Since there has been horror, there has been horror sequels.
Just by the law of averages, this has resulted in plenty of…less than stellar films.
It’s also a wonderfully deep landscape filled with diamonds in the rough for those willing to dig.
In a wonderfully zany homage toFrankenstein, Jason Voorheesplayed with hulking intensity this time around byC.J.
The script, Craven’s last contribution to the franchise before he returned for the (also great!
Just a classic meal made from the perfect mix of cheese and chills.
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The rest of the series is like, the gift shop at the bottom of Mt.
Rushmore selling dinky replicas.Halloween IIis mostly pale imitation.Halloween III: Season of the Witchis a fun little sci-fi diversion.
Rob Zombie’s set of remakes are interesting but anextremelyacquired taste.
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The 2018 legacy sequel is…good.
Folks,Scream 4, Craven’s final film, is good.
Surprise, surprise, a new Ghostface pops back up the moment Sydney crosses state lines.
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In a word:Groovy.
EnterParanormal Activity 3, which is, in fact, very scary.
It doesn’t matter.
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It doesn’t matter.
I love him most of all.
Just so much dang fun.
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But it’s also a lot more clever than it appears on the guts-covered surface.
(And there’s a lot of guts on that surface.)
(Subsequent sequels would, of course, not go near this question with a two-foot-chain.)
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Twelve years later, Hooper returned for a sequel and delivered anactualgorefest.
FutureRob ZombiefavoriteBill Moseleyputs on a masterclass in mishegaas as the hammer-swinging “Chop Top” Sawyer.
At one point, Leatherface (Bill Johnson) gets way too horny to commit murder.
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This movie doesn’t add much to the original, but it is, in all ways, insane.
The Amityville Horror
Picking anAmityville Horrorsequel is like picking your bedroom in the actual Amityville Horror house.
It doesn’t really matter, you’re gonna' have a bad time.
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The #1 best thing to emerge fromThe Amityville HorrorisRyan Reynolds' beard in the 2005 remake.
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