Thought this would be a fun idea for a topic. Of all these Horror series, which is your single favorite entry in each? You can add more series I didn't list before if you'd like, right now I'm just listing some of the notable ones.
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Friday The 13th
Halloween
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Saw
Scream
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Alien
Predator
Phantasm
Evil Dead
Hellraiser
Child's Play
Final Destination
Paranormal Activity
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IMO the best in each:
Friday The 13th - The Final Chapter
Halloween - 1978 Original
A Nightmare On Elm Street - New Nightmare
Saw - Saw II
Scream - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Alien - Aliens
Predator - Predator 2
Phantasm - Phantasm II
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Hellraiser - Original
Child's Play - Original
Final Destination - Original
Paranormal Activity - Original
Some additional ones I'll throw in too with my favorite film in each:
Hannibal Lecter - The Silence Of The Lambs
Puppet Master - Puppet Master 4
Maniac Cop - Maniac Cop 2
Romero's Living Dead - Day Of The Dead (1985)
Return Of The Living Dead - Part II
Poltergeist - Poltergeist II
Jaws - Original
Tremors - Original
Leprechaun - Original
Cube - Original
A few of my picks will probably be slightly controversial, like Predator 2 or the TCM remake or ROTLD2, which isn't to say I hate the originals, just enjoyed the sequel or remake a little more overall.
I agree with most of your selections. The originals always seem to be the best, except in some cases where the movie gets its groove in the second installment. JAWS is- hands down- my favorite in the series. I like JAWS 3 just because of the retro SeaWorld footage, and the 3D aspect, but it's not my favorite. I also LOVE the original BLADE movie, but did not enjoy the sequels nearly as much. And I like the original Phantasm more than the others. Mainly because it was so different for its time when it came out at the theater, and was so unsettling to me- Ha! Loved it!
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on February 20, 2014, 07:00:53 AM
Friday The 13th - Friday the 13th Part II
Halloween - original, yep.
A Nightmare On Elm Street - original, followed by III, followed by Freddy's Revenge
Saw - meh
Scream - original, though the latter entries were pretty on par with the first
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - original; I loved the remake but don't consider it part of the original franchise
Alien - Alien for the atmosphere but Aliens for the action.
Predator - Predator
Phantasm - Phantasm, I haven't see all of them and it's been years since I've even seen the second one.
Evil Dead - Evil Dead
Hellraiser - Hellraiser
Child's Play - Child's Play
Final Destination - The first one but the movie/concept was monotonous by the end of it, let alone 4 more of them; although I did buy 1-4 for $5 from a flea market.
Paranormal Activity - They're all junk.
Hannibal Lecter - The Silence Of The Lambs
Puppet Master - Puppet Master
Romero's Living Dead - Day Of The Dead (1985)
Return Of The Living Dead - Part II
Poltergeist - Poltergeist
Jaws - Original
I honestly prefer the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre over it's remake, but to each their own.