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Top 3 Movies of the Famous Franchises

posted 8 years ago by jamesbamesy
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Every horror fan is challenged to list their three favourites in each horror movie franchise. The franchise has to have 4/5 installments or more. When listing them, they also has to be in order of how you would rank them.

-Halloween
-Friday the 13th
-A Nightmare on Elm Street
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-Child's Play
-Hellraiser
-Saw
-Final Destination
-Paranormal Activity
-Scream
-Evil Dead
-Leprechaun
-Wrong Turn
-Phantasm

Here are my choices to demonstrate:

Halloween:
1. Original ('78)
2. H20
3. Part 4: The Return

Friday the 13th:
1. Part III
2. Original ('80)
3. Part VI: Jason Lives

A Nightmare on Elm Street:
1. Original ('84)
2. Part 3: Dream Warriors
3. New Nightmare

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
1. Original ('74)
2. Part 2
3. Remake ('03)

Child's Play:
1. Curse of Chucky
2. Original ('88)
3. Part 2

Hellriser:
1. Original ('87)
2. Part II: Hellbound
3. Part III: Hell on Earth

Saw:
1. Original ('04)
2. Saw III
3. Saw II

Final Destination:
1. Original ('00)
2. Part 2
3. Part 3

Paranormal Activity:
1. Original ('07/09)
2. Part 3
3. The Marked Ones

Scream:
1. Original ('96)
2. Scream 4
3. Scream 2

Evil Dead:
1. Part II
2. Original ('81)
3. Army of Darkness

Leprechaun:
Haven't seen any

Wrong Turn:
1. Original ('03)
2. Part 2: Dead End
3. Part 4: Bloody Beginnings

Phantasm:
Haven't seen any

For ones I have not seen I am curious of what others' choices are. You're also free to add other franchises I may have forogtten.

[–] jamesbamesy 8 years ago

I haven't seen any of the Anaconda or Children of the Corn movies. More excited for CotC though.

[–] jessicafischerqueen 8 years ago

Golden eye brah- CotC is better for sure. I think there might even be seven in the whole French Fries but I've only seen the first six.

[–] ElectricWarlock 8 years ago

Only voting for ones where I've seen them all. I've included a few series of my own.

-Halloween
Original (1978)
Halloween II (2009)
Part 5 (1989)

-Friday the 13th
Original (1980)
A New Beginning
Part III

-A Nightmare on Elm Street
New Nightmare
Original
Part 3

-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Original
Part 2
The Beginning

-Child's Play
Bride of Chucky
Part 2
Child's Play

-Hellraiser
Hellraiser
Hellbound
Bloodline

-Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4

-Scream
Scream 4
Scream 3
Scream

-Evil Dead
Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness

-Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn (1984)
Urban Harvest
Children of the Corn (2009)

-The Omen
Damien: Omen II
The Omen (1976)
Omen: The Final Conflict

-George Romero's "...of the (Living) Dead"
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)

-Hammer Dracula series
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Dracula A.D. 1972
Scars of Dracula

[–] jamesbamesy 8 years ago

Nice choices there!

[–] znep27 8 years ago

-Halloween
1. 1 (1979)
2. 2 (1981)
3. Season of the Witch

-Friday the 13th
1. Jason Lives
2. Jason Goes to Hell
3. The New Blood

-A Nightmare on Elm Street
1. 1 (1984)
2. New Nightmare
3. Dream Warriors

-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1. 2
2. 1 (1974)
3. Texas Chainsaw 3D

-Child's Play
1. 1
2. 2
3. Bride of Chucky

-Hellraiser
1. Hellbound
2. 1
3. Inferno

-Saw
1. 1
2. 3
3. 2

-Final Destination
1. 1
2. 2
3. 5

-Paranormal Activity
1. 3
2. 2
3. Ghost Dimension

-Scream
1. 1
2. 4
3. 3

-Evil Dead
1. 2
2. 1 (1981)
3. Army of Darkness

-Leprechaun
1. 2
2. 1
3. 3

-Wrong Turn
1. 2
2. 1
(that's all I've seen)

-Phantasm
1. 1
2. OblIVion
3. 2

"You gotta punch the clock, why don't you punch your boss?"

[–] jamesbamesy 8 years ago

Nice picks!

[–] the_wesley_crushers 8 years ago

Rating  ***NOTE -- = Have Not Seen Movie***
07 Halloween (1978)
06 Halloween II (1981)
04 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
04 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
03 Halloween 5 (1989)
02 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
-- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
-- Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
-- Halloween (2007)
-- Halloween: The Night Evil Died (23 June 2017)

07 Friday the 13th (1980)
07 Friday the 13th (2009)
06 Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
06 Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
06 Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
06 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
06 Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
05 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
05 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
05 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
-- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
-- Jason X (2001)

07 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
07 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
06 Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
06 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
06 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
05 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
05 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
03 New Nightmare (1994)
-- A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

09 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
05 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
05 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
04 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
03 Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
02 Leatherface (1990)
02 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
-- Leatherface (??? Delayed Release)

07 Child's Play (1988)
06 Child's Play 2 (1990)
05 Bride of Chucky (1998)
05 Seed of Chucky (2004)
05 Child's Play 3 (1991)
-- Curse of Chucky (2013)

05 Hellraiser (1987)
** ONLY WATCHED 1 FILM**

07 Saw (2004)
06 Saw II (2005)
06 Saw III (2006)
06 Saw IV (2007)
06 Saw V (2008)
06 Saw VI (2009)
06 Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (2010)
-- Saw: Legacy (27 October 2017)

07 Final Destination (2000)
07 Final Destination 2 (2003)
07 The Final Destination (2009)
06 Final Destination 3 (2006)
06 Final Destination 5 (2011)

04 Paranormal Activity (2007)
04 Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
04 Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
-- Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
-- Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

09 Scream (1996)
07 Scream 2 (1997)
07 Scream 4 (2011)
07 Scream 3 (2000)

07 The Evil Dead (1981)
07 Evil Dead (2013)
05 The Evil Dead II (1987)
04 Army of Darkness (1992)

03 Leprechaun (1993)
** ONLY WATCHED 1 FILM**

04 Wrong Turn (2003)
** ONLY WATCHED 1 FILM**

03 Phantasm (1979)
** ONLY WATCHED 1 FILM**

03 Anaconda (1997)
02 Lake Placid (1999)
** ONLY WATCHED 2 FILMS**

07 Children of the Corn (1984)
** ONLY WATCHED 1 FILM**

04 The Omen (1976)
02 Damien: Omen II (1978)
02 The Final Conflict (1981)
-- Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
-- The Omen (2006)
-- The First Omen (unknown release date)

07 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
05 Day of the Dead (1985)
03 Dawn of the Dead (1978)
01 Night of the Living Dead (2014)
** ONLY WATCHED 4 FILMS**

04 Horror of Dracula (1958)
** ONLY WATCHED 1 FILM**

[–] jamesbamesy 8 years ago

Nice ratings and rankings. I suppose the ones you have as -- means that you haven't seen them?