Overall, I'd say Nightmare has the worst crop of sequels - everything aside from the original, Dream Warriors and New Nightmare range from mediocre to god-awful.

Only seen the 1st two TCM entries - loved 'em both.

Halloween has some stinkers for sure...it wasn't even that long ago that I watched them, but I can hardly differentiate at all between 4 through 7. I remember the only one that was flat out terrible was Resurrection, but none of the rest - other than the first 3 - left much impression either way.

I'd say Friday the 13th holds up best overall. It doesn't peak as high as the others, but barring Jason Lives + New Blood they're all watchable and entertaining. Nothing groundbreaking, but I enjoyed the series as a whole far more than the others. Part III is still one of my all-time favourite slashers.

I thought the Elm St and F13 sequels were pretty solid. I enjoy F13 Part 2 over the original these days.

I think the sequels of both those franchises have grown on me over the years. I thought they were terrible when I watched them as a kid now I appreciate them as mindless fun. There's probably a nostelgia thing going on too.

Yeh its not a big deal at all. Must make them feel like they have a big e-penis or something.

Sequels work better if there is some sort of story arc, an overall endpoint which they try to reach. Given most horror sequels are given the go ahead based solely on the success of the first this is a rare occurrence.

I dig how the Phantasm sequels progressed the story.

I wish they'd get their shit together and release #2 in Region 1. Would love to check those out, first one was fantastic.

I cant pick an absoulte worst overall. But I hated Halloween:Ressurection with a passion. Feel the same about Jason Takes Manhattan and the 3rd TCM.

Jason X and Nightmare 5 and 6 didnt hit on much but I can stand them. All the rest I liked for one reason or another.

TCM: The Next Generation was shit. So was Halloween: Resurrection. Far and away the 2 worst sequels of all the ones under consideration.

The big four in your eyes maybe. I don't think TCM is one of the 'big four'. I don't even know where this 'big four' came from.


On that note, i'd rank most of your 4 chosen films' sequels about the same. Average.

I never understood the hatred for NoES Part 2. It's certainly a far cry better than some of the latter entries in the series. Sure, it doesn't "make sense" with the character that he came to be, but as it's own little movie it's not bad. And the way Yeager did the make-up effects actually made him look nasty as hell as opposed to a puffy, pink, rubber goon like in the later movies.

Freddy's Dead was the worst of the series as far as I am concerned (even though I still watch it for laughs).

The worst out of all of them is deservingly Halloween: Resurrection. The combination of the half-assed cinema verite mixed with Busta Ryhmes mixed with a story that felt like they had an existing script and just tacked Myers on there to sell it better make it unwatchable to me.

I've never actually seen TCM 3 + 4, though...and I don't really plan to.

I'd say it's a tie between Freddy's Dead and Halloween 6. Resurrection was shitty, yes, but 6 wasted Donald Pleasence and tried to explain The Shape. Resurrection didn't negate.