your top 10 'first sequels'....

zombie no.one · July 18, 2023, 04:43:50 PM

aka 'part 2's (even though they may not have been called that). bad or good, either way, just your personal favourites...

mine, in no order:

UNDER SIEGE 2
TERMINATOR 2
JAWS 2
HALLOWEEN 2
CRITTERS 2
FRIDAY 13TH PART 2
~~THE OMEN 2~~ THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 (1985)
PHANTASM 2
NAKED GUN 2 1/2
~~THE EXORCIST 2~~ I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

may revise this if someone posts something I forgot about... (THE OMEN 2 will be first to go, I'm not even that big a fan of it)

- as for the 'best sequel ever' GODFATHER PART 2, I respect it (it's all about respect!), but unlike all the films in my list I doubt I'd ever intentionally watch it again

RCMerchant · July 18, 2023, 06:44:26 PM

1. the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
2. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1942)
3. REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955)
4. WAR OF THE COLASSALL BEAST (1958)

more later...!

Rev. Powell · July 18, 2023, 06:58:31 PM

In no particular order:

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
GODFATHER 2
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
THE ROAD WARRIOR
THE DARK KNIGHT
BATMAN RETURNS
BLADE RUNNER 2049
EVIL DEAD II
DAWN OF THE DEAD

Honorable mention: THE TWO TOWERS (hard to think of it as a "sequel" per se, more of a single movie broken into three parts for time's sake)

RCMerchant · July 18, 2023, 07:34:16 PM

^ FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE? I dunno if I would consider that a sequel, maybe...I dunno.

RCMerchant · July 18, 2023, 07:44:28 PM

...and more-

5. DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979)
6. DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972)
7. the EVIL DEAD II (1987)
8. INFERNO (1980)
9. the DEVIL'S REJECTS (2005)
10. CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

Trevor · July 18, 2023, 07:53:28 PM

KILL AND KILL AGAIN
THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY 2
TNNT 2 SECRET OF THE OOZE
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
STAR TREK THE WRATH OF KHAN
BILLY JACK
THE SOUND OF MUCUS 😉

zombie no.one · July 18, 2023, 09:49:13 PM

yeah EVIL DEAD 2 definitely crossed my mind... I think I find it just a bit too crazy, to the point where it detracts from my enjoyment of it (ditto GREMLINS 2)

Quote from: Trevor on July 18, 2023, 07:53:28 PM

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

was not aware this was a sequel, what's the original. MANHUNTER? I thought that was just a different interpretation of the same novel, but I don't really know. I only saw SOTL for the first time last year! definitely better than I expected. I was ready to be totally underwhelmed by it for some reason

zombie no.one · July 18, 2023, 10:00:51 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 18, 2023, 07:44:28 PM

10. CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

I'm not up on my National Lampoons movies (in fact I don't think I've seen any of them?) but according to wiki this is a "third installment"

RCMerchant · July 18, 2023, 11:01:55 PM

^What was the second?

I'm not a big fan either- but I like that one. Me and Tiana watched it every year.
Edit: EUROPEAN VACTION (1985) was second. It sucked. Yer right.

claws · July 19, 2023, 02:10:23 AM

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
3. Aliens (1986)
4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
5. Batman Returns (1992)
6. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
7. Blade II (2002)
8. Ghostbusters II (1989)
9. Doctor Sleep (2019)
10. The Road Warrior (1981)

Alex · July 19, 2023, 02:47:11 AM

Aliens.
Mad Max 2.
Predator 2.
The Unnamable Returns.
Hmm, could Zulu be considered a sequel to Zulu Dawn? If so then that one. I mean although the movies are not traditional sequels one does follow the events of the other.
Maniac Cop 2.
Terminator 2.
Reanimator 2.
Star Trek II. The Wrath of Khan.
The Dark Knight.

Alex · July 19, 2023, 02:50:27 AM

Quote from: zombie no.one on July 18, 2023, 09:49:13 PM
yeah EVIL DEAD 2 definitely crossed my mind... I think I find it just a bit too crazy, to the point where it detracts from my enjoyment of it (ditto GREMLINS 2)

Quote from: Trevor on July 18, 2023, 07:53:28 PM

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

was not aware this was a sequel, what's the original. MANHUNTER? I thought that was just a different interpretation of the same novel, but I don't really know. I only saw SOTL for the first time last year! definitely better than I expected. I was ready to be totally underwhelmed by it for some reason

No Manhunter is a separate book and movie about a different serial killer (although they are still in the same series). I thought both Manhunter & Silence... were great books, but boy did the series go downhill after them.

zombie no.one · July 19, 2023, 03:41:27 AM

ah okay...

MANIAC COP 2 also crossed my mind, remember that I really enjoyed it (and preferred it to the first one) but it was so long ago I can't really remember much about it

RCMerchant · July 19, 2023, 05:00:48 AM

^ MANIAC COP 2 was much better than the first one, IMHO. It was where the crazy cop teamed up with a Manson type guy and broke into a prison to set all the convicts free.

Trevor · July 19, 2023, 06:14:45 AM

Quote from: Alex on July 19, 2023, 02:47:11 AM
Aliens.
Mad Max 2.
Predator 2.
The Unnamable Returns.
Hmm, could Zulu be considered a sequel to Zulu Dawn? If so then that one. I mean although the movies are not traditional sequels one does follow the events of the other.
Maniac Cop 2.
Terminator 2.
Reanimator 2.
Star Trek II. The Wrath of Khan.
The Dark Knight.

Zulu is about the Battle of Rorke's Drift and Zulu Dawn is, about the Battle of Isandlwana which took place before Rorke's Drift.