Horror Franchise GPA
 

This is not a game or a tournament, but it will require some group participation if it's to work effectively. I'd like to determine which horror franchise we here at HDC cumulatively think is the best, the worst and everywhere in between.

When all is said and done, we'll have cumulative grade point averages for every major horror franchise in existence (and probably a few less than major ones.)

The list of franchises I intend to include in this excersize are listed below. If you think of any I've omitted, please feel free to post a suggestion.

28 Days/Weeks................... B+
A Chinese Ghost Story
Abbott & Costello
Alien.................................... C+
American Psycho.......................C+
American Werewolf.................B+
Amityville Horror..................C
Anaconda...........................D-
Anatomy
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Basket Case
Battle Royale
Boogeyman...........................D+
Blade..................................C+
Blair Witch...........................C+
Candyman
Carrie
Children of the Corn
Child's Play .......................... C+
C.H.U.D.
Class of Nuke 'Em High
Creepshow............................C+
Critters.....................................C
The Crow
Cube...................................C+
Dark Harvest
Demons
The Dentist............................C
Dracula (Universal)....................B
Dr. Phibes
Evil Dead.............................. A-
Exorcist..............................C
The Eye
Feast....................................C
Final Destination.......................B-
Firestarter
The Fly
Frankenstein (Universal)..................B
Friday the 13th ............................B-
Fright Night ...................................B-
From Dusk Til Dawn............................C+
The Gate..........................................C
Ghostbusters
Ghoulies
Ginger Snaps....................................B-
Godzilla
Gremlins.......................................... .B+
The Grudge....................................C+
Halloween.......................................C+
Hannibal Lecter Saga
Hellraiser.....................................C+
Hills Have Eyes
The Hitcher...................................C+
Hollow Man
House
Hostel............................................ ....................C-
The Howling
I Know What You Did Last Summer.......................D+
It's Alive
Jaws .................................................. ..................C+
Jeepers Creepers.......................................... ....B-
Joy Ride.............................................. ...........C
Jurassic Park.............................................. .C+
Killjoy
King Kong
Lake Placid............................................ .........C-
Leprechaun........................................ .............D
Lost Boys.............................................. .........B-
Maniac Cop
Mimic
The Mummy
Night of the Demons...................................D+
Nightmare on Elm Street.....................................B-
Nightwatch
The Omen
Pet Sematary..............................B
Phantasm............................C+
Pirahna
Poltergeist...........................B-
Predator............................C+
Prom Night..............................D+
The Prophecy
Psycho........................................ C
Pumpkinhead
Puppet Master
Resident Evil..................................C+
Re-Animator.................................B
Rest Stop....................................C+
Return of the Living Dead.....................B-
The Ring...........................................C+
Romero's Living Dead ..........................B
Saw..........................................C+
Scanners
Scarecrow
Scary Movie.........................D+
Scream....................................C+
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Sleepaway Camp.........................C
Slumber Party Massacre
Sometimes They Come Back
Sorority House Massacre
Species
Starship Troopers
Stepfather
Texas Chainsaw Massacre .....................C+
Argento's Three Mother Trilogy.................A-
Toxic Avenger..........................................C-
Tremors
Troll
Underworld........................................ ............C+
Urban Legends...........................................D+
Vacancy........................................... ...........C+
Vampire Hunter D
Carpenter's Vampires
Warlock
Waxwork........................................... ......C-
White Noise
Wishmaster
Wrong Turn..............................................C+
Zombie's Firefly Saga ..........................................B-

We'll go 1 franchise at a time. Every HDC member is invited to assign grades A+ through F to each film in the franchise. Then I'll crunch all the numbers and we'll have an average grade for each franchise. Once this is finished, we'll have a comprehensive list of how all of these franchises stack up compared to each other.

If you haven't seen a film listed, please don't grade it.

We'll start with a franchise that I'm sure almost everyone is familiar with.

Franchise: Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Assign a letter grade to each film that you've seen.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

We'll spend about 3 days on each franchise to give everyone ample time to post their grades.

I'll go first just to give everyone an idea of what I'm looking for.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original) A+
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 C
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 B
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation D+
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake) A-
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning B+

That's all I'm looking for from anyone wishing to participate. (With your own letter grades, not mine.) In 3 days, I'll tally up the TCM grades and we'll move on to the next franchise.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original)= B
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2= C
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3= C-
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation= F
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake)= C
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning= D+

What about Frankenstein?

Hmmm.... I considered it but there's SO many Frankenstein & Dracula films that aren't connected to each other that I don't really consider them to be franchises (Actually there may be a few different franchises within each character), but maybe we could do a classic monster film GPA after we get through this. We could include Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, etc...

I'm speaking of the Universal Frankenstein series- indeed I believe it can lay claim to the FIRST horror franchise ever.

Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Ghost of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
House of Frankenstein

Sure, we could include that. We can add Universal Dracula too if you wouldn't mind whipping up another list of which films that'd contain.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original): A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: B+
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3: C
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation D-
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake) B
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning C+

I think this is a cool idea for a thread, but I probably won't participate much. I tend to drop out of "franchises" because the films just seem to get weaker and weaker. I doubt if I've seen every film in any of the film series listed here.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original): A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: (haven't seen yet)
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3: C-
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation: (haven't seen yet)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake): A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning: A

(yes...I liked the remake & its prequel a lot!:) My all time favorites!)