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10 Great Horror Movies Audiences Hated (At First)

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When it comes to horror movies, audiences don’t always get it right the first time.

Some of the most celebrated horror films today were dismissed, misunderstood, or even ridiculed upon release, only to be reevaluated in later years as genre-defining or cult classics.

Take 1982’s The Thing, for example. John Carpenter’s bleak, chilly sci-fi thriller was trashed by critics and largely ignored at the box office, overshadowed by more upbeat flicks such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Decades later, however, it’s hailed as one of the greatest sci-fi horror films ever made, and has influenced dozens of other movies since its initially maligned release.

Similarly, The Shining was not immediately embraced in 1980. Stephen King himself criticized Stanley Kubrick’s haunting adaptation, which initial moviegoers found cold and confusing. Over time, however, audiences began to recognize its slow-burn tension, chilling atmosphere, and layered performances, elevating it to masterpiece status.

Even more recent examples, such as 2009’s Jennifer’s Body, reveal how audience perception can shift over time. Poorly marketed and dismissed as meaningless pop culture camp, it’s now celebrated as a sharp, tongue-in-cheek feminist horror-comedy that moviegoers simply weren’t ready for at the time.

These movies remind us that with a little time and distance, some of the best horror films reveal their intelligence, artistry, and lasting cultural resonance when revisited later on with fresh eyes and softened expectations. Sometimes, it can take years for audiences to finally see and appreciate what was there all along: great horror that endures.

10 Great Horror Movies Audiences Got Wrong

From slow-burn, arthouse horror films that bored viewers to campy cult classics some moviegoers just didn’t get at first, here are 10 great horror movies audiences were wrong about at first. 

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