There are horror movies from every decade that stand out, and when fans look back on the 2010s, they remember the impressive storytelling in Get Out (2017) and Us (2019), the creativity of The Cabin in the Woods (2011), the family terror of Hereditary (2018), and the excitement of watching a new Halloween (2018). But while there are some awesome films from this ten-year period, there are just as many that fans of the genre never saw or skipped over when choosing something for movie night.
Sometimes, movies get lost in a sea of new releases, and these horror films from the 2010s didn't make much of an impression on audiences. Whether a predictable teen movie, a found footage flick, or a truly wild 2017 release, these movies just aren't that memorable.
Triple Dog (2010)
The Canadian horror film Triple Dog starred Janel Parris, Scout Taylor-Compton, Alexia Fast, and Britt Robertson as sixteen-year-old best friends who decide to play truth or dare during a sleepover. As the dares become dark and terrifying, they realize that one of their peers had actually died playing the game. Unlike underrated teen horror movies with great characters and good premises, Triple Dog feels easy to predict.
From the moment that the teenage girls play their game, it's clear what's going to happen, and once they talk about their friend who passed away, it's obvious what happened then, too. This takes away from the enjoyment of the film. There are enough young adult stories about friends and secrets, like Pretty Little Liars and Light As A Feather.
John Dies at the End (2012)
Starring John Giamatti as a journalist named Arnie Blondstone who talks to David Wong (Chase Williamson) about zombies, John Dies At The End isn't a very well-known film. While it's a horror comedy, there isn't a lot about it that stands out among other funny and scary films, which might be why it wasn't seen by a lot of people.
According to Box Office Mojo, the film made $141,951. In John Dies At The End, there's a drug that turns people into zombies and the main characters wonder if they can protect everyone. There are so many zombie horror comedies that this one definitely got lost in the shuffle and horror fans would likely pick some others as favorites.
Willow Creek (2013)
Willow Creek is a found footage horror movie that was released in 2013. Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) and Jim (Bryce Johnson) go to California's Six Rivers National Forest because Jim is obsessed with Bigfoot and wants to film there. The movie imagines what it would be like if there really was danger in those woods.
The movie is pretty middle of the road, as it's easy to become invested in the couple and want them to survive, but it might be hard to suspend disbelief since it's not likely that many people believe in Bigfoot. Willow Creek only has an audience score of 34% on Rotten Tomatoes and it didn't get a lot of attention when it was released.
The Quiet Ones (2014)
Joseph Coupland (Jared Harris) is a prof at Oxford University and he's working on a different kind of supernatural project. Instead of going along with the belief that ghosts are, well, ghosts, Joseph says that they're actually something that people create with their minds. This isn't likely a horror movie that many people have heard of or seen as it seems to have flown under the radar. But it's definitely a unique horror movie about ghosts since it takes a different approach.
The film is inspired by The Philip Experiment which, according to Dread Central, was done by Dr. Joel Whitton, a psychologist, and Dr. A.R. George Owen, a parapsychologist in Toronto. They made up a character named Philip Aylesford and tried to see if they could basically conjure him up. The people involved said that they felt a presence and heard noises and saw lights, but many were unsure about the science used here.
Mom And Dad (2017)
Mom And Dad can be considered one of the worst 2010s horror movies and tells the story of Kendall (Selma Blair) and Brent (Nicolas Cage). When all of the parents in the film begin murdering their children, Kendall and Brent target their own kids.
The movie has a truly confusing and strange concept and an even weirder execution (no pun intended). It's hard to buy that this would actually happen, and while it's true that not every horror film is going to be realistic, this story just seems too off the wall. Chances are that when movie fans think of Blair and Cage, this isn't the movie that they associate with them. It's definitely in the "campy" category.