From a John Carpenter classic to an obscure '90s creature feature, to one early Peter Jackson effort, a lot of classic horror movies flopped.
Not every great movie is recognized upon its initial release, as proven by these 10 great horror movies that bombed at the box office. Sometimes, it takes time for a classic movie to win over its audience. When director Stanley Kubrick’s take on Stephen King’s The Shining was released in 1980, it was seen as a middling effort by critics. Decades later, The Shining is viewed as one of the most important and influential pieces of horror filmmaking in cinema history.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT 10 Braindead Released in 1992, director Peter Jackson’s Braindead is a goofy, incredibly gory zombie comedy about Lionel, a mild-mannered young man who lives with his overbearing mother, Vera. When Vera is bitten by a Sumatran rat monkey, all hell breaks loose as Lionel’s small New Zealand hometown becomes overrun with grotesque zombies.
8 Bones The phrase “Snoop Dogg’s first horror movie” does not necessarily inspire confidence. As such, it is not a major shock that 2001’s Blaxploitation homage/supernatural horror mashup Bones was not a hit. However, the stylish, clever Bones was far better than that descriptor makes it sound, with the rapper putting in a solid performance as the titular numbers runner who rises from the grave for revenge.
5 Annihilation 2018’s Annihilation was a trippy sci-fi horror from director Alex Garland. Based on Jeff VanDeMeer’s novel of the same name, this methodically paced horror saw Natalie Portman’s heroine and a troop of tough veterans venture into a strange containment zone filled with bizarre creatures and biological anomalies. Strange and unsettling, Annihilation was admittedly not for everyone. This was proven when Annihilation’s psychedelic thrills didn’t connect with a mainstream audience.
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