Favorite Horror Movie Franchise

[mrtrebus]

I voted for Evil Dead. I would have voted for Romero but Land & Diary of the Dead are both shite.

Things like Friday 13th, Halloween etc have good original movies but there was no need to make ANY sequels, they add nothing apart from a nasty misogynist tone. Of course horror movies are supposed to be nasty but when you don’t give a damn about any of the characters coz they are so poorly written & are nothing more than fodder for the bad guy who has almost become the hero in some twisted way, its hard to be excited by the death scenes. For the most part gore is far more effective when you either care about the character or hate the character who is having the violence done to them.
A good example is Janet Leigh's character,Marion Crane, in Psycho. YOu follow her story for about 40mins & then...she takes THAT shower. Probaly one of the most shocking death scenes ever.

 

[Isendriel]

Exorcist forever.

 

[darkove]

The Saw series is really scary :-o

 

[METAL HEAD]

nightmare and saw

 

[StormRuller]

Friday the 13th and Saw

 

[captclown]

That's really tough since the first one of each is the best in their individual series.

 

[sporty_carr]

I have seen the vast majority of the films in these franchises, and suffice it to say that I enjoyed just about every one of them. I greatly enjoy horror movies above all other types, and I especially like when psychological aspects are included in the films. Because of this, I will have to say that I enjoy the "Saw" series the most of those included.

Most of the others are zombie and slasher flicks, and while still great, they are not my penultimate choices.

Call me cheesy, but one series that has always appealed to me for creativity was "Phantasm" which wasn't mentioned (probably rightfully so).

No, I like the Phantasm series and wanted to add it...I really wish you could add more than 10 choices to the polls My favorite Phantasm is part 2, love the gore and creature effects. I don't know why its the only one that hasn't been released on dvd :dunno: Some others that I wanted to add were The Grudge, Blair Witch, Scream, Candyman, Puppet Master, Amityville Horror, etc. I guess I should have made this a mutiple choice poll huh...sorry :o I had a hard time deciding as well, but finally picked Nightmare simply because Freddy was the only one who really scared me as a child. I remember I was afraid to go to elementary school because of the scene where he's invisible dragging a bloody body bag down the hall. My other 2 choices would have been the "Dead" series and Child's Play.

 

[sporty_carr]

I'm not too particular when it comes to horror movies, but I think I gotta go with Friday the 13th and its 27 installments.

LMAO! No there's 28, you forgot Freddy vs Jason lol. My favorite title is Friday the 13th Part 5 - The Final Chapter.........until part 6, 7, 8, 9 lol.

 

[The Joker]

LMAO! No there's 28, you forgot Freddy vs Jason lol. My favorite title is Friday the 13th Part 5 - The Final Chapter.........until part 6, 7, 8, 9 lol.

Part 4 was the so-called, "Final Chapter".

Part 5 was "A New Beginning".

Thats the Friday the 13th history lesson for the day.

 

[SelectV]

Evil Dead and Saw are the best

 

[hiropro]

Friday The 13th.Classic slasher.

 

[gmaxman1212]

the excorcist was the best horror movie of all time in my book but the sequels were lacking the best series in my book is saw

 

[Galactic]

Mike Myers scared the living crap out of me when I was a kid......still kinda spooky.

 

[BlueBalls]

Okay Worst Horror Movie Franchise: Children of the Corn
Just terrible :throwup:

 

[senob44]

Now's the time, folks, to get your horror movies on the cheap at places where they were overstocked!!!

No, I like the Phantasm series and wanted to add it...I really wish you could add more than 10 choices to the polls My favorite Phantasm is part 2, love the gore and creature effects. I don't know why its the only one that hasn't been released on dvd :dunno: Some others that I wanted to add were The Grudge, Blair Witch, Scream, Candyman, Puppet Master, Amityville Horror, etc. I guess I should have made this a mutiple choice poll huh...sorry :o I had a hard time deciding as well, but finally picked Nightmare simply because Freddy was the only one who really scared me as a child. I remember I was afraid to go to elementary school because of the scene where he's invisible dragging a bloody body bag down the hall. My other 2 choices would have been the "Dead" series and Child's Play.

I totally understand about being limited by the number of choices in the poll. I think you did well with the ones you picked for it.

Glad to hear you liked the Phantasm series. The Tall Man is one character I will never forget. And then the crazy spheres! The second one was really good. I believe it had the biggest budget of the series and they were able to really do justice to the movie with the great effects.

I really enjoyed most of what I've seen from the Puppet Master series as well. They've certainly gotten a lot of low-budget mileage out of that one. I've only seen the original Candyman but enjoyed that as well.

Okay Worst Horror Movie Franchise: Children of the Corn
Just terrible :throwup:

Very much in agreement with you.

 

[sporty_carr]

bump

 

[Master_Gio]

Okay Worst Horror Movie Franchise: Children of the Corn
Just terrible :throwup:

Just as bad, softcore crapfest: Witchcraft, and while I ADORE the first Howling and I likeed the one w/ the freakshow, the rest are total filth.

Anyways, my fav is Romero's Dead films.

 

[kristoflaw10]

Halloween 1, 2, 4 and 5, the rest... blah. I guess it's my choice mainly due to the villain, you can't beat the boogeyman.

 

[NavyBlue]

After Saw 1 I thought for sure I've found my new favorite horror franchise but the sequels have be pretty underwhelming to say the least, so it's still Nightmare On Elm Street for me.

 

[Wickedclown]

Evil Dead! Ash treated pure evil like an asshole down the street.
"It´s a trick. Get the axe!" :hatsoff: