Overrated & Underrated Horror Films

[BladeRunner2007]

What horror films are in your opinion severley overrated and/or underrated?


Overrated:
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The Last House on the Left (2009)
Evil Dead (2013)
It (2017)
Halloween (2018)
Train to Busan (2016)
28 Days Later... (2002)


Underrated:
Survival of the Dead (2009)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Halloween (2007)
Halloween II (2009)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Vampires (1998)
The Lords of Salem (2012)
Return of the Living Dead: Part II (1988)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

[levcore]

A Cure for Wellness is extremely underrated.

[johnlennon696]

If 20 Days Later is 'overrated' then I'd say 28 Weeks Later is probably underrated somewhat.

[DR Herbert West]

Overrated:
It (2017)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Jason Lives

Underrated:
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Jason Goes to Hell
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Phantasm: Ravager
Psycho III
Psycho IV

[BladeRunner2007]

Underrated:
Phantasm IV: Oblivion

[don3663]

In recent years, can't be bothered to go back to classics.

Over: Babadook, Halloween (2018)


Under: The Ritual, As Above So Below

[sanriel]

Overrated:

The Shining
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
It (2017)

Underrated:

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Grudge (2004)
Secret Window (2004)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Rite (2011)
The Strangers: Prey at Night

[don3663]

In recent years, can't be bothered to go back to classics.

Over: Babadook, Halloween (2018)


Under: The Ritual, As Above So Below, Berlin Syndrome

[Leslie Dame]

Movies I own and like but still think are...

Overrated:

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
The Butterfly Effect (2004) (Not really horror but still...)
Alien³ (1992)
Event Horizon (1997)

Underrated:

Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Cabin Fever (2002)
Horns (2013)
The Monster (2016)

[levcore]

Originally Posted by don3663

In recent years, can't be bothered to go back to classics.

Over: Babadook, Halloween (2018)


Under: The Ritual, As Above So Below

Originally Posted by don3663

In recent years, can't be bothered to go back to classics.

Over: Babadook, Halloween (2018)


Under: The Ritual, As Above So Below, Berlin Syndrome

Worth posting twice

[BladeRunner2007]

Overrated:
Black Christmas (1974)
Scream 4 (2011)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Babadook (2014)


Underrated:
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
Bride of Re-Animator (1989)

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Off the top of my head:

Overrated:
Halloween (2018)

Underrated:
Copycat
Vamp
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Let Me In
Annabelle (2014)
Last Shift
Flatliners
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Child's Play 3
Alien 3

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

Off the top of my head:

Underrated:

Copycat
Vamp
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Let Me In
Annabelle (2014)
Last Shift
Flat liners
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Child's Play 3

Can't think of any overrated right now.

I thought everybody loves that one

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

I thought everybody loves that one

It's fanbase is growing but it's still pretty mixed and a lot of people still haven't seen it and some haven't even heard of it.

[DR Herbert West]

Underrated:

Amityville II: The Possession
Alien³
Beyond Re-Animator

[kngtmat]

Underrated
Maximum Overdrive

Really need a video game of it. Where you can play a Human or a truck.

[Ruemorgue10]

Overrated:

The Amityville Horror 1979
When a Stranger Calls 1979

Underrated:

Day of the Dead 1985
The Entity
Just Before Dawn
From Beyond
Pet Sematary Two
Sleepaway Camp II & III

[Johnny Blu]

Overrated:

The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
The Babadook
It Follows
The Witch

Underrated:

The Crazies (2010)
Evil Dead (2013)
Let Me In
The Monster
The Strangers: Prey at Night

[Kuruwin]

Underrated

Prince Of Darkness (I also think that this one get's buried under other Carpenter films)
Burning (1981)
The Brood

[JackForrester]

Overrated:

The Last House on the Left (original)
The Hills Have Eyes (original)
Black Christmas (original)
The Changeling
It (remake)
A Quiet Place
It Comes at Night
Get Out
Us
Aliens
Carnival of Souls
It Follows
The Babadook
The Conjuring
Insidious
Halloween 4
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Piranha (original)
The Howling
The Strangers
The Burning
The Amityville Horror (original)
The Ring (original)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake)
Candyman
Don't Breathe

Underrated:

Prom Night (original)
The Return of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Copycat
Alien³
The Ruins
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Child's Play 3
The Vanishing (remake)
Alien: Covenant
The Mothman Prophecies
My Little Eye