Last Updated on July 26, 2021
Props this week to Apex Lawncare for reminding me of a Top 10 I’ve meant to do for awhile. It’s time to look at some of the sacred cows that, at least on some level, deserve to be slaughtered.
No doubt some of you, maybe even many of you, will want to read me the riot act based on what’s to follow. But given the veritable love fest we’ve had over the last two articles, it’s time to stir things up anyway.
So let’s get this party started and look at some of the most overrated horror flicks out there. If you want to add your noms to the list, tell me what a mouth breather I am, or just chime in on how totally right I am, then spit those bullets below.
Don’t get me wrong here. PSYCHO is a great movie for what it is. Unfortunately so much has been taken from it that when you watch it nowadays the movie does not hold up. The scary scenes aren’t scary, the kills are in some ways kinda silly, and the end reveal, well it’s been pretty well revealed. I still think there are many reasons to watch the flick, but as an example of best of genre? Not so much.
This is somewhat painful to admit, because I’ve interviewed James Wan and think he’s one of the most awesome and sincere guys working today. But I just didn’t dig the first SAW. Traps and concept were cool for sure, but the overall pace and especially the acting fell flat for me.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bitten my tongue while listening to someone go off on how awesome they think this movie is. And yeah I dig seeing Charlize get all naked, and the idea of Pacino as the Devil is awesome. But when it comes down to it, overacting and silly situations make this a ridiculous genre effort no matter how promising the box cover may seem.
We might all have fallen victim to the Hitchcock mystique a bit with this one. I mean, how bad could it be? Well, pretty bad actually. The problem is that birds aren’t scary. You could put Hitchcock in charge of a movie about spoiled lunchmeat and it’s still just a movie about bad bologna. I get why he wanted to tackle the Earth run amok concept. It just wasn’t the right way to go about it. No offense Hitch.
Shocking! Horrible! Torturous! Um, boring. Last House may have been sick and crazy in it’s time, but there’s hardly anything in the flick that you couldn’t show on network TV anymore. Any serious impact that might still exist is pretty much destroyed by goofy music and over the top performances. I’m not saying you should watch this with your mom, but don’t expect to be blown away either.
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