10 Monster Movie Flops That Should’ve Been Hits

10 Monster Movie Flops That Should’ve Been Hits

Monster movies have been around almost since the beginning of Hollywood. However, not all of them were hits, despite have good premises.

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Monster movies have been around almost since the beginning of Hollywood. That’s not all that surprising, given that they can often be very lucrative for their studios, raking in the dollars from patrons who want to go to the movies in order to be scared out of their wits by creatures they would never see in the real world.

While many monster films are box office successes, there are also quite a few out there that, for one reason or another, struggled to connect with viewers. In some cases this is truly a tragedy, because they often did things with the genre that other, more traditional films did not.

10 The Monster Squad (1987)

This film is one of those 1980s adventure films that seemed so popular during the decade. It has all of the ingredients that one might expect from a hit, including lovable heroes and various monsters. To be fair, it does lean more into the atmosphere of a kids’ movie, but if anything that should have allowed it to be a success. While it flopped during its initial release, there is some consolation in that it has become a bit of a cult hit in subsequent years.

9 Colossal (2016)

Sometimes, a film comes along that is just truly strange, and Colossal is one of those. It is about a girl discovering she has an odd connection with a giant monster. However, despite the fact that its plot is one of the more bizarre ones to emerge out of the horror movie genre, it does have its saving graces, including the fact that it stars Anne Hathaway.

8 The Relic (1997)

The fun thing about monster films is that they often push the boundaries, both of what is possible to convey in a visual medium and in what an audience is willing to accept.

The Relic certainly does this, and while it does recycle some of the things that most people associate with the genre, it does have its fair share of thrills and gore, so it’s rather surprising that it really didn’t connect with audiences.

7 Slither (2006)

What can possibly be said about Slither? The film does have its moments of genuine horror, but what makes it such a brilliant film is that it somehow manages to keep its horror elements in tension with its comedic aspects. It’s a bit of an homage to the gross-out horror films of ages past, with some scenes in the film pushing the abilities of even the most stout-hearted audience member to endure. If one can stick with it, however, one will realize that it should have been a hit.

6 The Thing (1982)

The history of film is filled with movies that weren’t very successful upon their initial release but were recognized as classics of their genre years later. That’s definitely the case with The Thing. Anyone who has seen it knows that it’s a truly terrifying film, starring a creature that can take the shape of anything and that is only destroyed at a horrendous cost. It really is quite puzzling why this film didn’t seem to take off until years later, and that will probably remain one of the great mysteries of horror cinema.

5 Grabbers (2012)

Grabbers is another of those films that by rights should have been far more successful than it was. It doesn’t necessarily do anything new with the genre of the horror film, but it has to be said that the creature that appears is very scary indeed. If anything, the film feels like a bit of a throwback to earlier periods of monster filmmaking, and it’s a shame that audiences didn’t give it the chance that it so clearly deserved, especially since the performances are so uniformly excellent.

4 The Mummy (2017)

The mummy is one of those figures that, like the werewolf and the vampire, seems to be one of the go-to monsters for filmmakers. In many cases, that has meant that audiences know what they are getting, and other iterations of this particular franchise have done very well in cinemas (even if their plots were rather predictable). For some reason, however, the reboot of 2017 just didn’t make it over the line and, despite the fact that it starred none other than Tom Cruise, it was a bit of a disaster.

3 Vampires (1998)

There are some directors whose names are indelibly associated with a particular genre, and there’s no doubt that John Carpenter is considered a whiz when it comes to horror. Though he’s rightly considered a master, not every one of his films has been a success, and Vampires is actually a bit of a failure (at least in terms of financial success). This is a rather strange thing, because the film is truly terrifying, brutal, and gritty, all of the things that one would expect from a high-quality vampire flick.

2 The Wolfman (2010)

The Wolfman is another example of a film that seemed to have everything going for it, including having none other than the great Anthony Hopkins in one of the major roles.

All of the pieces are there, but for some reason it fell into the world with a colossal thud, a perilous reminder that even films that have a lot going for them in terms of casting, budget, and story don’t always get the level of success at the box office that they deserve.

1 Splice (2009)

Some monster films really seem to go out of their way to create a feeling of repulsed fascination in the audience, and that’s exactly what happens in Splice, a film all about the dangers of humans meddling in the creation of life. It’s an unsettling film that is, despite all of its horrifying aspects, deeply contemplative and philosophical, and the creature in question is one of the more terrifying beings to come out of a monster movie.

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