One week 'til Halloween
Oct. 24th, 2003 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, one week until Halloween.
Let's talk sequels.
We all remember the scene in Scream 2, when the film class talks about how sequels are never better than the original (ooh, irony!)? Yeah, Horror flicks are plagued by that worse than almost any genre.
Sometimes, as with the Scream series, it's simply a matter of each film not being as good as the one before it.
Sometimes, as with Warlock and Urban Legend, the sequels are almost completely unrelated, with only a common cast member (at best) tying the plotlines together.
And sometimes, the series just takes the original concept, and waters it down to the point of no return. The original Nightmare on Elm Street, for example, was a nasty, scary movie, in which Freddy had a sense of humor, but was always trying to amuse himself, not his audience. In the later films, he became a jokester, setting up elaborate pranks that only someone watching the movie could appreciate.
So, what are your favorite horror sequels, and your least favorite?
My faves: The aforementioned Scream 2, which, if not exactly a great flick, is actually pretty nifty in a lot of ways, and feels like a natural extension of the characters. I also enjoyed many of the later Friday the Thirteenth movies better than the original, which just doesn't hold up all that well. And, much as I admire the first movie, Evil Dead 2 was the best thing Sam Raimi ever did. There are a few more (Dawn of the Dead is every bit as good as the original NotLD, although I wouldn't necessarily say it's better -- each is a masterpiece), but I'm sure you have some of your own to name.
Worst: Aside from Urban Legends - Final Cut, there's American Psycho 2 ("The Film so bad, we just had to get Shatner for it"), and Cube 2 (Hypercube), proof that when people want a bad sequel, they call Nick Knight.
Again, there are plenty of other bad sequels (anyone else remember the fucking dog having a flashback in The Hills Have Eyes 2), but again, let me know some of the ones that come immediate to mind for you.
Let's talk sequels.
We all remember the scene in Scream 2, when the film class talks about how sequels are never better than the original (ooh, irony!)? Yeah, Horror flicks are plagued by that worse than almost any genre.
Sometimes, as with the Scream series, it's simply a matter of each film not being as good as the one before it.
Sometimes, as with Warlock and Urban Legend, the sequels are almost completely unrelated, with only a common cast member (at best) tying the plotlines together.
And sometimes, the series just takes the original concept, and waters it down to the point of no return. The original Nightmare on Elm Street, for example, was a nasty, scary movie, in which Freddy had a sense of humor, but was always trying to amuse himself, not his audience. In the later films, he became a jokester, setting up elaborate pranks that only someone watching the movie could appreciate.
So, what are your favorite horror sequels, and your least favorite?
My faves: The aforementioned Scream 2, which, if not exactly a great flick, is actually pretty nifty in a lot of ways, and feels like a natural extension of the characters. I also enjoyed many of the later Friday the Thirteenth movies better than the original, which just doesn't hold up all that well. And, much as I admire the first movie, Evil Dead 2 was the best thing Sam Raimi ever did. There are a few more (Dawn of the Dead is every bit as good as the original NotLD, although I wouldn't necessarily say it's better -- each is a masterpiece), but I'm sure you have some of your own to name.
Worst: Aside from Urban Legends - Final Cut, there's American Psycho 2 ("The Film so bad, we just had to get Shatner for it"), and Cube 2 (Hypercube), proof that when people want a bad sequel, they call Nick Knight.
Again, there are plenty of other bad sequels (anyone else remember the fucking dog having a flashback in The Hills Have Eyes 2), but again, let me know some of the ones that come immediate to mind for you.