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)

Nightmare on Elm Street - they were always inventive, had great effects and were always well cast.

I do NOT include the remake!!!

nightmare on elm street & CHUCKY
 

both of them are just to die for. I love nightmare on elm street so much to the point I got Freddy's claw tattooed on my arm his character is creepy, scary, sarcastic, and so funny. I also like that he is unique and attacks you in your dreams and the sequels went on for ever. I watched all 5 nightmare on elm streets and the 6th on were you find out that Freddy had a daughter Kathriene Kruger and Robert England also stars as Freddy in Wes Craven's a new nightmare the 2010 remake I did not like that much at all.

Chucky again another unique villan he is a serial killer who's soul now lies in a good guy doll. The sequels also include a bunch of fun characters like the little boy Andy who is all grown up in one of the sequels. The bride of Chucky though would have to be my favorite I love Tiffany's character and like the fact that her and Chucky can stay committed to each other for all these years even though they are freakin nuts!!

Hellraiser, Halloween or Scream. ;)

My Favorite Franchise is the Halloween Series(with the Exception of Halloween 3 & Rob Zombie's Halloween series). I Realized that None of the Other movies in the series will beat the Original Film. But I do fairly enjoy the rest of the movies in the series. if I had to Choose one from the series besides the First I would Choose Halloween: H20. Only because of the fact that its been 20 years since the original film so its kinda like a tribute to Halloween. I would like to mention that I did like Halloween 3: season of the Witch but if it was its own movie but since they decided to put the Halloween name on it It loses value. and I really hate the New Halloween series. Rob Zombie is an excellent Director with House of 1000 corpse and The Devil's Rejects. But he completely ruined Halloween, because he spent too much time building up Micheal Myers and didn't focus as much on other characters, so when they died you didn't Feel as much sympathy for them. Plus it seemed like He Killed off every character. In the original Film However I loved everything about it. John Carpenter is an amazing Director and in Halloween it proves it. He had a wonderful score and Micheal Myers was a mysterious villain which gave it more suspense and it also didn't have all the sex, cussing, and violence which makes it a perfect film but the Best thing is that it Gives the reference to Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) and other classic Horror Movies and Now its Such a classic Movie that other Horror Movies are referencing it like Scream mentions it a few times. I Just absolutely love Halloween and Love everything about it and the Series following it was great also.

I'll be honest: asking my Favorite Horror Movie Franchise is like asking my favorite french fry from my last lunch at McDonald's.

But, if pushed, I would agree with The Villain & say Godzilla. All the other franchises become six-of-one & half-dozen-of-the-other when compared side-by-side.

Godzilla, however, is unique in this one respect: Godzilla's intentions remain enigmatic. He wants to destroy Tokyo until some other giant monster wants to destroy it. Then, Godzilla wants to destroy that giant monster and then go back to sleep under the ocean & not destroy Tokyo after all.

Seriously, has anyone ever had a second thought regarding the motives of Jason, Michael, Freddy, Pinhead, Chucky, the Count, the Doctor, Damien, a zombie, a werewolf, a demon, or Leatherface? That list goes on but you get the idea. The ambiguity of Godzilla is not only a feat - but a delight.

Scream.

Halloween

I was about to say I really didn't have a favorite horror franchise, because the ones I've seen falter so horribly (Halloween, Exorcist, Alien, etc); and/or they'res a decent franchise as a whole but I'm not drawn to use the word "favorite" around them, like Elm St, Scream and Night of the Living Dead. NOTLD, Universal's Frankenstein are probably closest.

Till I read Villain write Godzilla... and then I realised, yep, that's the one. Well said Totem, the Godzilla franchise's first step was into uncharted territory, and then it continued going into new territories, especially as to the "characterization" of Godzilla (animal/person/force of nature, enemy/ally, evil/good, cruel/kind, main character/side character/setting, for adults/kids/all), while maintaining familiar ground.

I love the Godzilla films too (as long as they're made in Japan), but I have to call my favorite the original Universal Frankenstein series. Such class and talent involved in the first three films.

I also love the Hammer Frankenstein and Dracula series. They took so many liberties with the storylines, but Cushing and Lee were always nothing short of magnificent.

Peter Cushing did such a convincing and depthful job as Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein. Wow, he was seriously playing for keeps. I'm a big fan of the Universal Frankenstein series (Frankenstein, Bride, Son of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman), but yet I always think of Cushing's Victor when I think of Frankenstein.

The obvious for me. Friday the 13th. But sadly no horror franchise is perfect. And Friday the 13th still doesn't have an entry as good as the original Halloween. Which is a 10/10. Friday the 13th Part 6 would be the closest at around a low 8/10. I wish there was a Friday the 13th movie that was as good as the original Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street. Or even the original or remake of Night of the Living Dead.

Dario Argento's Three Mothers Trilogy (Suspiria, Inferno and Mother Of Tears) and equally Lucio Fulci's Gates Of Hell trilogy ( City Of The Living Dead, The Beyond and The House By The Cemetary).

Wrong Turn (beyond the equal it gets shitty, but i still watch)
Scream

Saw with A Nightmare on Elm Street at a close second.

One year later, Halloween is still my franchise. But the battle for second place is always ongoing. Puppet Master, NOES, Subspecies, F13, Leprechaun are constantly fighting it out.

I'm waiting for someone to say the Vomit Gore trilogy.

Romeros original 3 zombie films
Nightmare On Elm Street
Halloween (all except Resurection which having rappers in it spoilt it totally 4 me)
Friday the 13th

Favorite franchises :
Halloween
Friday the 13th

Frame per frame, the Evil Dead franchise (incl. the remake) is the best. Although I enjoy the remake, I expected a bit more from it. Let's see whether the TV series maintains or tarnishes the whole and whether Bruce can make Ashley J. Williams a household name.

Wow, it's too difficult to pin it down to one type/name of a movie franchise so I am going to say zombies and vampires. I live for zombie books and movies, can't get enough of them!! Vampires.....what more is there is say??!!

I wish there were more werewolf movies out there. I enjoyed the Underworld series, An American Werewolf in London, Ginger Snaps series, and the Wolf Man. I would just like to see more modern versions.

I did see a movie poster for an upcoming vampire movie but I'm drawing a blank on the name of it. I hope it's good!!

I think the Evil Dead trilogy easily gets 1st place with Nightmare on Elm Street & Saw a close 2nd. I liked the 1st Elm Street much better than the rest, and liked all the Saws; especially the first 5.

This is gonna be... controversial.

The only Evil Dead movies I whole-heartedly liked were the original and the remake. I have mixed feelings about the second one, and I didn't like the third one at all.

How could you not like Evil Dead 2 ... that was the best one I thought having just the right amount of humor to gore ratio, and the Army was a fun adventure with some good special effects.

I didn't really care for the remake because there was no Bruce Campbell or comedy ... it's just not the same without Bruce.

I generally agree. In my opinion, the remake was a solid go, I liked the return to a more serious tone. I did like Army of Darkness though and, of course, the original was a masterpiece. I do agree about the second one. Was never really a fan.

I generally don't like horror-comedies, with a few exceptions of course. The original was much more of a straight-up horror film.

The problem with me deciding which is my favorite franchise is that each of them have so many hits and misses in them that I go back and forth. Something like Friday the 13th doesn't have the best quality movies, but they tend to be fun to watch as a whole for a variety of reasons! Halloween, to me, has the better quality movies that sort of struggles nevertheless with plot and the gigantic holes in said plot I don't understand. Nightmare on Elm Street suffers, and I only speak for myself, because I kind of prefer my Freddy dark and terrifying and, clearly, Freddy became a wise-cracking icon for the 1980s which I can appreciate for what it was, but I still prefer dark and scary. lol Then there are so many others - Psycho, Hellraiser, Scream, and even lesser thought of films that sometimes don't come up in such a discussion like Night of the Demons, Jaws, Child's Play, etc. I think it would be a toss up between the Halloween and NoES series. No clear winner for me.

Evil Dead trilogy hands down, followed by Halloween.

I like others but it's usually just the first few that are really great, F13 being a huge example, though all of them are at least entertaining.

Halloween is my favorite even though 3 doesn't star Michael myers I still really like it but my favorites in the series are 1,2,4,5 and H20

H20 and 4 are my favorite sequels.

Let me ask all three of you this question...

Which Evil Dead film did you see first? Evil Dead (81) or Evil Dead II, or not 100% sure?