studio to sell a movie, but it's also imperative not to oversell it

Hostel isn't a terrible film by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't deserving of the hype it drew

Martyrs, which deals with a very similar plot, received a lot of praise due to its nuanced performances, visceral gore and haunting tone

Another aspect that made Martyrs stand out was how it didn't toot its horn for months, declaring itself as the scariest movie ever

If Hostel hadn't put itself on a pedestal, it probably wouldn't have been so disappointing

8. Land of the Dead During the noughties zombie horror experienced a welcome resurgence Even though films revolving around shambling brain corpses have been stagnant for years 28 days later Shaun of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead remake proved that there was plenty of life left in the undead genre But just like it seemed when zombie horror had peaked the unthinkable happened

In 2004, Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero revealed that he was making a follow-up

called Land of the Dead. Because Romero is directly responsible for popularizing zombie lore

the hype for this installment was through the roof. Instead of regurgitating a premise that

we've seen a million times landed the dead revolved around zombies who could think, learn

and strategize, making them far more dangerous than the mindless flesh-eaters that we've grown

accustomed to. And the end result was, well, just okay. I mean, unlike the previous three

installments, it's difficult to remember a single compelling character, inventive scene, or creative kill. Because Romero had been in the business for 40 years at the time

it was heartbreaking to see his work being outperformed by zombie films made by far less

experienced directors. 7. Glass It's never wise to over-praise a new director, based entirely on just one movie. So when M. Night

Shyamalan was hailed as the next Steven Spielberg after the success of The Sixth Sense, it seemed

like the poor guy never stood a chance. Even though his next few films were met positively

his work got progressively worse. By the time that Shyamalan released The Happening, The Last

Airbender, and After Earth, it was hard to believe how revered he once was. So when Shyamalan

announced that he was making Split, a psychological horror revolving around a sociopath with 24

personalities, many assumed it would just be a travesty. However, Split was met positively

mainly because of James McAvoy's tour de force performance. Also, viewers were blown away by the

climax, which revealed that the story took place in the same universe as Unbreakable

When Shyamalan declared the leads of both films would face off in a follow-up, Glass

it looked like the infamous filmmaker had finally got his mojo back. But due to exposition dumps

barren dialogue and excessive twists, the reaction to the long-awaited crossover was

well, pretty much the same as most of Shyamalan's work. Glass may have had some redeeming qualities

but it could have been so much more. 6. Wes Craven's New Nightmare

A Nightmare on Elm Street helped define the 1980s as the decade of the slashers

Due to Wes Craven's solid direction and Robert Englund's performance as the wise-cracking dream

demon Freddy Krueger, the series quickly became a horror staple. However, Craven moved on to other

projects after the first installment, leaving other directors to take over the sequels

Although the follow-ups may have had their moments, none of them even came close to reaching

the original outing. So when the sixth entry, Freddy's Dead, The Final Nightmare, seemingly

killed off the overarching villain, it looked like the franchise had nowhere else to go

But out of nowhere, Wes Craven suddenly announced a new nightmare movie called, well, New Nightmare. Rather than churning out the same old schlock, New Nightmare was a meta

Slasher, starring Wes Craven, Robert Englund, and the original Final Girl actress Heather

Langenkamp playing themselves This time around the cast and crew of A Nightmare on Elm Street find themselves being haunted by a demonic entity who taken the form of Freddy Krueger With Craven on board and a bold new direction it looked like this sequel would be Nightmare on Elm Street done right But to everyone horror and not the good kind

New Nightmare was full of tired tropes, bad special effects, and underwhelming scares

And just to add salt to the wounds, Freddy's redesign was utterly awful. You do have to

commend Craven's ambition, but New Nightmare wasn't the return to form that many of us were

hoping for. 5. Nope If you felt disappointed after watching Us, you'd think that you'd be a bit more cautious about

Jordan Peele's next project, Once Bitten, Twice Shy and all that. However, Peele's latest follow-up

Nope, drew us all in with his masterful marketing. First off, that title, Nope. I mean, despite how

abrupt and unintentionally funny it sounds, fans spent months dissecting the title's meaning

which led to all sorts of wild theories. The poster, which showed a flagged string dangling

down from an ominous cloud, explained next to nothing and yet left us utterly tantalized

And although we thought all would be explained when the trailer dropped, it just left us with

even more questions. And after watching the phenomenal teaser, everyone had the same thought

I have to see this movie. And like us, Nope was a very divisive film. Despite the fact that

there's plenty of people who loved it, there's just as many who detested Nope with an unbridled

passion. 4. Army of the Dead No one is going to deny the fact that Zack Snyder is a love or hate filmmaker. However

there's one thing that we can all agree on, and that is that his Dawn of the Dead remake is nearly

impossible to fault. So, when the Watchmen director revealed that he was making another

ZOM Fest called Army of the Dead, it looked like a sure thing. As refreshing as it was to see Snyder

receive so much support, the hype for this blockbuster was utterly preposterous. Almost

a year before the Army of the Dead was released, a prequel and an anime spin-off were greenlit

and the same week that the film hit Netflix, Snyder unveiled a sequel called Planet of the

Dead was also in the works. All of these projects were declared willy-nilly under the assumption

that Army of the Dead was a guaranteed success, which it wasn't. It may have had its moments

for sure, but this zombie heist thriller was let down by its bum-numbing runtime, absurd plot holes

half-baked subplots, and lack of payoffs. I mean, why did Vanderhoe tease his buzzsaw if he wasn't

even going to use the damn thing. Even though Army of the Dead was underwhelming in its own right

the fact that the studio saw it as the tentpole for a cinematic universe made it all the more

crushing. 3. The Blair Witch Project The marketing campaign for The Blair Witch Project didn't just advertise the movie well. The way that

they sold this found-footage horror as an authentic documentary was a work of art. Because the actors

in the film die in the climax, they went into actual hiding while The Blair Witch Project was

advertised to make their deaths seem legit. The Blair Witch website had fake police reports and

phony interviews about the missing party to add to the deception. After half the world was duped

into believing the Blair Witch project was the real deal it was no surprise when it made an absolute killing at the box office But there was just one problem The Blair Witch isn actually that great as a film I know it sounds mad but seriously go back and watch it with a critical eye

It's kind of boring. It's definitely badly shot because it's meant to be amateurish, and it's deeply repetitive

Also, it's responsible for popularizing one of the most annoying aspects in the history of cinema

shaky cam. If you're sick and tired of this ridiculous filming technique, well, you just blame the Blair Witch

Maybe if the filmmaker spent more time on telling a compelling story rather than how they sold the

movie, the Blair Witch Project would have actually been remembered much more fondly

2. IT Chapter 2 Even though Stephen King adaptations are a kind of mixed bag, the 2017 adaptation of

IT surpassed almost everyone's expectations. Although Bill Skarsgård earned the most praise

for his career-defining performances Pennywise, the child actors who portrayed the Losers Club

also received universal acclaim. The performances of Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, and the other children were so beloved that fans were demanding

their return in the follow-up, and despite the fact that IT Chapter 2 was supposed to deal with

the Losers Club members as adults, the filmmakers buckled under the pressure, incorporating scenes

of the kids. Sadly, the children's inclusion caused a number of problems. Because the ensemble

cast had noticeably aged by this point, their voices and appearances had to be digitally de-aged

which was noticeably distracting. Also, since we've seen these characters as adults

the flashback sequences had zero tension, because we knew that they would survive their

encounters with Pennywise. On top of that, these needless sequences tacked on an extra 40 minutes

of the runtime, causing it to balloon to nearly three hours. If fans actually hadn't hiked these

kids' performances so much, they wouldn't have been implemented into IT Chapter 2, which would

have allowed the sequel to be tighter and probably more efficient. 1. Halloween Ends

Because Halloween Ends was the conclusion of a 45-year-old movie saga, the rabid fanbase would

desperate for an epic payoff. The horror community were dying to see the final confrontation between

Laurie Strode and her tormentor, and most importantly, we needed to witness the death

of one of horror's most iconic villains, Michael Myers. Considering the bad far outweighs the good

in the Halloween franchise, you'd assume that fans would have been more prepared for the disappointment by this point. After all, the previous installment, Halloween Kills

proved that this trilogy was on pretty shaky ground. Nevertheless, many were eager to see

how Michael and Laurie's story ended. And yet, Halloween Ends was worse and way more bizarre

than even the biggest cynics speculated. We're not talking Halloween Kills, but no, no, no. Due

to Michael's absence and the ridiculous change of direction, Halloween Ends is on par with Curse

of Michael Myers or Halloween Resurrection. And it ticked off so many viewers it inspired a petition

encouraging the director to reshoot the movie. Yes, disgruntled viewers are expecting Halloween

Ends to pull a Justice League here. Now, just to be clear, Halloween Ends is not the worst entry in

this series, but because of how much it was built up, it's definitely the most disappointing installment