Worst Horror/Dark Cinema Films 2010-2019 (So Far)
by bertramsharp | created - 10 Jul 2012 | updated - 22 Jul 2012 | PublicUpdated: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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