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zombie no.one
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« on: May 11, 2018, 05:31:11 PM »
I'm just watching BLAIR WITCH: BOOK OF SHADOWS... it's so corny and nonsensical I half suspect the director was secretly trolling the actors into doing any random stuff he thought of, just for fun...e.g. giving them lines such as " I had a nightmare that children were looking up my skirt", and "how did you get into college, brush your teeth?", and "the naysayers come here and they say nay"....

I probably won't watch this again but it's a mildly entertaining mess. I remember the original BLAIR WITCH PROJECT being played pretty straight

Any other sequels that completely undermine or ignore the 'seriousness' or genuine intent of the originals? there's a few others I can think of...
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2018, 05:50:29 PM »
HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING.  Oh, the pain . . .  Bluesad
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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2018, 06:14:19 PM »
C.H.U.D. II Bud The Chud
Seriously, WHY?
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2018, 07:27:05 PM »
Quote from: indianasmith on May 11, 2018, 05:50:29 PM
HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING.  Oh, the pain . . .  Bluesad

Agreed.
 
BTW I see what you did there!
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2018, 07:32:19 PM »
Dr. Phibes rises again.

It wasn't a bad movie but it kinda ignored the original movie's intent. Phibes'  wife was dead and he joined her after "avenging" her.
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2018, 05:13:45 AM »
Rambo 2. Looking at the first and second movies, they really are totally different beasts and it would take a long time for the series to return to its roots.
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2018, 12:16:55 PM »
The Wild Geese 2: no likeable characters and none of the actors from the original such as Sir Roger Moore return.

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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2018, 03:04:47 PM »
Troll 2  BounceGiggle
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2018, 03:11:46 PM »
I keep wondering whether or not I should mention Godzilla's Revenge (1969)...........
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2018, 04:33:36 PM »
couple more I was thinking of

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2
EXCORCIST 2
AMERICAN PSYCHO 2
HOWLING 2
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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2018, 04:06:25 AM »

Quote from: LilCerberus on May 13, 2018, 03:11:46 PM
I keep wondering whether or not I should mention Godzilla's Revenge (1969)...........

Only as "The Godzilla movie that must not
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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2018, 04:39:30 PM »
House 2: The Second Story
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« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2018, 04:50:03 PM »
The original Evil Dead was a straight horror film made on a low budget.

With Evil Dead 2, the camp started to creep in.
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« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2018, 05:23:50 PM »
PHANTASM isn't exactly a serious film, but each sequel is just a more ridiculous parody of the one that came before it. PHANTASM: RAVAGER was just a complete piece of incomprehensible nonsense.
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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2018, 07:16:18 PM »
Return of the Living Dead wasn't Citizen Kane, but ROTLD 2 was just a cheesy piece of crap that tried (and failed IMO) to be funny and campy.  ROTLD 3 was more serious.  4 and especially 5 were just garbage afterthoughts.
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