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Best Film In a Series


Remembered I had this again here not too long ago but the latest thread seems gone so here's a brand new one. Of the following Horror series with at least three or more movies, which is your single favorite entry in each? Just cut and paste the list and replace with your choices and feel free to add any other series I forgot.

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Friday The 13th
Halloween
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Saw
Scream
Evil Dead
Phantasm
Alien
Predator
Hellraiser
Child's Play
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Final Destination
Insidious
The Conjuring
The Purge
Paranormal Activity


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My choices:


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


And some additionals:


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 - Still unsure between either of the first two
Amityville - Only seen the original, remake and It's About Time
Blair Witch - Seen the original and newest one. Not really a fan of either but I guess the newer one I liked a little better.
Resident Evil - Seen the first two, need to see the rest to make fair judgment
Blair Witch - Seen the original and newest one. Not really a fan of either but I guess the newer one I liked a little better.

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Best segment in 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
Tales From The Crypt (1972) - Poetic Justice
The Vault Of Horror - Drawn And Quartered


I'll also add a season of some Horror anthology shows and which episodes are 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 - Comes The Dawn
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

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You're Demonic Dan, right? You seem familiar.

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Thought you seemed familiar.

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Friday the 13th- Jason Takes Manhattan
Halloween- Original
A Nightmare on Elm Street- Dream Warriors
Saw- Original
Scream- Original
Evil Dead- Army of Darkness
Phantasm- Phantasm II
Alien- Original
Predator- Original
Hellraiser- Original
Child's Play- Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- TCM 2
Final Destination- Final Destination 3
Insidious- Chapter 2
The Conjuring- Original
The Purge- Election Year
Paranormal Activity- Original


Puppet Master- Puppet Master II
Maniac Cop- Original
Romero's Dead- Dawn of the Dead (78)
Return of the Living Dead- Original
Poltergeist- Original
Jaws- Original
Cube- Original
Tremors- Aftershocks
Leprechaun- Original
Blade- Original
Amityville- Original
Blair Witch- Original
Resident Evil- Apocalypse


Some added ones:

Carrie- Original (with an honorable mention to The Rage: Carrie 2, as I feel its criminally underrated).

Jeepers Creepers- Original
Scanners- The New Order
When A Stranger Calls- Original
Hannibal Lecter series- Hannibal (2001)
Critters- Critters 2: The Main Course
The Omen- Damien: Omen II
I Know What You Did Last Summer- Original
Cabin Fever- Original
Hostel- Original
Silent Night, Deadly Night- Original
Invasion of the Body Snatchers- 1978
Dark Harvest- Original (none of them were very good, but the first was at least watchable)
Hatchet- Hatchet II
Candyman- Original
The Exorcist- The Exorcist III
Island of Dr. Moreau- 1977
Hammer's Frankenstein- Curse of Frankenstein
Hammer's Dracula- Horror of Dracula
Psycho- Original
The Mangler- Original
The Hills Have Eyes- 2006 remake
I Spit on Your Grave- Original















The Saw Is Family

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Good additions there. Some bold choices too, Jason Takes Manhattan isn't the most well-liked F13 though it has it's fans.

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Friday the 13th- 6
Halloween- Original
A Nightmare on Elm Street- Dream Warriors
Saw- 2
Scream- Original
Evil Dead- Army of Darkness
Phantasm- original
Alien- Original
Predator- Original
Hellraiser- Inferno
Child's Play- 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- original
Final Destination- Final Destination 3
Insidious- original
Paranormal Activity- Original
Maniac Cop- 2
Romero's Dead- Night of the Living Dead 1968
Poltergeist- Original
Jaws- Original
Tremors- original
Amityville- 2
Carrie- Original
Jeepers Creepers- 2
When A Stranger Calls- Back
Hannibal Lecter series- SOTL
Critters- original
The Omen- Damien: Omen II
I Know What You Did Last Summer- Original
Silent Night, Deadly Night- 2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers- 1956
Candyman- Original
The Exorcist- The Exorcist III
Hammer's Frankenstein- Curse of Frankenstein
Hammer's Dracula- Taste the Blood of Dracula
Psycho- 2

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I don't quite think it's the best one but I like Hellraiser: Inferno quite a bit and think it's definitely underrated. Good to see it get some love.

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