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Sorry if this has been posted already (I didn't really check). Anyway, what're your favourite horror franchises?

You forgot:

-None of the above and/or any at all.

Not trying to be a jerk, but scanning the list, I've seen most of the original films and a few of their sequels. Usually, the first one is solid or tolerable, but the sequels usually stink on ice. Evil Dead comes close, but the second was a comedy remake of the first with a different ending, and, unlike most of the horror fans out there, I did not care for Army Of Darkness.

Some of these you list had sequels that were okay, but they probably would have been good as a stand-alone film without the main character/villain being used. To be honest, I can't really think of one other than Halloween Something-or-other where Jamie Lee Curtis came back to bury the axe. It had a good theme of a sibling dealing with being related to the personification of PURE EVIL. THAT would be a good story, but they spent too much time with the standard stalk and kill crap for the movie to really take off, and Jamie made everyone else in the film look like slackers.

Still, nice list and you went out on a limb with some real turkeys like Leprechaun.

For an overall horror series, I went with Nightmare on Elm Street. It was hit and miss, true, but it was an entertaining arc. I enjoyed the Evil Dead series more, but, as Javakoala pointed out, it's more of a comedy series than a horror series. Friday the 13th just never really captured my imagination. I almost went with the Puppet Master series, but I haven't seen several of them, and I absolutely hated the second one. It had a good premise, and the first one rocked, but there were more misses than hits in the sequels I saw. The sequels to Sleepaway Camp had little to do with the first movie, so that's barely a series. As for the rest, I either never saw all of the series (Saw)or was totally unimpressed by it (Child's Play).

I rather enjoyed the SLEEPAWAY CAMP series, especially TEENAGE WASTELAND.

Psycho. nuff said

The Alien series is my fave out of those listed. At least each film had unique, distinct qualities.

I went with Alien - the first two are enough to make it my favorite horror series of all time.  Third one wasn't bad, fourth one...we don't talk about that.  Then The Omen - really liked the first 3.  And of course Friday the 13th.  Good cheesy fun.  Several bad ones in there, but I like most of them.

The Omen... I really like part 2 the best but the series (even the weak part 4) was so respectful with each other that watching them back-to-back is a joy.

For the best series of all, my write in candidate is George Romero's original DEAD trilogy.  And if Universals' original FRANKENSTEIN franchise was on there, I'd cast a vote for that as well.  My third vote goes to EVIL DEAD.

if FREAKS (1932) was up, i would vote it! :teddyr:

I went with Evil Dead, but would have voted Phantasm had it been on the list. I like that frachise because it has a perfect blend of bad B-movie essentials, including obligatory sex scenes, endings and justifications for sequels that make no sense, ridiculous excuses for gore, bizarro occultism, bad acting, and a great staple bad guy (speaking of course of the too-awesome-for-words Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man). On top of that, the franchise has some moments of genuine creepiness. 

i would have voted for the romero dead trilogy if it had been on the list also. I really enjoy the phantasm series.evil dead is good,although army of darkness ,to me, was a little over the top. i think the best horror movie franchise list is a good grouping of what is out there. i just wondor of some of the really bad horror films that could of had sequels.

Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 29, 2009, 12:25:21 PM
For the best series of all, my write in candidate is George Romero's original DEAD trilogy.  And if Universals' original FRANKENSTEIN franchise was on there, I'd cast a vote for that as well.  My third vote goes to EVIL DEAD.

I gotta agree with the Rev on this one. The first four FRANKENSTIEN films,the DEAD trilogy,and perhaps the Hammer QUARTERMASS or DRACULA series.

But I'm shocked! No BLOOD ISLAND films? Egad!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8xygx5FBE

Halloween for me. It's the series with the most films I like, which are parts 1,2, 4 & 5. Really thinking about it, I liked H20 as well. I swear I was staring at the list at the top for ages, scratching my head, because I realised that most horror series have truly awful sequels. There's not one that stands out with strong follow ups to the original movie. I'd say there's horror films listed above I love more than Halloween, but I hate most of the other enries in those series. Oh, I'm rambling now.......

Quote from: RCMerchant on December 30, 2009, 04:21:04 PM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 29, 2009, 12:25:21 PM
For the best series of all, my write in candidate is George Romero's original DEAD trilogy.  And if Universals' original FRANKENSTEIN franchise was on there, I'd cast a vote for that as well.  My third vote goes to EVIL DEAD.

I gotta agree with the Rev on this one. The first four FRANKENSTIEN films,the DEAD trilogy,and perhaps the Hammer QUARTERMASS or DRACULA series.

But I'm shocked! No BLOOD ISLAND films? Egad!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Hmmmmm... I didnt see "Blind Dead" or "Black Magic" on the list... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi6WK-415e8

Black Magic 2

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Hellraiser- because I love anything in horror films to do with satan and hell
Saw and A Nightmare on Elm Street: Because of the interesting ways people are killed.

Sorry, it'd have to be none of the above. Because (IMHO) the best horror series of all time has to be the horror films made by Universal Studios from 1931's "Dracula" to 1948's "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein." Though the horror series put out by Hammer in the '50's and '60's--the Dracula, the Frankenstein, the Mummy--also have their appeal, but nothing (again IMHO) tops the horror films made by Universal Studios.

the famous shower scene, nuff said

Quote from: Bull on January 13, 2010, 08:40:16 AM
the famous shower scene, nuff said

"Series" not scenes sweetie.  :wink:

Quote from: Circus Circus on January 13, 2010, 01:20:02 PM

Quote from: Bull on January 13, 2010, 08:40:16 AM
the famous shower scene, nuff said

"Series" not scenes sweetie.  :wink:

Bob Sagget

I'm going with NOES. To New Nightmare came out I have liked all of the Nightmare films.

Darn! I forgot a film series. Corman + Poe + Price = Pure Pleasure.

Upon thinking about it, I went with Saw (thinking everybody hated it around here :C ) as a great serial-series, hellraiser for several ideas that work well on their own, and Basket Case for being AMAZING.

Why not just two more, man?? You forced me to cut away Child's Play and Puppet Master! ...For that matter, where is PHANTASM?! :(