The Ten Most Craptastic Horror Films of All Time

Genuinely good horror films have always been a rarity in Hollywood. Filmmakers, for whatever reason, have immense difficulties when it comes to creating organic cinematic fear. Too often, moody and atmospheric attempts turns out dull, lifeless, marrow-sucking affairs (e.g., 2005’s The "Amityville Horror":http://www.saleendssoon.com/search/amityville, When a Stranger Calls [1979 & 2006]), while those who aim for scary or horrific wind up pointlessly filleting, piercing, shredding, knifing, sawing, shooting, or goring some attractive teenager with little or no payoff (Jeepers Creepers, Urban Legends, the Last Summer trilogy). On the rare occasion that some enterprising young director does stumble upon something that actually works, studios invariably ruin one’s fondness for the original by inflicting upon us a tired string of sequels and remakes ("A Nightmare on Elm Street":http://www.saleendssoon.com/search/nightmare%20on%20elm%20street, "The Blair Witch Project":http://www.saleendssoon.com/search/blair%20witch, "The Omen":http://www.saleendssoon.com/search/the%20omen, "The Exorcist":http://www.saleendssoon.com/search/the%20exorcist).

But once in a great while, whether intentional or not, the product of a filmmaker’s best intentions is a laughably absurd horror flick — a film so appallingly bad, it’s awesome (we’d have used “awesomely bad” ourselves but for the indelible association with VH1). Truly craptastic films have the power to transcend the traditional horror genre — they are hilarious, for sure. But they also work to elicit squirms, squeals, or outright scares. In fact, over the course of a typical craptastic film’s shelf life, a video store clerk can become confused as to which section of the store it belongs: horror or comedy. And the very best belong in both.

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