Thought this would be a fun quiz. List your single favorite installment in each of the following Horror series with three movies or more. Add more series to the list if you'd like, as long as they have at least three movies or more. Movies where it's just two entries only don't count (ie. Laid To Rest, House Of 1, 000 Corpses/The Devil's Rejects).
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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
Insidious
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
Insidious - Chapter 3
Child's Play - Original
Final Destination - Original
Paranormal Activity - Original
Some additional ones I'll throw in too with my favorite film in each:
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
Blade - Unsure between 1 or 2
If your answer to a single one of these is not the first and original in the series then your answer is wrong ;)
Let's see how many unpopular opinions I'll end up tossing out in this post >:D (I'm only doing the series in which I've seen all the installments in order to be fair).
Friday The 13th - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Halloween - Halloween (1978)
A Nightmare On Elm Street - A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Scream - Scream
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Child's Play - Curse of Chucky
Puppet Master - Puppet Master
Romero's Living Dead - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Tremors - Tremors
Leprechaun - Leprechaun 3
Instead of relisting every film mentioned, I'll just say that the first installment of every series mentioned is the best with the exception of the following:
Friday The 13th Part II
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
As for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the first is the only one that I care for (it's my slasher Bible, along with the '78 Halloween).
I was going to say "No Romero Trilogy?". Didn't notice it at the bottom. :o
Forgot to add it before but go ahead :)
For fun and variety I'll also throw in best segment of an anthology
Creepshow - The Crate
Creepshow 2 - The Hitchhiker
Cat's Eye - General
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie - Lover's Vow
Body Bags - Eye
Tales From The Hood - Boys Do Get Bruised
Nightmares - The Bishop Of Battle
,I'll also add a season of some Horror anthology shows and which episode is my favorite in each:
Tales From The Crypt S1 - The Man Who Was Death
Tales From The Crypt S2 - Television Terror
Tales From The Crypt S3 - Undertaking Palor
Tales From The Crypt S4 - The New Arrival
Tales From The Crypt S5 - House Of Horror
Tales From The Crypt S6 - Doctor Of Horror
Tales From The Crypt S7 - The Third Pig
Tales From The Darkside S1 - Inside The Closet
Tales From The Darkside S2 - Halloween Candy
Tales From The Darkside S3 - Seasons Of Belief
Tales From The Darkside S4 - The Family Reunion
Monsters S1 - The Match Game
Monsters S2 - Reaper
Monsters S3 - The Hole
Tales From The Cryptkeeper S1 - While The Cat's Away
Tales From The Cryptkeeper S2 - The Haunted Mine
Tales From The Cryptkeeper S3 - Too Cool For School
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S1 - The Tale Of The Pinball Wizard
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S2 - The Tale Of The Midnight Madness
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S3 - The Tale Of The Quicksilver
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S4 - The Tale Of The Fire Ghost
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S5 - The Tale Of The Dead Man's Float
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S6 - The Tale Of Vampire Town
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S7 - The Tale Of The Silver Sight (all three parts)
Masters Of Horror S1 - Cigarette Burns
Masters Of Horror S2 - Family
Fear Itself - Something With Bite
Hard to believe it was over a year ago I started this, time isn't what it used to be for sure.
Here's a slightly updated list from my original post:
Friday The 13th - The Final Chapter
Halloween - 1978 Original
A Nightmare On Elm Street - New Nightmare
Saw - Saw II
Scream - Original
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Phantasm - Phantasm II
Alien - Aliens
Predator - Predator 2
Hellraiser - Original
Child's Play - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Final Destination - Original
Insidious - Chapter 3
The Conjuring - The Conjuring 2
The Purge - Anarchy
Paranormal Activity - Original
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
Cube - Original
Tremors - Original
Leprechaun - Original
Blade - Blade II
Amityville - Only seen the original, remake and It's About Time
Resident Evil - Seen the first two, need to see the rest to make fair judgment
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on May 16, 2017, 07:50:11 PM
Hard to believe it was over a year ago I started this, time isn't what it used to be for sure.
Yeah, where you been?
Busy with life and having to take care of the bills. Hard not to miss the simple days of childhood when the only thing you were worried about was catching your favorite TV show.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on May 16, 2017, 09:18:51 PM
Hard not to miss the simple days of childhood when the only thing you were worried about was catching your favorite TV show.
Just wait till you get old. That's kind of a typical day for me. ;D
It's already becoming one for me. Free time is getting more and more scarce. There's always time for Horror and monsters though, nothing gets in the way of that 8)
Quote from: Mike...In 3-D! on January 02, 2016, 11:48:24 AM
Let's see how many unpopular opinions I'll end up tossing out in this post >:D (I'm only doing the series in which I've seen all the installments in order to be fair).
Friday The 13th - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Halloween - Halloween (1978)
A Nightmare On Elm Street - A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Scream - Scream
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Child's Play - Curse of Chucky
Puppet Master - Puppet Master
Romero's Living Dead - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Tremors - Tremors
Leprechaun - Leprechaun 3
My list is pretty close to this one, with a couple little changes.
Evil Dead - For me I can't really pick between the first two in general.
Child's Play - I prefer the first one.
Romero's Living Dead - I agree that
Dawn is probably the best one, but
Day of the Dead might be my favorite anyway.
Also
Alien - The original
AlienPredator- The original
PredatorInsidious - Easily the first, plain ol'
InsidiousAmityville - The original, although I have a minor soft spot for the goofy second one
Jaws - Guess.
Resident Evil - None of them. I prefer the games. The ones that are actually still horror games, that is.
Saw - Only really cared for the first one.
Hellraiser - The original is both the best one and my favorite one, but I have a soft spot for DTV sequel
Inferno.
Underworld is another I remembered. Only seen the original and didn't really much like it and have been in no rush to see the rest. I think I saw parts of the second one long ago.
Rotting Corpse, are you CyberReaper at CHFB?
http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/66791/Best-Film-In-a-Horror-Series (http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/66791/Best-Film-In-a-Horror-Series)
Sure am :) Thought it'd be good to share this topic over there, always enjoy doing these little surveys.
Forgot about Psycho. Probably since believe it or not I've yet to see any of them, my only real exposure to it has been Bates Motel.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on May 17, 2017, 04:00:55 PM
Underworld is another I remembered. Only seen the original and didn't really much like it and have been in no rush to see the rest. I think I saw parts of the second one long ago.
I've honestly only seen the first two, and I only saw them once, and it was years ago. So...not exactly fair for me to judge. Although I recall mildly enjoying the first one. Vaguely.
I, Frankenstein on the other hand (which is from the makers of
Underworld and holy crap does it show) was an utter trainwreck IMHO. Not sure that really counts though.
O actually saw I, Frankenstein in the theater when it came out, too :-[
Quote from: Big Bad Wolf on May 17, 2017, 12:07:17 AM
Resident Evil - None of them. I prefer the games. The ones that are actually still horror games, that is.
I always hated how the films deviated so much from the games and completely lost the suspense and atmosphere in favor of silly girls with guns fare. I suspect the films unfortunately had an influence on the later games as well with how they threw the Horror aspect out the window in favor of mindless shooting.
I saw Alien: Covenant yesterday and quite enjoyed it and it's certainly the best entry the series had had in a long time, but I still think Aliens is the best and always will be. Though I'm sure some would say the original.
Friday The 13th: Part 6: Jason Lives
Halloween: Part 4
A Nightmare On Elm Street: Original
Saw: Dislike them all equally
Scream: The First one, I guess
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Haven't seen them
Alien: Aliens
Predator: Part 2
Phantasm: Haven't seen them
Evil Dead:Evil Dead 2
Hellraiser: Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
Insidious: The original
Child's Play" Curse of Chucky
Final Destination: Original
Paranormal Activity: Part 3
Phantasm is an awesome series and well worth getting into if you've never seen them.
Wrong Turn is another series I remembered. only seen the original which I remember liking.
And Re-Animator. Only seen the original which is awesome, been curious about the two sequels.
What a coincedence we were talking about Resident Evil the other day, just earlier I saw the news of the film series being rebooted. I'm actually happy to see the news, I'm hopeful the new film series will be much closer to the earlier games of the series and be much more faithful. RE deserves a good film version for sure.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on May 22, 2017, 04:40:12 PM
And Re-Animator. Only seen the original which is awesome, been curious about the two sequels.
Bride Of Re-Animator and
Beyond Re-Animator are good over-the-top fun directed by Brian Yuzna. They still fall short of the excellent original however, which is directed by Stuart Gordon.
I'll seek them out someday, I love the original and I enjoy quite a bit of Brian Yuzna's work, so I'm sure I'll enjoy them.
Also curious about your choices. With a name like Horrorhunter you seem like someone who's seen tons.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 23, 2017, 04:46:00 PM
Bride Of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator are good over-the-top fun directed by Brian Yuzna. They still fall short of the excellent original however, which is directed by Stuart Gordon.
Agreed.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on May 23, 2017, 11:43:52 PM
I'll seek them out someday, I love the original and I enjoy quite a bit of Brian Yuzna's work, so I'm sure I'll enjoy them.
Also curious about your choices. With a name like Horrorhunter you seem like someone who's seen tons.
But then I would be
horrorfinder.
:laugh:
Kind of the same thing in a way ;)
IMO the best in each:
Friday The 13th - Part 3 ( In 3D)
Fright Night - Original
Halloween - 1978 Original
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Saw -original
Scream - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Alien - Alien
Predator - Predator
Phantasm - Phantasm
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Hellraiser - Hellraiser II
Romero's Living Dead - Day Of The Dead (1985)
Jaws - Original
Blade - Blade 2
Dracula (Hammer) - Dracula has risen from the Grave
Frankenstein (Universal) - The Bride of Frankenstein
The Creature from the Black Lagoon - original
The Mummy- Original
The Howling- Original
The Wolfman- Original
Nosferatu - (1979 )
Exorcist - Original
The Hills have Eyes - (remake)
The Thing- (1982)
I often feel alone in liking the TCM remake the best. I know that opinion is highly controversial. I respect the original but the remake for me is far more entertaining.
Does Jurassic Park count as Horror? I think in a way they do, kinda blurs the line between Sci-Fi/Adventure/Horror. In any case I think the original is the best by miles.
Good call on The Thing as well. It's eligible with the 1951 original, the 1982 remake and 2011 prequel. John Carpenter's 1982 remake is definitely the best and one of my favorite films of any genre, Horror or otherwise. My personal favorite of Carpenter's filmography as well, which is no small feat given his lengthly and mostly excellent body of work.
Also interesting to note Carpenter considers it part of his "Apocalypse Trilogy," which also includes Prince Of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness. In any event, The Thing is easily my favorite of these three.
[REC] 3: Genesis is the best of the [REC] series, in my opinion.
I've seen the first two REC films along with Quarantine (the 2008 remake of REC). I enjoyed them all, but haven't seen the others. REC 2 might be my favorite of the ones I've seen so far.
Not a fan of all of the Series listed. Don't care for things like "Hellraiser", "Hostel" and "Saw", etc. I find such films a chore to watch.
But, for most the ones I do like, I prefer the first in the sagas about 99% of the time. Most of the time, I do not bother owning the sequels or remakes. Of course there are a few exceptions - I'm not a fanatic about it. (And, some sequel/remakes are unusually good.)
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With all the talent and original imagination in the world, there must be some great ideas out there that we will never get to see because the people with money won't gamble on a new concept.
They gamble on Commodity Futures every day but can't see it's the first chapter in a fresh new series, starring relatively inexpensive unknown actors, that often scores biggest at the box office - then gets remade and imitated all to hell.
Whatever happened to the Producer/Director who takes out a 2nd mortgage on his home to be able to do something so new that no studio will back him - like Hitchcock with "Psycho". I think that turned out pretty well for Hitch.
I don't have a problem with sequels or even the occasional remake so long as they're good and creative, and not just simply rehashing what's been done before. There's been plenty that fit that criteria.
In the original post I mentioned Poltergeist II but that can change after I see the films again, been so many years. I remember liking both of the first two equally as a kid and liking the second a little more than the first but that can change when I eventually see them again as part of my Halloween viewing this coming Horror season. I agree with the general consensus of the original three that the third is easily the weakest link, though it has it's merits.
Bringing this back with it now being October and the Halloween/Horror season in full effect.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on July 27, 2017, 07:57:54 PM
I don't have a problem with sequels or even the occasional remake so long as they're good and creative, and not just simply rehashing what's been done before. There's been plenty that fit that criteria.
I am a big fan of "Return of the Living Dead". It is such a fun mixture of horror and humor.
Love the scenes between the warehouse manager and his assistant and the great makeup effects on Tar Man.
A lovely choice for a Halloween screening - even though it has nothing to do with the holiday.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on October 05, 2017, 02:15:22 PM
I am a big fan of "Return of the Living Dead". It is such a fun mixture of horror and humor.
Love the scenes between the warehouse manager and his assistant and the great makeup effects on Tar Man.
A lovely choice for a Halloween screening - even though it has nothing to do with the holiday.
One of my favorites! The zombies in that one are just amazing, in terms of visuals and design. In a making-of doc it was said they were inspired by the old EC comics style, and it shows big time. Honestly that's my favorite kind of zombie. Too often nowadays zombies just don't seem fun like they used to.
Return of the Living Dead is a fantastic antidote for that!
ROTLD definitely has that EC feel to it. Which for me is a big part of why it's so awesome. It has the feel and even visual flare of an EC Horror comic.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on October 05, 2017, 03:07:19 PM
ROTLD definitely has that EC feel to it. Which for me is a big part of why it's so awesome. It has the feel and even visual flare of an EC Horror comic.
Which is really interesting because it's also quintessentially 80s at the same time. It's a fascinating stylistic marriage but dang does it work!
How 80s it is is definitely a major part of it's appeal for me. Just takes me back to simpler times.
Quote from: Big Bad Wolf on October 05, 2017, 05:14:30 PM
Which is really interesting because it's also quintessentially 80s at the same time. It's a fascinating stylistic marriage but dang does it work!
Definitely
I saw Bride Of Re-Animator back in October as part of my Halloween viewing and I quite enjoyed it, though I definitely preferred the original. Yet to see Beyond Re-Animator, but I wouldn't be surprised if the original is the best.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on July 08, 2017, 10:55:39 PM
Does Jurassic Park count as Horror? I think in a way they do, kinda blurs the line between Sci-Fi/Adventure/Horror. In any case I think the original is the best by miles.
Seeing the trailer for the new film (Fallen Kingdom), I definitely get much more of a Horror vibe from it than the others. I recall one of the writers even said it's a Horror movie with dinosaurs and that's the vibe I'm getting so far. I think it's looking really good so far but I'm sure the original will always be the best by a big margin.
Having the original in my Christmas movie viewing reminds me of Silent Night, Deadly Night. only seen the original which I like, not seen the sequels which seem to not be very good and also have virtually nothing to do with the original.
Insidious: The Last Key is out this weekend. I've enjoyed the series so far and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the third film, which ended up being my favorite. Let's see how this one stacks up.
My daughter and I have enjoyed them. Looking forward to this finale.
I'm not sure if it's supposed to be the series finale actually, as it's another prequel set after the third film and before the first two.
Hatchet II is the best of the four Hatchet movies, in my opinion.
I don't think the fourth has been made yet, has it?
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on January 05, 2018, 02:51:46 PM
I don't think the fourth has been made yet, has it?
It has. He filmed it in secret and released it at the 10th Anniversary screening of the original. They did a limited theatrical run of it (which I was lucky enough to catch) and it comes out on blu-ray and DVD next month.
I still need to see 3 and when I do I'll be sure to check out 4. I remember liking 2 much more than the first.
I remember I cited Maniac Cop 2 as my favorite. Recently watching the trilogy again for the first time in years it still remains so. I really enjoy and like all three films, but 2 is definitely the best by a good margin. Shame a fourth never happened.
Bringing this back.
Out of the Blind Dead series, I think I liked the fourth installment, Night of the Seagulls, the best.
I still need to see the Blind Dead series.
Another series I remembered and one more obscure is Xtro. I've only seen the original, it's two sequels are totally unrelated despite the title as well as having the same director back. But the original is one of the weirdest movies ever and feels like an amalgamation of every weird, nonsensical dream you've ever had in movie form. Here's a sampling of just how incredibly bizarre and WTF this movie is (fair warning these may be fairly graphic and NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itd3knM_1Xs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itd3knM_1Xs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGPbvAYyTo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGPbvAYyTo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx6gQhCnxfc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx6gQhCnxfc)
Critters is another series I forgot, it's been so long since I last watched them. I can't remember if 1 or 2 was my favorite.
Think I mentioned Jurassic Park before. Not sure if it counts as Horror. I consider the series Horror-y in a way. In any case, the original is very easily the best. The upcoming Fallen Kingdom looks to embrace the more Horror and monster movie aspects of the series.
The recent Halloween was awesome and one of my favorites of the series, but Carpenter's original will always be the best to me.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on June 13, 2018, 10:35:10 PM
Think I mentioned Jurassic Park before. Not sure if it counts as Horror. ...
It certainly counts as sci-fi.
I like the original. Don't care for the rest.
Looking on the Hellraiser series, I think my new favorite is Hellraiser III, though I've yet to finish with the series (seen up to Hellseeker, which is the sixth film).
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on July 02, 2019, 07:59:42 PM
Looking on the Hellraiser series, I think my new favorite is Hellraiser III, though I've yet to finish with the series (seen up to Hellseeker, which is the sixth film).
Hellraiser III is a super rad film.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on July 02, 2019, 08:19:58 PM
Hellraiser III is a super rad film.
How rad? I love the first one and had heard from quite a few people that II was even better. I decided to call it a day on the series after watching II, due to my dislike of it. But if III is a gem I've been avoiding I'd gladly get back on that horse.
Quote from: Mike...In 3-D! on July 05, 2019, 08:10:35 AM
How rad? I love the first one and had heard from quite a few people that II was even better. I decided to call it a day on the series after watching II, due to my dislike of it. But if III is a gem I've been avoiding I'd gladly get back on that horse.
Rad as a gosh darn, heck! That rad. 😁🤟
Bringing this back with a slightly updated list from what I originally posted:
Halloween - 1978 Original
Friday The 13th - Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
A Nightmare On Elm Street - New Nightmare
Saw - Saw II
Scream - Original
Child's Play - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Hellraiser - Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Phantasm - Phantasm II
Alien - Aliens
Predator - Predator 2
Final Destination - Original
The Purge - The Purge: Anarchy
Insidious - Insidious: Chapter 3
Paranormal Activity - Original
Conjuring Universe - The Conjuring 2
Jaws - Original
Jurassic Park - Original
It - Chapter One (2017)
Tremors - Original
Candyman - Original
Romero's Living Dead - Day Of The Dead (1985)
Return Of The Living Dead - Return Of The Living Dead Part II
Puppet Master - Puppet Master 4
Pumpkinhead - Original
Wishmaster - Original
Maniac Cop - Maniac Cop 2
Leprechaun - Original
Critters - Original
Cube - Original
Poltergeist - Poltergeist II: The Other Side
I Know What You Did Last Summer - Original
Some might argue Jurassic Park isn't really Horror but I've always considered them a bit of a Sci-Fi/Natural Horror hybrid.
Quote from: Rotting Corpse on January 29, 2021, 04:59:12 PM
Bringing this back with a slightly updated list from what I originally posted:
Halloween - 1978 Original
Friday The 13th - Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
A Nightmare On Elm Street - New Nightmare
Saw - Saw II
Scream - Original
Child's Play - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Evil Dead - Evil Dead II
Hellraiser - Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Phantasm - Phantasm II
Alien - Aliens
Predator - Predator 2
Final Destination - Original
The Purge - The Purge: Anarchy
Insidious - Insidious: Chapter 3
Paranormal Activity - Original
Conjuring Universe - The Conjuring 2
Jaws - Original
Jurassic Park - Original
It - Chapter One (2017)
Tremors - Original
Candyman - Original
Romero's Living Dead - Day Of The Dead (1985)
Return Of The Living Dead - Return Of The Living Dead Part II
Puppet Master - Puppet Master 4
Pumpkinhead - Original
Wishmaster - Original
Maniac Cop - Maniac Cop 2
Leprechaun - Original
Critters - Original
Cube - Original
Poltergeist - Poltergeist II: The Other Side
I Know What You Did Last Summer - Original
Some might argue Jurassic Park isn't really Horror but I've always considered them a bit of a Sci-Fi/Natural Horror hybrid.
Good list.
Thanks :)