Favorite Horror Movie Franchise
 

I did a search and did not find a thread on this topic. Throughout the years there have been many horror movie franchises of varying quality from the Universal franchises (Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.) to Hammer (Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.) to Halloween, Psycho, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and many others. So, the question is which is your favorite and why is it so? Personally, I would have to say that the Friday the 13th series is my favorite. I know, it is not the pinnacle of the horror film. I just have always really enjoyed these films. Jason (even though he does not make a full film appearance until two and does not get his hockey mask until three) was my all-time favorite horror movie villain. So, what do you think? What is your favorite horror movie franchise and why?

Godzilla. I've always loved those movies even the ridiculous campy ones. Godzilla or Gojira is my favorite horror movie and it's because of those movie's that i've always loved gaint monster movies.

Halloween, for I am he.

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Moving to the Modern Horror section.

Was not entirely sure where to put it because some franchises pre-date the 1970s. Unlike the other two links, this is not a tournament or a comparison to other franchises. I am merely curious as to what other people's favorite franchises are. Thank you and, of course, no offense has been intended.

Favorite franchise.. can I not choose one?
I have a few of favorite ones..

Nightmare on Elm Street - I like Freddy and the concept of dream becoming reality.
Evil Dead - what's not to like?
Poltergeist - Though the 3rd movie kind of sucked, but the first two were classic.
Child's Play - Chucky rules. Enough said.
Children of the Corn - The children are creepy though the remake sucked so bad I'm embarrassed of even mentioning it.

I have a few more but I think that should be enough for now.

Halloween and Friday the 13th

Probably Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Child's Play, because, as Tokyo has mentioned, Chucky just plain rules. :)

Evil Dead- All three films had a different approach to the material that made it fresh every time. They are all three different films in tone, yet they come together to represent horror cinema in nearly all it's forms: Serious, tongue in cheek and straight out hilarious B-territory.

Nightmare on Elm Street- It took the concept of the slasher film and injected some much needed imagination to the proceedings with the inventive dream sequences and the exploitation of the fear of the same.

Puppet Master, then again, we all should know that by now. haha! Mainly for David Allen's top notch stop-motion work, the design of the puppets and I just have a great love for the "Killer Toy" genre.

Subspecies- Radu alone puts this on my list, plus the great use of the Romanian setting, on location.

I'm sure there are some I'm leaving out, but those are my top favourites. :)

Godzilla
Dracula (both Universal and Hammer)