These 10 Horror Movies Are Hard To Watch — and Not in the Good Way
Several horror movies prove to be so poorly executed that they fail to create any scares, such as with Slender Man, Cell, and Night Swim.
More than any other genre of filmmaking, horror has a completely different set of rules and expectations when it comes to appealing to audiences, due to the goal of scaring the audience over strictly entertaining them. The steps towards making a great, intelligent horror movie are different from those of making an intelligent film in another genre, with the genre's inherent strengths requiring a different approach from other films. Many flaws that would drastically affect other films, like lackluster effects or a formulaic story, can often be overlooked in a horror movie if it accomplishes its goal of having a scary good time.
