5 Overrated 2000s Horror Movies

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The 2000s was an interesting period for horror movies. The trend of fun slashers continued from the 1990s, and the decade had some stand-out films, from The Strangers (2008) to Drag Me To Hell (2009), The Descent (2005), The Ring (2002) and the start of the Final Destination franchise, with the first film coming out in 2001.

There are some excellent scary films from this decade, but like in every 10-year period, there are some films that have gotten a lot of love but might not really live up to the attention. From a movie with a huge twist to the beginning of a beloved franchise, these 2000s horror movies might not be as good as people say.

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While May isn't a film that is talked about constantly, it does have a fanbase and it did do well with critics who liked Angela Bettis's performance as the main character May Canady. At first, it seems like May had a rough childhood and is now odd but trying her best to function. Before too long, it becomes clear that May is a really troubled person. When she starts dating Adam (Jeremy Sisto), she freaks him out, and she kills Adam and her friend Polly (Anna Faris) and talks about needing people's body parts. In the end, May takes the parts of the different people who she has killed and creates a «friend» of her own.

While the movie is about themes like loneliness, which gives it some weight, it's far from an elevated horror movie and is too disturbing to really be interesting to watch. While it is a favorite film for many fans and critics of the horror genre, there are many others that are superior.

Chances are that many Boy Meets World fans were excited to watch Rider Strong in Cabin Fever, Eli Roth's 2002 horror movie, but while the film got