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how many movie franchises can we name that actually reached a Part 5/Part V?

- why?...I just get the impression once something has reached a "part 5" then it has surely run out of steam and is just scraping the barrel. 4 is pushing it, but 5 almost definitely means they're running on autopilot. I may be wrong in some cases in which case feel free to point it out

some I can think of:

Friday 13th Part 5: A New Beginning
Halloween 5
Rocky V
The Howling 5: The Rebirth
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter
Child's Play 5: Seed Of Chucky
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach - ok I have a soft spot for this, but it's not a 'good' movie
Saw V
Final Destination 5

added;
Fast & The Furious 5
Death Wish 5: The Face Of Death
The Dead Pool (5th Dirty Harry)
Nightmare On Elm St. 5: The Dream Child
Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror
Witchcraft V: Dance With The Devil
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster (5th Godzilla)
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (5th Alien (?))
You Only Live Twice (5th James Bond)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (5th Hammer Frankenstein)
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (5th Universal Frankenstein)
Taste The Blood Of Dracula (5th Hammer Dracula)
The Prophecy 5: Forsaken
Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist
Diary Of The Dead (5th '...Of The Dead')
Hellraiser 5: Inferno
Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun In The Hood
Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix (5th Harry Potter)
Tarzan's Secret Treasure (5th Tarzan)
Faces Of Death V
A Good Day To Die Hard (5th Die Hard)
American Pie: The Naked Mile (5th American Pie)
Batman & Robin (5th Batman)
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (5th Planet Of The Apes)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (5th Pink Panther)
Guinea Pig 2: Android Of Notre Dame (5th Guinea Pig movie, despite being called Guinea Pig 2)
Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
Scary Movie 5
Tomie: Saishuu-shô - kindan no kajitsu (5th Tomie)
House Party: Tonight's The Night (5th House Party)
The Gods Must Be Crazy 5: The Gods Must Be Funny In China
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (5th Twilight)
American Ninja 5
Ju-On: White Ghost/Black Ghost (joint 5th Ju-On)
Emanuelle 5
Emanuelle Around The World aka Confessions Of Emanuelle (5th Black Emanuelle)
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread (5th Street Fighter)
The Thin Man Goes Home (5th Thin Man)
Olga's Dance Hall Girls (5th Olga)
Charlie Chan's Courage (5th Charlie Chan)
Ringside Maisie (5th Masie)
Keep Em Flying (5th Abbot & Costello)
Sadako 3D (5th Ring)
Gamera vs. Guiron (5th Gamera)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 remake) (5th Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (5th Fu Manchu)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (5th National Lampoons Vacation)
Air Bud: Spikes Back (5th Air Bud)
Highlander: The Source (5th Highlander)
Zombi 5: Killing Birds
Return Of The Living Dead 5: Rave From The Grave
The Amityville Curse (5th Amityville Horror)

Trevor's special suggestion: Leonard Part 6

were any of these even close to being the best in the series?

add on any you can think of...

Hm...there is also Fast & Furious 5 aka the Part where the franchise started to be fun. I liked the Japan-Setting of 3 (and the Introduction of my favourite Character of the Franchise - Han), but 1,2 and 4 aren't good by any chance.

Well, going by just reaching movie #5 and beyond..

There are 8 Harry  Potter films. Though I really can't attest to quality because I really haven't watched them all. 

Both Godzilla and James Bond have movie franchises that reach into the twenties.  Although continuity could be questioned on them.  Speaking of which, the fifth Godzilla film is Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster which introduces Godzilla's arch nemesis.  Its usually held high in the fandom.

And going by numbering or chronological continuity Empire Strikes Back is the 5th Star Wars movie, and its usually considered the best of the franchise.

Death Wish and Dirty Harry both had 5-movie franchises. However, the latter was much more successful when it came to producing sequels.

Nightmare on Elm St 5

(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTU3OTQ3MTkwNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDAxNzY5._V1_SY317_CR7,0,214,317_.jpg)

Children of the Corn
Witchcraft
Silent Night, Deadly Night

You could count AVP: Requiem as Part 5 of the Alien franchise.  (No, no, no, AVP couldn't be the fifth, because there never was a fourth film, called Alien: Resurretion.  Never.)

STAR TREK V THE FINAL FRONTIER was pretty good, IMO.

Star Wars

Hammer's Dracula and Frankenstein movies both had more than five sequels. 

good point. not seen them either (just the odd 15mins here and there when they come on tv) but they're held in very high regard by a lot of people so I guess they go in the 'good movie' category. They all seem to be known by their full names as well i.e. "Goblet Of Fire" as opposed to 'Harry Potter Part 2' or 'Harry Potter V' etc...


Star Wars is a strange one. For the purposes of this thread I would say the Part 5 is the 5th one they made, not the one that is supposed to be the fifth chronologically in the storyline. What do you guys reckon?

thanks for the other suggestions, I'll add them to the list in the first post

do you know what both their 'Part 5's were called, so I can add them to the list?

(I'm guessing it's not Dracula Part 5 and Frankenstein V)

I noticed alot of Universal horror flicks back in the 30s and 40s had a good amount of sequels produced. Characters like Frankenstein, Wolf Man and Invisible Man usually spawned several sequels, some of those being crossovers with other monsters or Abbott and Costello.

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
and
Taste the Blood of Dracula

I believe there are five films in  "The Prophecy" series, but I've only seen the first.

*edit: I just consulted my good friend Dr. Wik E. Pedia, and yep, the fifth film in the series, "The Prophecy: Forsaken," came out in 2005.*

Another one for you. 
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

And right now a bunch of you are thinking, "Wait.  There was a Home Alone 3 and 4?"

I knew of 3, but was surprised that there are 4&5.

Also would the "of the Dead"-Series by Romero count? Then Diary of the Dead would be Nr.5 I believe.

Hellraiser has 9 movies total, with the fifth being Hellraiser Inferno.  It was also the first sequel in the franchise to go straight-to-DVD.

Universal's Frankenstein-
1.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
2.THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
3.THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)
4.THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942)
5.FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943)
6.HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944)
7.HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)
8.ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)

The Hammer Frankenstein series had 6,...surprised this big guy aint come up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74E4OFTJNW0

dang...some replies are now missing and my modified list hasn't got half the ones I added...

something to do with the server swap?

might try and fill them in again later. it was getting to be a pretty comprehensive list!

(Andrew:  sorry, no edit. Hit the wrong button.)

We lost about 12 hours of posts from what I can tell.  The server runs backups nightly, so it wouldn't have been more than 24 hours at max.

ok cool... serves me right for not saving the list, haha

edit - updated again. I think whoever suggested Leprechaun In The Hood (major jay?) had another one as well, forgotten what it was...

Maybe Faces of Death 5 doesn't count if it's a documentary.  It is an hour and a half long though..  What sayest you zombie#1?

LEPRECHAUN 5: LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD
TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE (5th in the Weissmuller series)

^ Tarzan that was it, thanks


I probably would include it, but according to one of the imbd reviews Part 5 is a compilation of 'highlights' from parts 1-4... so I don't think that counts. - or maybe I will, just cause by doing that they're blatantly milking it which was kind of my original point about 'Part 5s' :teddyr:

I hadn't seen it myself nor really read about it.. didn't know it was ripping off parts from its own series.  But yeah, numerous film sequels rip off "flashback" sequences from previous films (like Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and Boogeyman II).  I'll leave it to your discretion.  :smile:

it's in  :thumbup:

list also updated with:

A Good Day To Die Hard
American Pie: The Naked Mile
Batman & Robin
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Land Before Time was milked with about 12 straight-to-video sequels and a TV series, talk about overkill. Maybe they should have kept it at V and done the TV series earlier.

They should have kept it at one honestly...I owned 1-3 on VHS as a kid and by god they got bad after the awesome Don Bluth-one.

Home Alone 4 was made in Cape Town.  :buggedout: :buggedout:

thanks, added... never even heard of these.

also added the fifth 'Guinea Pig' movie, which confusingly is called 'Guinea Pig 2: Android of Notre Dame'

anyone whose never heard of the Guinea Pig films, they're the ultra gory Asian flicks that Charlie Sheen reported to the FBI, believing them to be snuff movies! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Pig_(film_series)

Speaking of Guinea Pig. Faces of Death had a 5th Movie and Scary Movie V should also be mentioned.
Also if you count Alien vs. Predator - Requiem, you could also include Predators (5th Predator-Movie).

There are a total of NINE films in the "Tomie" Japanese film series!

At the risk of being brained by dozens of thrown shoes, I would like to offer Leonard Part 6: it was a relief that there was no part 5 or parts 1-4 for that matter.  :wink: :wink: :teddyr:

yep we've done faces of death 5, didn't know there were 5 'Scary Movie's though. will add it - I'll look into the predator one, it could get complicated!

thanks ... Got a feeling there may be tons of Asian movie part 5's , that I've never heard of


aah, if only he'd called it Leonard Part 5...... then it still wouldn't count  :smile:

but I'll include it just for you anyway.

Is this based on the Junji Ito Manga Series?

Yes.

From what I know, the first was quite dark and depressing at times, though the sequels went with a more family-friendly direction with lighter-hearted storylines and song montages.

Yeah...same happened with Bluth's "Secret of Nimh" and "An American Tail" even though both of them were never milked like "Land before Time".

Ugh.. there were five House Party movies!  Kid 'N Play are not in the latter 2.

nice work, I only thought there were 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH59JJsg78g

wow, this looks so bad. what a load of...

After reading about house party I remembered another movie-series which was really popular in Germany called "Eis am Stiel".
According to IMDB the US-title is either "Going all the Way" or "Lemon Popsicle". You guys ever heard of them? There are 8 movies and one spin-off.

I had not heard of these movies!  The first was made in 1978 and is an Israeli film about 60s high school teens.  Sex, abortion and unrequited love are the prevalent themes.  Director Boaz Davison also directed the American film THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN and HOSPITAL MASSACRE (X-RAY).  The Golan/Globus team (who did a number of American films, including HELL NIGHT) produced the first film.  I will have to look for this!

I'm supposed to be a South African film historian. Imagine my shock when I discovered that there are not two The Gods Must Be Crazy films but FIVE!!

The first two are the official Jamie Uys films and the other three are Chinese knock-offs.  :tongueout: :question:

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread is the 5th entry in the Street Fighter martial arts film series.

There is also American Ninja 5 without Dudikoff and James, but with Doug Bradley and Pat Morita.
Also to bring in some more japanese...There is Sadako 3D (5th The Ring-Movie) and Ju-On - White Ghost/Black Ghost (both came out at the same time, so both are 5th). Not counting the remakes of course.

THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1945)
OLGA'S DANCE HALL GIRLS (1969)
CHARLIE CHAN'S COURAGE (1934) (which had 33 entries starring 3 different actors)
RINGSIDE MAISIE (1941) starring the beautiful Ann Sothern

(http://doctormacro.com/Images/Sothern,%20Ann/Annex/Annex%20-%20Sothern,%20Ann%20(Maisie%20Gets%20Her%20Man)_01_DS.jpg)

There's also the Emmanuelle series, but I really don't know which on to pick as the fifth release. :teddyr:
Emmanuelle series (France)
Emmanuelle (1974)
Emmanuelle 2 (1975)
Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977)
Emmanuelle 4 (1984)
Emmanuelle 5 (1986)
Emmanuelle 6 (1988)
Emmanuelle 7 (1993)

Black Emanuelle films (Italy)
Black Emanuelle (1975)
Black Emanuelle 2 (1976)
Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976)
Emanuelle in America (1977)
Emanuelle Around the World (1977)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (1978)

I HATE that this is my contribution, but all the ones I could think of were taken, and I figure you want the list to be as comprehensive as possible, so here goes:

Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Electric Boogaloo

'The Gods Must Be Crazy 5: The Gods Must Be Funny In China' added  


thanks, but looking on imdb it's from 1974 and I can't find any other films called 'Street Fighter' from before this year, only one from 1975.
do you know what the first 4 movies are? (not that I don't trust you or anything, just seems a bit unclear!)

haha, no probs, they all count. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2' added

'American Ninja 5'  and 'Ju-On: White Ghost/Black Ghost' added  

there seems to be some confusion on imdb if Sadoko 3D is the 3rd or 4th Ring movie, can't find anything to say it's the 5th, do you know what the first 4 are?



'Emanuelle 5' and 'Emanuelle Around The World' added  

can you tell me what the overall series names of the ones you typed in caps are, thanks!

Street Fighter (1974)
Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Sister Street Fighter (1974)
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)
Yes, all in 1974!

wow, that's a lot of fighting crammed into 12 months. added  :thumbup:

Soitenly

THIN MAN SERIES
The Thin Man (1934)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)

OLGA SERIES
Olga's House of Shame (1964)
White Slaves of Chinatown (1964
Olga's Girls (1964)
Mme. Olga's Massage Parlor (1965)
Olga's Dance Hall Girls (1969)

CHARLIE CHAN SERIES
Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
The Black Camel (1931)
Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939)
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
Murder Over New York (1940)
Dead Men Tell (1941)
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
Black Magic (1944)
The Jade Mask (1945)
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
The Red Dragon (1945)
Dark Alibi (1946)
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
Dangerous Money (1946)
The Trap (1946)
The Chinese Ring (1947)
Docks of New Orleans (1948)
Shanghai Chest (1948)
The Golden Eye (1948)
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
The Sky Dragon (1949)

MAISIE SERIES
Maisie (1939)
Congo Maisie (1940)
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
Ringside Maisie (1941)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
Undercover Maisie (1947)

thanks  :cheers:

Well, these guys certainly met alot of unusual beings.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidde
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

About Sadako 3D.
There are:
Ring
Ring Spiral (Or Rasen)
Ring 2
Ring 0 (Or Birthday -> Prequel)
and Sadako 3D

The confusion comes from Ring Spiral I think. After Ring Spiral didn't work really well money-wise, they made Ring 2 to be the real sequel to the original and kicked Spiral out of the Series. So I guess you could argue if Sadako is actually the 4th or the 5th movie.

okay, fair enough. might as well include it then  :smile:


thanks. According to the wiki article, 'Keep Em Flying' is the 5th Abbot & Costello so I'll go with that.


At some point I might re-arrange the list into straightforward 'Part 5's, and then another section for debatable or less obvious ones like fifth "installments", or sequels that aren't directly related to the series, etc...

Gamera (1965)
Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
Gamera: Super Monster (1980)

thanks, added...


I'm wondering about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series. There are 7 entries, but the 5th is actually the 2003 remake of the original. I wasn't going to count remakes as being sequels, however it's not a straight remake and some bits are different, also the next one ('Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning') is listed as being a prequel to the remake... so I guess, on that basis, I'll call the 2003 remake technically the 5th movie in the series. - unless any of you guys think otherwise...

this is all too complicated, haha

Fu Manchu starring Christopher Lee
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)

This one may be iffiy. It's your call zombiedude.

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)

I am somewhat surprised no one has mentioned the Air Bud series of films and videos. There was . . .

Air Bud (1997)
Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)

The only two, as far as I know that played in theaters, and the only two that I saw, but they were followed by the straight-to-video . . .

Air Bud 3 (2001)
Air Bud: 7th Inning Fetch (2002)
AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK (2003) The 5th in the series
Air Buddies (2006)
Snow Buddies (2008)
Space Buddies (2009)
Santa Buddies (2009)
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
Spooky Buddies (2011)
Treasure Buddies (2012)
Santa Paws 2: the Santa Pups (2012)
Super Buddies (2013)

Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. If they can find a way to make some cash, they will do it. So, no doubt, we'll get another one this year.

As for "Star Wars," what do I reckon? I reckon I want to strangle whoever came up with that series of numbering. I worked for an organization that distributed dvds to the public, and we often got someone who came in and asked for the 1st "Star War" film. And when I asked by 1st, did they mean Episode IV or Episode I, they often had no idea. Actually, now I think about it. Strangling is too good for them. I'll have to think of something special, as making them watch the "The Star Wars Holiday Special," and call it justifiable homicide.

thanks kevin, added... never even heard of these Air Bud movies  :question:

added your last suggestions too major j

found an article on ANNACONDA 5 earlier but it turned out to be a piece of fan fiction. they'd included a release date, plot, actors etc... why on earth would anyone do this, lol



so this thread is now on page 5... that clearly means it's run out of steam and should've been put to sleep already  :teddyr:

You must not have kids. :D

...is that an order?  :teddyr:

checked out a few "Air Bud" clips, I guess they never heard the old movie cliché about never working with kids or animals.

I didn't see it, but has anyone mentioned Highlander: The Source?

Never heard of this before. Who's in it and is it any good?

thanks. will add...



not seen it but the imdb reviews are especially poor... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367623/reviews?ref_=tt_urv (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367623/reviews?ref_=tt_urv)

Has the Living Dead series been mentioned yet?

If you mean the Romero-ones...they have already been added. But you actually reminded me of two things.
1. There are two Zombie 5s (Killing Birds and Revenge in the House of Usher)
2. There are five Return of the Living Dead-Movies, but I don't know if Necropolis is Nr. 5 or Rave to the Grave.

thanks for those. according to wiki 'Rave to The Grave' is pt.5 of the Return... series

and this looks great... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Birds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Birds)


also the Amityville Horror movies have 11 instalments (including the remake). part 5 is 'The Amityville Curse' (1990)