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I'm just reading some reviews of Pet Cemetary 2 on imdb and a few people are saying it has so little to do with the original that it might as well be its own movie. I haven't seen it so I can't vouch for that personally but it got me thinking: what other sequels could be stand alone movies in their own right? (Good or bad, they all count. Had to pick a board so may as well be this one)

I can guess what everyone's already thinking so Ill get it out of the way: Halloween 3   :smile:

Any others?

The masterpiece that is Troll 2

I second that - Troll 2  :thumbup:

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I saw THE ROAD WARRIOR about five years before I saw MAD MAX, & it wasn't until I rewatched TRW before I realized it was a sequel...

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN

and

STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT

both were movies that needed no backstory!

I think that both Aliens and Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 are better movies than their predecessors. You enjoy either without having seen the "prequel".

Prom Night II

The Dark Knight (2008). The magnificent performance by Heath Ledger quickly makes you forget how boring that the first movie, Batman Begins (2005), and the third movie, The Dark Knight Rises (2012), really were.

I'm trying to remember if JAWS 3 makes any reference to the first two, or shares any characters? don't think it does but it's been a while since I saw it

nice suggestions so far thanks, some I've seen some I havent

There's actually a Troll 3 but I've never seen it. It sounds like a standalone film to me.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_3)

Halloween III: Season Of The Witch

I know Im a boring @&%* but you could at least struggle through the whole of my first post, if only out of politeness :teddyr:

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 and 5 could each be their own stand-alone flicks...

Hamlet 2

Lawnmower Man 2

Rappin' - it's supposed to be the third 'Breakin' movie, but is not really related in any way...

Home Alone 3 and 4

Xtro 2
Any of Whispering Corridors' sequels (Memento Mori, The Wishing Stairs, etc.)
Creepshow 3
War of the Gargantuas
Hell, Toxic Avenger 2 and 3 pretty much qualify.  I mean, how did he go from Melvin Ferd to Melvin Junko?  Who the hell is Claire, and what has she done with Sara?

EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN kinda sorta qualifies.

I'd also argue that the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise pretty much fits.  I saw 2 before I saw the first one and really did not have any trouble figuring out there was a deranged guy killing teenagers.  The bit with Jason's mom was pretty self-explanatory.

When I finally did see 1, I did not think, "Oh...so THAT's what I didn't understand" or anything.

I don't think this applies to HALLOWEEN, though.  I also saw 2 before 1, and when I saw the first one, I DID make connections for things missed (or misunderstood) in 2.

Robert Rodriguez' silly Mexican live-action Mexican cartoon fantasy Desperado (1995) is supposed to be a sequel to El Mariachi (1992) but while it is more of a remake of the first movie than anything else, the two are completely independent of one another. Plus, the first movie didn't have Salma Hayek's nude scene, which is really the only reason to watch Desperado (1995) in the first place.  :hot:

I think a better example would be Evil Dead (I & II) to Army of Darkness.  AOD is more of a fantasy with some horror elements then what the first two were.  Really only a few names and items connect it to the other two movies.