Sunday, October 9, 2011

Top 10: Horror Sequels

I love horror movies and if I find a good one I will check out all the sequels if any.  These below are the tops from horror franchises.

  1. Psycho II- I remember this is one of the first movies we rented on VHS to watch on our new VCR.  Horror was very popular in the late seventies/ early eighties and Universal figured they might as well bring back to the life the best horror movie of all time and let Norman Bates out of the institution.  Great job by the late Anthony Perkins, he just stepped right back into the role without missing a beat.
  2. Halloween II- Halloween was the most profitable independent movie of its time so a sequel was inevitable.  Director Carpenter stepped aside produced, wrote, and did the music for this flick.  This movie picks up right where the first one left as Michael continues to terrorize Haddonfield. 
  3. The Devil's Rejects-  Rob Zombie made a descent movie in House of 1000 Corpses but really stepped it up in this sequel of the continuing adventures of the Firefly family.
  4. Evil Dead 2- Technically this is a remake of Evil Dead that was made on a dime so this is basically the same movie with alot more bucks behind it so the story was expanded abit.  Ash never looked so cool with a chainsaw.
  5. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors- Part 2 of this franchise was awful so this entry was a make or break of Freddy being in people's nightmares.  Original cast member Heather Langenkamp returned  to lead some teenagers against Freddy in their dreams.
  6. Friday the 13th Part 2- A nice follow up to the original as a grown up Jason makes his debut and takes over the killing for Mommy against the horrible Camp Blood counselors.
  7. Blade II- The first Blade was really good as comic book movies were not quite going yet as a fine character was introduced.  Director Guillermo del Toro took over this sequel and stepped it up and and created some fantastic vampire and non vampire-villains for Blade to line up against.  Also glad to see Kris Kristofferson return in this sequel.
  8. Bride of Frankenstein- Our monster and Dr. Frankenstein are revealed to still be alive in this sequel.  The good doctor's wife is kidnapped and he is forced to create a mate for his first creation. 
  9. Underworld 2- The war between Vampires and Werewolves continues as we go back into the past to learn some more about this rivalry and some of the bloodlines of it.
  10. Jason X- Friday the 13th was on hiatus for eight years so Jason just coming back to the big screen was a big deal.  Jason continues killing and this time takes it to outer space in the future.  Good times.

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