zany sequels to 'serious' originals....

[zombie no.one]

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...

[indianasmith]

HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING.  Oh, the pain . . . 

[LilCerberus]

C.H.U.D. II Bud The Chud
Seriously, WHY?

[Svengoolie 3]

HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING.  Oh, the pain . . .  

Agreed.

BTW I see what you did there!

[Svengoolie 3]

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.

[Alex]

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.

[Trevor]

The Wild Geese 2: no likeable characters and none of the actors from the original such as Sir Roger Moore return.

Motivation from the lead: "Death ate its way into me." Yeah, OK.  



Scott Glenn, Barbra Carrera and Edward Fox busting a Nazi out of Spandau Prison: blah  

[bob]

Troll 2 

[LilCerberus]

I keep wondering whether or not I should mention Godzilla's Revenge (1969)...........

[zombie no.one]

couple more I was thinking of

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2
EXCORCIST 2
AMERICAN PSYCHO 2
HOWLING 2

[Svengoolie 3]

I keep wondering whether or not I should mention Godzilla's Revenge (1969)...........

Only as "The Godzilla movie that must not
be named."

[Ash]

House 2: The Second Story

[Ted C]

The original Evil Dead was a straight horror film made on a low budget.

With Evil Dead 2, the camp started to creep in.

[The Burgomaster]

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.

[beat_truck]

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.