I nominate SNIPER (2003).
It has eleven including one TV movie and two made here.
Yikes. 😳😏😉🐢
DIE HARD... ok it doesn't have loads, and I never liked any of the sequels anyway, but the post 2000 ones are just scraping the barrel and pointless
the HELLRAISER franchise. not that I have strong feelings for the original, but some of the later sequels seem so randomly shoehorned in to that universe
HALLOWEEN. classic example of a franchise they can't leave alone. it's been rinsed so many different ways I don't think anyone knows what to make of it any more. although part 5 and RESSURECTION are guilty pleasures I don't think anything past Part 2 was actually necessary?
The Fast and the Furious
10 films
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 16, 2026, 01:45:50 AMDIE HARD... ok it doesn't have loads, and I never liked any of the sequels anyway, but the post 2000 ones are just scraping the barrel and pointless
the HELLRAISER franchise. not that I have strong feelings for the original, but some of the later sequels seem so randomly shoehorned in to that universe
HALLOWEEN. classic example of a franchise they can't leave alone. it's been rinsed so many different ways I don't think anyone knows what to make of it any more. although part 5 and RESSURECTION are guilty pleasures I don't think anything past Part 2 was actually necessary?
DIE HARD 4 and 5 are a real slog to get through and Bruce Willis looks so damn tired in the fourth one. Nuff said about the 5th one directed by Mr John "I don't like working with South African crews" Moore 😳😳😏
The only HELLRAISER sequel I liked was HELLSEEKER, probably because the main villain's name was Trevor 😳😏
HALLOWEEN really did have way too many sequels.
Quote from: bob on September 16, 2026, 03:06:39 AMThe Fast and the Furious
10 films
Agreed.
They should have stopped at the seventh one as a tribute to Paul Walker.
THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY had four sequels, all of them, especially the Chinese made last three, unnecessary. 😳
The WITHCRAFT series is 17 movies long, all of them (as far as I can tell) unnecessary, even the first one - and there are 2 or 3 more on the way:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_(film_series)
...Does anyone watch these movies? Has anyone here ever seen one of them - let alone seventeen?! I've never watched one and only know them from (in my youth) seeing six or eight nearly identical looking VHS boxes on the shelves in the Horror section, and ignoring them. I've never read a positive review of any installment. The series must be some kind of tax scheme.......
Quote from: M.10rda on September 16, 2026, 06:37:10 AMThe WITHCRAFT series is 17 movies long, all of them (as far as I can tell) unnecessary, even the first one - and there are 2 or 3 more on the way:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_(film_series)
...Does anyone watch these movies? Has anyone here ever seen one of them - let alone seventeen?! I've never watched one and only know them from (in my youth) seeing six or eight nearly identical looking VHS boxes on the shelves in the Horror section, and ignoring them. I've never read a positive review of any installment. The series must be some kind of tax scheme.......
Wow 😳😳
Quote from: M.10rda on September 16, 2026, 06:37:10 AMThe WITHCRAFT series is 17 movies long, all of them (as far as I can tell) unnecessary, even the first one - and there are 2 or 3 more on the way:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_(film_series)
...Does anyone watch these movies? Has anyone here ever seen one of them - let alone seventeen?! I've never watched one and only know them from (in my youth) seeing six or eight nearly identical looking VHS boxes on the shelves in the Horror section, and ignoring them. I've never read a positive review of any installment. The series must be some kind of tax scheme.......
I've seen the first three, maybe four. I could only remember vague bits from two of them.
why am I thinking that many films were re-purposed as ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS sequels when released in certain countries?
I saw that even TWINS (1988) was released as something like 'ZOMBIE 57' somewhere?
sounds crazy but I'm sure I haven't invented that... can't find anything about it from a quick search though!
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 16, 2026, 08:57:45 AMwhy am I thinking that many films were re-purposed as ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS sequels when released in certain countries?
I saw that even TWINS (1988) was released as something like 'ZOMBIE 57' somewhere?
sounds crazy but I'm sure I haven't invented that... can't find anything about it from a quick search though!
ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST (1980) was released here on DVD as ZOMBIE CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. 🤔
Quote from: Trevor on September 16, 2026, 05:03:15 AMQuote from: bob on September 16, 2026, 03:06:39 AMThe Fast and the Furious
10 films
Agreed.
They should have stopped at the seventh one as a tribute to Paul Walker.
I completely agree
there are 25 movies in the AMITYVILLE franchise, according to wiki :buggedout:
the latest being AMITYVILLENADO (2025) :bouncegiggle:
I believe the rights ran out quite early on that franchise, hence everyone making them
there are a mere 15 PUPPETMASTER films. some of the early sequels are dumb fun.
part 2 is a proper bad movie experience... part 4 has the rather hot Stacie Randall. top b-movie babe <3.
don't think I've ventured beyond pt 5
some might argue THE HOWLING has too many installments, but if it didn't we'd never have got as far as THE HOWLING PART 7: NEW MOON RISING which is my fav 'bad movie' ever. so there's that.
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 17, 2026, 08:56:42 AMsome might argue THE HOWLING has too many installments, but if it didn't we'd never have got as far as THE HOWLING PART 7: NEW MOON RISING which is my fav 'bad movie' ever. so there's that.
And then there is the poo fest HOWLING 4 which was made here. 😳😏😉
Quote from: Trevor on September 17, 2026, 11:01:23 AMAnd then there is the poo fest HOWLING 4 which was made here. 😳😏😉
that one's odd and feels like a weird tv movie. directed by some guy on valium and lsd
part 5 is camp as a row of tents but quite good fun
part 6 is an absolute snoozefest
there's a reboot from around 2010 but, having not seen it, I think it looks like it's trying to capitalize on the TWILIGHT craze, so I'm not interested
Star Wars?
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 17, 2026, 11:52:18 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 17, 2026, 11:01:23 AMAnd then there is the poo fest HOWLING 4 which was made here. 😳😏😉
that one's odd and feels like a weird tv movie. directed by some guy on valium and lsd
part 5 is camp as a row of tents but quite good fun
part 6 is an absolute snoozefest
there's a reboot from around 2010 but, having not seen it, I think it looks like it's trying to capitalize on the TWILIGHT craze, so I'm not interested
I know some of the actors and crew who worked on 4 so the LSD and Valium thing might be correct 😳😏😉🐢
Quote from: Dr. Whom on September 17, 2026, 01:44:36 PMStar Wars?
100%.
They should have stopped at RETURN OF THE JEDI.
The Terminator franchise should have stopped at 2. Maybe 3. But the others were unnecessary. Although, the Sarah Connor Chronicles was a great spin off.
Friday The 13th, come on, how many sequels and remakes do we even need here?
Ditto for Halloween. The first was excellent, the second was what was presumed to be part of an anthology series, then they returned to Crystal Lake in the third. Oh speaking of Crystal Lake, there's now a movie of that name as of 2026.
Star Wars, definitely could have stopped after the second trilogy. Apart from Rogue One, the rest were meh.
Hellraiser III was great, but ehhh did we need more?
The Saw franchise. Like, really?
Same with Nightmare On Elm Street. Ugh, one or two were enough.
I'm quite partial to Jeepers Creepers and Final Destination, they are still quite creative and fun.
SAW, agreed. although I didn't rate the original, even.
Quote from: Archivist on September 18, 2026, 06:49:22 AMFriday The 13th, come on, how many sequels and remakes do we even need here?
there's been 1 'remake' which I thought was completely unnecessary, and I also thought JASON GOES TO HELL was cack-ola rumpsteaks.
but I think all the rest get by okay, few ups and downs along the way but I enjoy pretty much all of them! each one does something slightly different. just my opinion
I didn't even realize there were more than 6 HOWLINGS!
Perhaps AMITYVILLE is the winner. Most of those 25 AMITYVILLEs came out just in the past decade, I think!
In service of nothing, SAW! THE MUSICAL just played for five weeks in Buffalo. It's been touring around the country, apparently. It did great business. They rented one of the theaters I work with and the admin (in spite of making money) found it all rather distasteful. There were walk-outs, and there were lots of patrons who don't appear to be the usual theatergoers and mightn't return in the future. Handfuls of that latter lot were drunk before and or during the show and at least one had to be removed by the Production Manager. Madame wanted to go see it and somehow we never made time. The informed word of mouth was just... discouraging, I guess. Maybe a live musical version spells doom for the franchise?
Quote from: M.10rda on September 19, 2026, 06:10:31 PMI didn't even realize there were more than 6 HOWLINGS!
Perhaps AMITYVILLE is the winner. Most of those 25 AMITYVILLEs came out just in the past decade, I think!
In service of nothing, SAW! THE MUSICAL just played for five weeks in Buffalo. It's been touring around the country, apparently. It did great business. They rented one of the theaters I work with and the admin (in spite of making money) found it all rather distasteful. There were walk-outs, and there were lots of patrons who don't appear to be the usual theatergoers and mightn't return in the future. Handfuls of that latter lot were drunk before and or during the show and at least one had to be removed by the Production Manager. Madame wanted to go see it and somehow we never made time. The informed word of mouth was just... discouraging, I guess. Maybe a live musical version spells doom for the franchise?
Go look for a copy of Evil Dead: The Musical.
Oh right. I forgot about that one. There's also a RE-ANIMATOR musical...
Quote from: M.10rda on September 19, 2026, 06:10:31 PMIn service of nothing, SAW! THE MUSICAL just played for five weeks in Buffalo. It's been touring around the country, apparently. It did great business.
if Jigsaw doesn't say
"I want to play a tune" at least once then the script needs work.
Quote from: M.10rda on September 20, 2026, 10:11:59 AMOh right. I forgot about that one. There's also a RE-ANIMATOR musical...
I've seen that one live, or at least one version of it; there might be others. The first half was funny, but by the second half I was bored of the same necrophilia jokes being repeated.
just done some serious hardcore field research and found out there are eight LEPRECHAUN movies...
it ticks 'in space' and 'origins' off the sequels list...
should've been a one-and-done deal (if that)
the most recent two don't even have Wawrick Davies in them... 'ORIGINS' does have some cool artwork though
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/LeprechaunOrigins_Poster.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled&_=20140428061401)
@zombie no.one - This brings up a good point. Is there a checklist of franchise part themes?
- origins
- in space
- revenge of
- return of
- remake
Quote from: Archivist on September 20, 2026, 09:56:40 PM@zombie no.one - This brings up a good point. Is there a checklist of franchise part themes?
- origins
- in space
- revenge of
- return of
- remake
heh, I did this thread (https://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=160113.0) about this last year
here's what we ended up with:
Quote...STRIKES BACK
RETURN OF... (or ...RETURNS)
THE REVENGE (or REVENGE OF...)
SON OF...
BRIDE OF...
RESURRECTION(S)
BEGINNING(S)
THE FINAL CHAPTER
AWAKENING (or AWAKENS)
"2000"
RISE OF...
ANOTHER
SALVATION
CURSE OF...
RESURGENCE
BLOODLINE(S)
- of course 'In Space' is another sequel cliché as you pointed out, but very few actually use that phrase in the title... although coincidentally LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE does (and I think that's the only one which does?)
'Origins' is one we didn't mention...
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 16, 2026, 01:45:50 AMDIE HARD... ok it doesn't have loads, and I never liked any of the sequels anyway, but the post 2000 ones are just scraping the barrel and pointless
the HELLRAISER franchise. not that I have strong feelings for the original, but some of the later sequels seem so randomly shoehorned in to that universe
HALLOWEEN. classic example of a franchise they can't leave alone. it's been rinsed so many different ways I don't think anyone knows what to make of it any more. although part 5 and RESSURECTION are guilty pleasures I don't think anything past Part 2 was actually necessary?
They literally were shoehorned in. The studio was afraid of losing the rights so they'd buy random scripts, and pay some random writer to add Pinhead so they'd keep him 😆
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 30, 2026, 10:24:53 PMThey literally were shoehorned in. The studio was afraid of losing the rights so they'd buy random scripts, and pay some random writer to add Pinhead so they'd keep him 😆
haha, that makes a lot of sense now I think back to some of them...