By Ethan Kaye in
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Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 8:01AM
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On the other hand, Leprechaun Back 2 the Hood didn't need to happen. Neither did Jason X, King Kong Lives, nor The Birds 2: Land's End. They could have been done in one, but no, someone decided to whore those sequels until every last dollar was made. So, for your enjoyment and edification, here's 10 of the least necessary sequels to horror films that were ever made. 10) Halloween 3
The Halloween series is a pretty damn good series. John Carpenter produced, wrote and directed, Jamie Leigh Curtis screamed, and Michael Myers slashed. All was good for two movies. Then they released a threequel in 1982 that has absolutely nothing to do with the first two films. None of the original characters, none of the original charm, and the added bonus of perpetual movie joke Dino De Laurentis producing. Gone is Mike Myers, slasher, replaced by Irishman Conal Cochran, a mask manufacturer with a magical copy of Stonehenge in his basement. Not that bad a film on its own, but as a sequel in a franchise? We want Mike Myers!
9) Boggy Creek 2: The Legend Continues
Amateur filmmaker Charles B. Pierce actually struck a little (very little) cinematic gold with his 1972 Bigfoot-sploitation film, The Legend of Boggy Creek. So what follows? A sequel! It was called Return to Boggy Creek and Pierce had nothing to do with it! It actually had celebrity stars, Dawn Wells and Dana Plato and was made by different filmmakers! So Pierce got all ornery and made a third sequel, Boggy Creek 2: The Legend Continues in 1985, but since he was involved on the first one, this was going to be the real second film, not the Wells/Plato one. So there are two immediate sequels to Legend of Boggy Creek, a movie that was barely watchable in the first place.
8) Hobgoblins 2
MST3K fans all agreed on one thing: the original Hobgoblins was a bad, bad film. Fun, but bad in so many ways. A sequel would just add insult to injury, but director/writer/producer Rick Sloane felt that the newfound wave of popularity the original was riding after being riffed on by Mike and the 'bots justified a sequel. So he made one just last year, from the original 20-year old script he had written immediately after Hobgoblins 1. Different cast, same characters, same plot about Gremlins rip-offs. Done 20 years after a film that no one saw until someone decided to make fun of it.
7) The Rage: Carrie 2
In 1976, the original Carrie showed that a well-made horror film could be scary and well-reviewed -- it got two Academy Award nominations and star Sissy Spacek was awarded the Best Actress honor by the National Society of Film Critics. 23 years later, filmmakers went back to the well for a choppy, boring comment on goth vs jock culture that included Mena Suvari and Eddie Kaye Thomas from American Pie, Jason London from Dazed and Confused, and Zachary Ty Bryan from Home Improvement. Sissy Spacek showed up in "flashbacks" that just re-used footage from the first movie. Despite trying way too hard to prove it was a sequel to the original, the film ended up looking like a generic teen horror film whose mom lent them some Carrie props.
6) Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
We'll overlook that filmmakers re-made The Exorcist several times already before going to a prequel. What makes 2005's Dominion so unique is that an official prequel to The Exorcist had already been released a year before Dominion and also starred Stellan Skarsgård! Director Paul Schrader was tasked with making the first one, which he did, until Morgan Creek Productions decided that his version wasn't marketable enough. They pulled him from the project, replaced him with Renny Harlin, kept a lot of the same footage, and released The Exorcist: The Beginning. When that film flopped, they figured that they had nothing to lose with Schrader, and let him release his cut under a different name (note -- the trailer above is for Schrader's version, but back when it the only prequel, and thus was called Exorcist: the Beginning). That also flopped, although not as badly. So who really won here? Definitely not Exorcist fans.
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Bugdodger said:
Aw Leprechaun gets no mention? Or Wishmaster? Or any other of the droves of crappy horror films out there? I think this list has potential for a part II, III...
Bugdodger replied to Bugdodger:
"Aw Leprechaun gets no mention? Or Wishmaster? Or any other of the droves of crappy horror films out there? I think this list has potential for a part II, III... "
Wow, too early in the morning for me... Somehow glazed right over the Leprechaun nod in the into. Carry on good sir.
Arcane replied to Bugdodger:
Wishmaster didn't get crappy until they replaces their excellent Djinn actor in parts 3 and 4. Even so, the death in WM3 where the girl vomits up her organs until she completely liquefies still haunts me.
aak7268 said:
Man, I loved Jaws Revenge...I didn't think they could get any more ridiculous than Jaws III: Jaws Trashes the Shit out of Sea World (in 3-D!). I was wrong. Got to love psychic sharks who have mob-like family structures and demand retribution for past injustices against "The Family."
Really, it's Godfather II with fins.
jeffers replied to aak7268:
I know it was you Brody. You broke my heart. you broke my heart!
Leonilla said:
There was a sequel to "Hobgoblins"? Damn you Rick Sloane! Now where can I find a copy?
Nightcrawler666 replied to Leonilla:
I think you can get a copy free when you pick up a Slurpee.
☆☆☆ JaganaR ☆☆☆ said:
im glad to see that "candyman" and lord forgive me "the prophecy" (chris walken, thank you very much, with Viggo M *aragon* as the devil) arent on this list .
leave Wishmaster alone it had a yellow submarine-esque plot to it (not bad , series , but you had to be higher than a mutha4kr to fully appreciate it . personally i liked WM, for the poetic licence of the Djinn, plus the growling he does TOTALLY EPIC , ranks right up there with Viggo in Prophecy's orgasm snarl at the end)
Btw WHERE IS THE FORMULA : franchise + space = OUT OF IDEAS ??
(hellraiser 4, Critters 4-x, Jason-x [was released 5 yrs before it was in the theaters , FYI] , Dracula 3000.... list goes on )
"Both, are sadly available from Netflix"
best punch line E.V.E.R. ^^
UnklJo replied to ☆☆☆ JaganaR ☆☆☆:
The third Candyman movie totally deserves to be on this list. Sooo bad...
Shin00bie replied to UnklJo:
I heard that if you say "Candyman 3" three times into a mirror, it appears on your Netflix queue...
Leaping Chewbacca said:
Boy from Troll 2 was quite an actor, wasn't he? Where is he now, I wonder...he reminds me of Glenn Beck.
MattK replied to Leaping Chewbacca:
There's a documentary about the Troll 2 called "Best Worst Movie" talks about the cast and crew and the phenomenon behind the cult status of the film. It was created by the guy who played the kid. The actor who played the dad is a real sport who takes the "fame" very well and is always kind and pleasant to the fans, realizing that, yes, he wasn't an actor and the film wasn't good.
Sneak Peek here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqRccOQjmVQ
sal replied to MattK:
MattK, thats for that link...made my week
Darth Davius said:
wow, to early in the morning to remember munchie, why do i have to watch it, it was a represed memorie now it will haunting me again, damn
davesnothereman said:
I love American Psycho as much as anything in this rotten life, but i don't have a problem with AP2. sure, it shouldn't have been a sequel to AP, because it would work fine on it's on. as a comedy. which is what it is. it is not a horror film. i would also argue that AP is not a horror film, it is social commentary. but that's another discussion.
Wings said:
I... I can't believe he actually made a sequel to Hobgoblins!!! Ack! That movie sucked so bad it was barely watchable WITH the MST3K guys riffing on it.
Ack!
That said, I have some love for the cheesy-great Halloween 3 and the 'what the hell' Jaws 4!
:)
Butts McCracken said:
Great list. You know, I saw a fan edit of Jaws: The Revenge a few months ago where the shark succeeds in eating all of the Brodys. Good, good stuff . . .
Bad Horse said:
THEY'RE EATING HER! AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO EAT ME!
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
Geoff said:
'Whereas the first film was a mind-bending, atmospheric exercise in pure emotional terror, '
... or, you know, a piece of overhyped crap if you saw it past the initial 'OMG IT'S REAL' phase.
JOE said:
Jason X needed to happen. In fact, I'm mad as hell that they went with the remake so soon when they coulda actually made it up to Friday the 13th part 13.
Such a loss:(
Bad Brendan replied to JOE:
I agree,without Jason X we would never have been treated to such memorable lines such as
"Its okay guys all he wanted was his Machete back" and ......
uhm okay memorable line then.
BorgQueen replied to Bad Brendan:
Don't forget the detachable nipples. Those things acted better than most of the humans in that movie!
JOE replied to BorgQueen:
Her head came off too. Lisa Ryder just fell apart in that movie.
Video Hero said:
Great list but Halloween 3!? That movie rocked. Considering 4, 5, Curse, H20 and Resurrection all suck Season of the Witch should be put on a pedestal.
Ethan Kaye replied to Video Hero:
To be honest, I really liked Halloween 3 when I watched it last year, start to finish.
R3loy replied to Ethan Kaye:
Halloween 3 just needed to have a different name, that's all. I actually like it more than most of the Michael Myers films. How can you not love a movie where the bad guy's evil scheme is to sell masks that kill every stupid kid that whined to his parents until s/he got one?
BuncheB said:
When HALLOWEEN 3 came out, I seem to remember reading in FANGORIA that the film was intended to be the first in a series of annually-released horror stories that fell under a blanket HALLOWEEN title, none of them having anything to do with Michael Meyers. Unfortunately, no one would ever have known what the filmmakers' intentions were unless they read the explanation in FANGORIA, so the public ended up confused, disappointed and irate, thus prompting the ditching of the concept and the return to Michael (to diminishing returns, if you ask me).
MattK said:
Jaws 4 had about 4 different endings: first one I ever saw was the shark getting impaled on the boat, no explosion, and Jake (played by Mario van Peebles) surviving being masticated. And then when it ran ad nauseum on cable, Jake's survival was not mentioned whatsoever (so we can assume he didn't survive). THEN I saw a version that began with a weird ass narration about how sometimes nature is unpredictable over a fish-eye view at the docks, THEN goes back out to sea for the POV swim to the docks, and that ending REALLY draws out Ellen Brody driving the boat towards the shark, not delivering the final blow until long after her flash back to Martin Brody's line from the first film (yes, the flashback to a moment she was not around). And then there was an explosion ending.
Best way to end that film? Not make it. Sure, as a kid I didn't know better, but time has taught me many lessons.
Grimmie said:
Ok, this is awesome. I was watching the Hobgoblins 2 trailer (because I love MST3K and their treatment of the original), and partway through the trailer, my Internet radio station threw on Afterhours by Covenant. The video kinda synced up. Just as the song said "I want to burn myself again" it showed a hobgoblin on fire. The hobgoblin attack montage happened during on of the "I want to violate you" lines. This is a spiritual experience I could probably never recreate no matter how I tried.
Necronomic Forecast said:
Um,I liked Blair Witch 2 more than the original.
*ducks*
Ok ok, it was silly and didn't really have anything to do with the original but I still liked it more than "whiny teens run around a bit and then end credits."
MacGregor replied to Necronomic Forecast:
The commentary track for BW2 - which was featured in the Onion's "Commentary Tracks of the Damned" - is actually worth a listen. If only because the filmmakers basically trash the producers and movie company for ruining their film, particularly after test screenings went poorly. People forget that Joe Berlinger (a great documentary filmmaker) was the director. And if you actually listen to him describe the film he wanted to make, it doesn't sound nearly as bad as the final product would turn out to be.
Skumbunny replied to Necronomic Forecast:
Amen to that. The first Blair Witch was horrible...At least the second had attractive girls in it and (gasp) a plot! (well kidna)
Denjiro replied to Skumbunny:
I didn't hate the first one, I just wanted to beat all three of the characters. I wanted to scream at the screen follow the damn creek. They'd have not been dead if they had the outdoors skills of the average cub scout.
Asat replied to Denjiro:
To be fair, it's not a movie about woodscraft. It's not a movie about witches. And it's not a movie about learning to love the characters by watching them overcome adversity. Like "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street", it's a grim look at what happens when ordinary people give in to panic. Stupid decisions get made, they turn on each other, and blood gets spilled.
It's not supernatural and it's not really a plot. But by god it IS horror, and it is good.
frankenpc said:
For some reason, I read "Jason X, King Kong Lives" as one movie title. Now that would have been cool.
demoncat said:
this proves even bad films if they are some what a hit hollywood with run them into the ground for sequals. for its bad that the director of boogy creek wound up making the third film calling it boogie creek 2 and what were the execs on when they okayed munchie besides those who saw it trying to figure out how to remove it from their minds.
Ignatz Cockarovich said:
This list was really all over the place. I mean, of course sequels to cheapo horror flicks that made money despite costing $1.98 are unnecessary (but inevitable). Of course any sequel with a number higher than 3 is unnecessary. I think the sequels that are really unnecessary are those based on a movie with some pedigree but have no purpose except making money. I’d keep the Blair Witch sequel, Carrie 2, then go with The Howling 2 (a better contractual loophole example than the Boggy Creek one: we’re making a movie that’s based a sequel to the original BOOK not the movie…) , The Fly 2 (had its moments, but still a huge comedown), the infamous Exorcist 2: The Heretic, Fright Night 2 (What a disappointment!), Bride of Re-Animator (ditto), Return of the Living Dead 2 (I love the original with all my heart but I don’t get this: Let’s bring back some of the original actors and do the SAME THING OVER AGAIN, but this time with METAL). The Birds 2 and King Kong Lives (hey, go really old school and say Son of Kong) are good examples too … and (I’m ducking here) Ghostbusters 2 (a major letdown and a waste of the talent involved). I give Psycho 2 credit for having the balls to do it and bringing back Anthony Perkins, but really… There was also no reason for a Jaws 2 let alone a Jaws 4.
Shepard said:
This is a little off topic but can we stop hating on The Matrix Reloaded already?
Yes, ok, the story was confusing and not as fun as the first one, fine, but there hasn't been an action scene more spectacular than the freeway chase since it was released.
davesnothereman replied to Shepard:
no, we will never stop hating on the matrix sequels. even though reloaded was slightly better than the dreck that was revolutions, nothing happened in it. it was completely pointless, just an excuse to have the action sequence you describe.
Blowing up a few cars doesn't justify that bloated, humourless, mess of a movie.
dWhisper replied to Shepard:
Hating the matrix sequels will continue for eternity. They were such shit that they actually make the first one practically unwatchable. It was trite, Oprah-depth philosophy and a boring, muddled plot. Mortal Kobat Annihilation was a better quality sequel than Reloaded was.
It's only contribution to humanity was providig a future site for the Mythbusters to wreck shit.
Denjiro replied to Shepard:
Nope sorry. The 15 or so minute Cadillac commercial doesn't in any way excuse or make up for Reloaded. Let alone the horror of seeing naked Keanu ass on an IMAX screen.
Abraxas said:
you forgot to add Avatar to the list :P
Sci-Fi Gene replied to Abraxas:
That's "Pocahontas II", right?
stewbacca replied to Sci-Fi Gene:
There already is A Pochanotas II--
SO I guess that would make it Pocahontas III-- Journey Into Space.
BorgQueen said:
The first Blair Witch was cool because it was kinda new. At that time, horror films were mostly slash n' gore and "the big reveal" of the monster or whatever happened fairly early in the film. The fact that in BW you never actually saw the monster gave it a very creepy, get inside your head feel. The second one tried to be a parody of the hype surrounding the first film but took itself waaay too seriously. Plus the characters were so over-the-top stereotypical- Goth Girl, Hippie Earth Chick, Serious Filmmaker Dude, Innocent Couple With Problems... it was just a very disappointing movie for those you liked the first one. Looking back though... totally should have seen that coming.
clark said:
I forgot about the blair witch 2 movie, but now I remember thinking it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen. I actually went with a small group of friends to see it in the theater, and I'm pretty sure that we left just before the ending, but we may have stayed all the way through.
Kevin said:
"Dino De Laurentis"
Guess who was behind both of the Transformers and G.I. Joe movie adaptations?
mrm1138 replied to Kevin:
Lorenzo di Bonaventura?
darthmalevol replied to mrm1138:
Dino de Laurentiis had nothing to do with G.I. Joe or Transformers. Plus he was executive producer (ie. he paid for them) on Conan the Barbarian and Army of darkness, so he gets a pass in my book.
Arcane replied to darthmalevol:
He was behind all the Evil Dead movies
Freddie said:
If you have all the money in the world, you get Gremlins...BUT...If you can't afford Gremlins, you get Critters. If you can't afford Critters, you get Ghoulies. If you can't afford Ghoulies, you get Munchies, and, god forbid, if you can't afford freakin' Munchies, you get Hobgoblins.....*shivver*
Butts McCracken replied to Freddie:
That's a cool take on originals vs. levels of rip-offs. You should take a shot at Alien and Jaws rip-offs as well. (For example, "If you have all the money in the world, you get Jaws...BUT...If you can't afford Jaws, you get Orca. If you can't afford Orca, you get Piranha . . . "
Geoff replied to Butts McCracken:
If you can't afford Aliens, but you do want to see a nice rack, you get Species.
FadR said:
Sure American Psycho 2 had not the slightest thing in common with the Original and it wasn't a good Flick for someone who realy likes horrormovies. But as i watched it the first time my mom and sister took interest in it and loved it! Both never watch action movies or something that has a lil bit splater in it. i guess they got caught by the fact that the killer is a girl and her offscreen mumbling to herself making fun of the men shes going to kill in a sweet, smirking, pseudointeligent manner.
I realised that this is probably the key to turn a girl nerdy and made a couple of girls watch this thing. Allways worked fine.
Now I'm on my Way to meet my GF and watch "Tokio Gore Police" before we hit the local Karaoke Bars ^^ I realy own Mila Kunis for making my GF nerdy and Shatner shating himself.
mythbri said:
There is a sequel to "Cave Dwellers"?! Does it also have miraculous hang-gliders? I must find this movie...
tvtastegood said:
This list was great and you could do several of them. Call the next one 'Return of the unneccesary horror movie sequels'
I love seeing stuff like this!
I'm the guy who when I get home from work at 10 or 11 I check every channel for a cheesey horror movie or sci fi flick even if I have seen them a hundred times I watch!
One glaring ommision would have to be The Phantom Menace, anyone who says it wasn't a horror flick obviouslý missed Jar Jar Binks brutally slaying all sensibility and logic through the whole thing.
Rory said:
How are none of the Psycho sequels on this list?
MattK said:
Love that the "Hobgoblins" song from MST3K is used in the Hobgoblins 2 trailer at 1:50. Sloane must thank Best Brains every single day for any fame he has.
JOE said:
Of course, at the other end of the spectrum is the most necessary sequel ever:
Breakin' 2; Electric Boogaloo
RDJ134 said:
I miss:
American Werewold in Paris.
Crow 2.
Mummy 2 (i wanned to leave the theater when i saw it)
Ginger Snaps 3 with the cowboy setting.
But i like the list :)
Lithroe replied to RDJ134:
Ginger Snaps 3 wasn't a "cowboy setting," it was the Canadian North during the peak of fur trading. I thought it was a good movie, bringing the series full circle.
mrm1138 replied to Lithroe:
Agreed. I really enjoyed the period setting a lot.
☆☆☆ JaganaR ☆☆☆ replied to RDJ134:
BLOODRAYNE 2 .
altho the first one was starstudded, i think Ben Kingsly was bored as HELL to take it .
Eponymous said:
If you want to experience Jaws: The Revenge, I have a much better option for you...
Richard Jeni
He did a comedy bit where he was talking about the things you end up watching when you're up super late... and one of the things was how you just can't look away from "Jaws 4, The Revenge!" It's totally awesome and will save you the lost time & energy of the actual film...
John said:
Blair Witch 2 should be on a list of movies that started with a great premise, but fell apart. On paper, BW2 sounds good: a group of teens continues to exploit the Blair Witch legend with their business of selling worthless rocks on eBay labeled "Blair Witch stones". Local townspeople are sick and tired of the whole Blair Witch nonsense and wish people would stop rummaging through their town looked for the "real Blair Witch".
There's got to be a good movie somewhere in that premise, but BW2 wasn't it.
Black Llama said:
I agree on some of yours. Troll 2 really needs to be #1 though. From what I hear it's gathering a Rocky Horror like cult following in late night B-theaters.
NILBOG is GOBLIN spelled backwards = Epic win.
Ethan Kaye replied to Black Llama:
Ohhhhh Black Llama...You obviously have not seen Munchie. Troll 2 may have all the hype, but Munchie is by far the worse movie.
Jeff said:
How would getin punched in the gut by a girl turn you into a homo?
Kevin said:
Nilbog is GOBLIN spelled backwards, GrandPAW!
mrm1138 said:
I think you're being unfair towards Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist, especially since Exorcist II: The Heretic and Exorcist: The Beginning are so much worse. I think Paul Schrader and Caleb Carr were definitely going for something more substantive than just a quick cash-in on a recognizable property. I think Roger Ebert's review puts it best: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050519/REVIEWS/50412001/1023
Coincidentally, I'm currently reading Carr's The Alienist for the first time, and I think it's absolutely amazing.
Boredlizzie said:
They . . . they made a sequel to American Psycho??? What is this I don't even . . . *brain implosion* I can't bear to look at the clip, although now I'm imagining all sorts of terrible things, like a Spider Man 3-style dance sequence to "Hip to be Square" with Bateman in his raincoat.
Troll 2, however, is a gem.
Jeff Manley said:
Blair Witch 2 is still to this day the movie that I tell people is the worst movie I have ever seen in the theatre.
The Amazing Rando said:
Where's the sequel to Sleep Away Camp, that movie was HORRIBLE the boy/girl killer from the first movie magically had a daughter and she was also a cross dressing boy who killed for the hell of it. How about CHUD 2 that was a HORRIBLE zombie movie where they killed all the zombies by tricking them into a high school swimming pool. Or dare I mention the sequel to House of The Dead, the first movie was horrible WHY THE HELL DID THEY MAKE A SEQUEL!!!! WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!!WHY GOD WHY!!!!*sobs sobs sobs* WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYY!!!!!! KHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JOE replied to The Amazing Rando:
Which sequel was that? It wasn't part 2 or 3.
Was it Return to Sleepaway Camp?
Dancore replied to The Amazing Rando:
I was going to bring up CHUD 2. My god was that awful.
GeekSexy said:
Come on! "The Howling" sequels don't make the list? None of them have ANYTHING to do with the others. Much like Halloween 3, the sequel title is very misleading.
Anonymous said:
Where's Child's Play 2-4???
Anonymous said:
Where's Saw 2-8?
Arcane replied to Anonymous:
SERIOUSLY why are these still being made? The first Saw was excellent, why does it have such a vast legacy of crap?
irongiant replied to Anonymous:
I second that. The whole Saw sequel-franchise is a wasteland of pathetic film making. In fact, it's so bad it doesn't deserve to be on this list. It's not horror, it's porn, torture-porn. They've even gone out of their way to cast porn stars. Nuff said.
This is a great list but it really needs to be called something else. Hollywood has a category they never discuss and critics never review that goes beyond even the Razzies.
It's called "junk".
savagemouse said:
My god, MSTies, what have we wrought upon the world?
We were so innocent, so like children then. But now the blight of Hobgoblins 2 is upon us. How were we to know that mocking Rick Sloan would only serve to make him stronger? We didn't know!!
And now we cower in the darkness like hunted animals, crying to the heavens for salvation. Our only hope, our only chance, is that RiffTrax NEVER releases a commentary for the sequel.
If that day should ever come, my friends...
God help us. God help us all.
Stacey said:
Y'see I love horror sequels. Sometimes bad movies are so bad they are amusing... and the rest are so bad I drink.. so I win :)
Jocko Botsi said:
The Ring 2? Creepshow 3? Any (Romero directed) ...of the Dead movie after "Day"?
Matt said:
Correction: American Psycho remains unfilmable. It was never filmed anywhere near how it was written. Putting Christian Bale in it doesn't make it a non-pile of crap.
That book rules.
