Worst Horror/Dark Cinema Films 2010-2019 (So Far)

by bertramsharp | created - 10 Jul 2012 | updated - 22 Jul 2012 | Public

Updated: 7/22/12

Dark Cinema (or Dark Fantasy) is probably a better desciption of these films than horror, simply because everybody seems to be so concerned about classification and nitpicking what is and is not horror. Some of the films on this list are more traditional horror, while others fit a little more neatly into other genres. I believe a film can be a horror-comedy, action-horror, horror-drama, science fiction-horror, horror-western, etc. Many seem to think this is not possible. That is why I think that Dark Cinema is a better description. These films may be traditional horror, alien invasion, serial killer, mad scientist, ghost stories, old dark house, zombie, ghost town, supernatural powers, disturbing, sick, creature from space, nature run amock, graphic violence, revenge thriller, rape revenge thriller, dark fantasy, horror spoof, horror comedy, explorations of the dark side of life or society, virus, contagion, outbreak, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, cannibalism, demonic, satanism, witchcraft, giant creature, kaiju, some exploitation, some resurrection, vampires, werewolves, Jekyll & Hyde stories, Frankenstein stories,more descriptions to be added later, etc., etc.

I hope that helps to clear up the thinking behind this list a bit. This is a list of my favorites and simply opinion.

Also, I am way behind in my horror viewing for the last few years.

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1. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror

17 Metascore

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

Director: Tom Six | Stars: Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Maddi Black, Kandace Caine

Votes: 42,967 | Gross: $0.12M

2. Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010 Video)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A megalodon battles with a crocosaurus causing massive destruction. The US Army has to try and destroy the havoc creating monsters.

Director: Christopher Ray | Stars: Gary Stretch, Jaleel White, Sarah Lieving, Robert Picardo

Votes: 5,623

3. Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies (2012 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary

In Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies, Chiller investigates the terrifying factual stories that inspired some of the scariest horror movies of all time, including Silent Hill, The ... See full summary »

Director: John D'Auria | Stars: Katrina Weidman, Chris Holt, Charity Winters, John McGarry

Votes: 130

4. Super Shark (2011)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An offshore drilling accident releases a giant primordial shark, threatening to turn a bikini contest into a bloodbath.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Tim Abell, Catherine Annette, Ashley Carr, Rick Cramer

Votes: 2,479

5. Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012 TV Movie)

R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A cast of characters, strikingly similar to the cast of Jersey Shore, try to survive an epidemic of sharks attacking Miami Beach.

Director: John Shepphird | Stars: Jack Scalia, Jeremy Luke, Joseph Russo, Daniel Booko

Votes: 1,995

6. Shark Night (2011)

PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

22 Metascore

A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.

Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee

Votes: 27,199 | Gross: $18.87M

7. The Amityville Haunting (2011 Video)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror

In disregard of the shocking DeFeo murders, an unsuspecting family moves into the infamous house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Now, ghostly apparitions start to appear in their video surveillance system. Can they survive the Amityville haunting?

Director: Geoff Meed | Stars: Jason Williams, Amy Van Horne, Devin Clark, Nadine Crocker

Votes: 2,499

8. Hellraiser: Revelations (2011)

R | 75 min | Horror

Two college friends unwittingly release Pinhead and his minions.

Director: Víctor Garcia | Stars: Jolene Andersen, Steven Brand, Dan Buran, Camelia Dee

Votes: 9,914

9. Bag of Bones (2011)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After his wife's sudden death, a bestselling author returns to his cabin retreat, where he receives paranormal visitations and becomes involved in a custody battle.

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose

Votes: 9,397

10. Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)

R | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

Director: John Pogue | Stars: Mercedes Mason, Josh Cooke, Mattie Liptak, Ignacio Serricchio

Votes: 20,858

11. Hostel: Part III (2011 Video)

R | 88 min | Horror

Four men attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas fall prey to the Elite Hunting Club, who are hosting a gruesome game show of torture.

Director: Scott Spiegel | Stars: Kip Pardue, Brian Hallisay, John Hensley, Sarah Habel

Votes: 35,541

12. The Howling: Reborn (2011 Video)

R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A teenage outcast discovers he is a werewolf, and must battle a pack of the brutal creatures when they threaten him and his new girlfriend.

Director: Joe Nimziki | Stars: Landon Liboiron, Lindsey Shaw, Ivana Milicevic, Jesse Rath

Votes: 3,956

13. Meadowoods (2010 Video)

R | 88 min | Horror

In a sleepy and uneventful small town, three college students, bored and desperate to make their mark, plot a savage and merciless murder.

Director: Scott Phillips | Stars: Michael Downey, Kerry Goodwin, Diane Kenley, Peet Montzingo

Votes: 525

14. I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller

27 Metascore

A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese

Votes: 93,200 | Gross: $0.09M

15. The Ward (2010)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

38 Metascore

An institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh

Votes: 44,885

16. Arachnoquake (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An earthquake triggers a brood of giant fire-breathing spiders to attack the city of New Orleans.

Director: Griff Furst | Stars: Megan Adelle, Gralen Bryant Banks, Paul Boocock, Edward Furlong

Votes: 2,524

17. Arctic Blast (2010)

92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Michael Shanks, Alexandra Davies, Saskia Hampele, Indiana Evans

Votes: 4,039

18. Dinoshark (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A baby dinoshark evolves into a ferocious predatory adult, terrorising tourists and locals offshore from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Director: Kevin O'Neill | Stars: Eric Balfour, Iva Hasperger, Aarón Díaz, Dan Golden

Votes: 2,866

19. The Wolfman (2010)

R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

43 Metascore

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Simon Merrells

Votes: 111,756 | Gross: $61.98M

20. Mother's Day (I) (2010)

R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

34 Metascore

The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan

Votes: 18,380

21. The Traveler (I) (2010)

R | 96 min | Action, Thriller

A slow, quiet Christmas Eve night at the police station turns into strange horror after a man enters claiming he wants to confess to murder.

Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Val Kilmer, Dylan Neal, Paul McGillion, Camille Sullivan

Votes: 4,977

22. The Devil Inside (2012)

R | 83 min | Horror

18 Metascore

In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama

Votes: 37,511 | Gross: $53.26M

23. Spiderhole (2010)

Not Rated | 82 min | Horror

They say squatting is dead - a term that takes on a sinister double meaning when four homeless art students decide to take up residence in an abandoned London House where a hidden terror lurks.

Director: Daniel Simpson | Stars: Amy Noble, Emma Griffiths Malin, George Maguire, John E. Regan

Votes: 1,102

24. Zombiefication (2010)

7 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

The ultimate manual when it comes to the proper handling of the living dead. Recommended behavioural patterns in case of imminent Zombie epidemics are explained in comprehensible steps and vividly executed.

Director: Stefan A. Lukacs | Stars: Lauren J. Cooke, Claudia Kottal, Alexander tt Mueller, Lee Oscar Kirchberger

Votes: 34



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