so preliminary list would include:
Nightmare on Elm StreetFriday the 13thChild's PlayHellraiserTexas Chainsaw MassacreHalloweenBasket Case
what other biggies are there?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
fwiw I rate both Bride and Seed of Chucky - good fun
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
There's a lot of total garbage with eight million direct-to-video sequels (Puppet Master, Children of the Corn) that I assume you'd rather avoid?
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
I want to say there's a pretty solid late Howling sequel that's pretty good, one that's very Ten Little Indians. Howling V: The Rebirth?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOYA3rz0WDo
Curiously, the Howling may be the rare horror franchise where none of the sequels (6? 7?) have afaict any relationship to the original, beyond werewolves.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
Evil Dead? Too clear a winner?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 11 July 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
am I allowed to write in "the national news since Trayvon Martin's death"
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
like I said, my criteria is basically first film between 1970-1990, with 2 sequels released to theaters. not interested in all the direct-to-video franchises
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
(xps)
I think Texas Chainsaw 2 stumbles badly by being increasingly too similar to the original. It starts off so promisingly with the great road scene, cartoony makeup, the music and more trashy fun sensibility, nutty Dennis Hopper gearing up for some fantastic revenge showdown then completely squanders it all by being so drawn out and appearing like a fannish homage by the end.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 11 July 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
The Omen counts here, surely?
Not entirely convinced I would want to make up a whole ballot as most of these aren't really my preferred horrors, but would certainly vote in a button poll.
― emil.y, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
yeah I'm talking about a button poll, just want to make sure I don't overlook any poll options before I start it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
(I totally forgot the Omen had sequels, for example)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
the return of the living dead series, maybe?
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
ooh definitely
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
texas chainsaw 2 rules, jeez people
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:27 (seven years ago) link
the first three Nightmare sequels (roughly 4>3>2
this is also really wacky to me, as 3 is imo the best nightmare movie and is sometimes my favorite movie of all time, and 2 is complete trash except for when it's super gay
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Wait, Return of the Living Dead is different to the Night of the Living Dead series, yeah? (I am pretty certain about this but do often get similar titles confused.) Would make a case for the latter series counting, even though the first one is '68 - all of them from the second on definitely have the right feel to be included here.
― emil.y, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
so...
Nightmare on Elm StreetFriday the 13thChild's PlayHellraiserTexas Chainsaw MassacreHalloweenBasket CaseThe OmenEvil DeadReturn of the Living DeadNight of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead/Day of the Dead (I'm gonna let this one in even tho the first one is pre-1970, it's of a piece with subsequent franchises imo)
It's Alive looks like it only had one sequel? I'm disqualifying it on those grounds...
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
oh and I guess I need to add the Howling?
Any other major contenders I'm forgetting?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
i also definitely think children of the corn should be included, if only for 3 (unbelievably batshit) and 4 (naomi watts!)
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
and the first two children of the corn sequels were def released to theaters
yeah Children of the Corn counts for sure
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:35 (seven years ago) link
Amityville
― kraudive, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Jaws, The Exorcist, Alien, and Poltergeist all count, right?
x-ref with wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Horror_films_by_series
― Vernon Locke, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
sure
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
oh and Phantasm! duh
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
kinda on the fence about Alien tho tbh
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
I still maintain that the horror element of the Alien series is minor in comparison to the sci-fi & action elements. Iirc I refused to vote for it in the big horror poll despite it being awesome because I didn't think of it as properly horror (and then hypocritically put Threads as my number one, ha).
― emil.y, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's how I feel about it - and the sequels definitely foreground the sf and action
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
It's Alive had two sequels.
If we're making a case for the Romero Dead movies, one could make a similar case for the Psycho sequels. I won't be stumping hard, but they arguably count.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
wellll original Psycho is pre-1970 cutoff though
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
Night of the Living Dead is 1968.
― Vernon Locke, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:15 (seven years ago) link
i do think that 'aliens' has a decent amount of horror elements, mostly w/r/t the hopelessness and the fact that those aliens are nasty and scary creatures. i think roger ebert's review is pretty otm in some respects:
The ads for "Aliens" claim that this movie will frighten you as few movies have, and, for once, the ads don't lie. The movie is so intense that it creates a problem for me as a reviewer: Do I praise its craftsmanship, or do I tell you it left me feeling wrung out and unhappy? It has been a week since I saw it, so the emotions have faded a little, leaving with me an appreciation of the movie's technical qualities. But when I walked out of the theater, there were knots in my stomach from the film's roller-coaster ride of violence. This is not the kind of movie where it means anything to say you "enjoyed" it.
the intensity and wrung-out feelings are correct although tbh i enjoyed it happily
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
we talked about NotLD already. Genuinely feel like Psycho (the original film) is a different animal and almost really of a different genre than Night of the Living Dead (which functions in many ways as the birth of the modern horror genre imo)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:52 (seven years ago) link
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
Oh, someone aleady said Amityville so not Amityville.
Uhh...Puppet Master?
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 23:56 (seven years ago) link
(xxp) I missed emil.y's comment, apologies.
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
Scanners?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
Maniac Cop
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
Texas chainsaw massacre 2 is all time amazing. Hellraiser 2 is the best of the series. Both are going to get owned since everything after the second installment is face-punchingly terrible.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 05:24 (seven years ago) link
there were multiple Scanners sequels?
Maniac Cop is a good call
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
There's three main Scanners films and an additional two spinoffs.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:18 (seven years ago) link
Scanners sequels were direct-to-video = disqualified
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
OK I'm gonna set this up today unless people have any other nominations/suggestions
House. Tho not seen any and prob rubbish.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
lol House. had no idea that made it to three films. I remember the first one being okay in a stupid way, plus George Wendt was in it
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
House had three sequels (The Horror Show wasn't labeled as such in all markets, and I think the fourth was direct-to-video).
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
Wendt was in the first, Ratzenberger in the second. I wish they'd continued that trend.
there's some things even Shelley Long won't do, I guess
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link