OTish - Best Film In a Horror Series

Friday the 13th 6 was the perfect Friday the 13th film. Nightmare on Elm Street 3 was better than the original.

Evil Dead 2 is a given but I'm not sure that counts.

The Exorcist films with the original being far and away the best.

Forgot none other than Blair Witch for this. Seen the first and the recent one and find both meh. Not seen Book Of Shadows, yet.

Well, I'll only answer for franchises for which I've seen at least 2 films from:

Friday The 13th - Part 3, the one where Jason gets his signature mask, as well as the handstand kill.

Halloween - Original. Hands down a true cinematic classic , and one of the most important horror films of all time.

A Nightmare On Elm Street - Part 3, best kills and one liners in the franchise. This is the one that really established Freddy's character.

Saw - Original, stopped watching after the third one. Part 2 and 3 were just awful.

Scream - Original, I have a special spot in my heart for Scream, while it also did revive horror in the mainstream at the time, this was one of the films that got 10 year old me into horror.

Evil Dead - I really love the entire trilogy, but I have to go with Evil Dead 2. ED2 is just so creative and fun, a true work of art.

Alien - For horror, I pick Alien. As much as I love Aliens, it much more of an action film.

Predator - Original, but like Aliens, all of the Predator films are action.

Child's Play - Original, but with an honourable mention to the Toy Factory scene in part 2.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Original, a horror masterpiece.

Final Destination - Original, sequels had some interesting kills, but that's all they had.

Puppet Master - I have seen 1 through 4 of this series and I barely remember anything about them. I'm not even going to pick one.

Romero's Living Dead - Dawn of the Dead. This is a great trilogy, the quailty ranges from great, to horror classic.

Jaws - Original, this is a rare case where I liked the film more than the book it was based on.

Cube - Original, maybe one of the most optimal uses of a single set in film.

Tremors - Original, no conest.

Leprechaun - Original, not that any of these are that great.

Blade - Blade 2, I'm a Guillermo del Toro fan.

Resident Evil - None of these movies are good

My additions:

Blair Witch franchise - Original, still the best found footage film ever made.

Critters - Oddly enough, I have seen all but the original film. For now I'll pick part 3, I think it was Leonardo Dicaprio's first film role.

Children of the Corn - Original, and even then it's an average film at best.

Rec / Quarantine - Original Rec, my personal pick for next best found footage after TBWP.

I think Aliens and the Predator flms count as Horror. They're an Action/Horror/Sci-Fi hybrid.

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

The trailer for the new Underworld reminds me of that series. Only seen the original and parts of the second.

Having gone through the Blade series recently I'd probably say I enjoyed Blade II a tad more than the original though both are pretty much on par for me. But yeah, I'd pick Blade II as my favorite.