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OTish - Best Film In a Horror Series

posted 11 years ago by NeonManiac0
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Of the following Horror movie series with at least three or more installments, pick your single favorite movie in each. Remakes, prequels and crossovers count in any series with them as your favorite if it is. Add more series if you'd like too, I just listed some of the major ones for now. Thought this would be a fun survey to share with a new V/H/S film coming out.

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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:

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
Hannibal Lecter - The Silence Of The Lambs
Jaws - Original
Cube - Original
Tremors - Original
Leprechaun - Original
I Know What You Did Last Summer - Original

[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

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

[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

For fun and variety, 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 - 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

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

It's been too long since I last watched all of the seasons of some of the other anthologies like Monsters and Fear Itself, so I need to rewatch those to determine.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

If you don't care for it just ignore it, you're not being forced to look.

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[–] ixusillwrath 10 years ago

I'll play.

Ft13th - Freddy vs. Jason
Halloween - III: Season of the Witch (yep. It's just insane enough) 8 MORE DAYS TIL HALOWEEN!
NoESt - Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare (by miles, that was the one released when I was like 12 years old)
Saw - Honestly not sure. They're just segmented bits of torture porn, really. I guess the first one? They don't hold up IMO.
Scream - Scary Movie 2
Texas Chainsaw - I so want to say next generation because Biel is a goddess, but this one goes to 3 - the Next Generation. Truly the beginning of the McConnissaince
Alien - Original. Kind of a trick question since none of the other films in the series constitute horror films.
Predator - Also not a horror film but I put all 3 on equal footing. Yes the Adrian Brody one was IMO amazing.
Phantasm - The original, BOOOOOYYYY.
Evil Dead - It hurts my soul to rank these films against each other but 2. Don't discount the new film. It's damn good as well.
Hellraiser - Obviously 2. And to think... I hesitated.
Child's Play - Honestly, 3 was the one released when I was a teenager and it's the one that stuck with me the hardest.
Final Destination - Such a good series. So hard to put them up against each other but 2.
Paranormal Activity - I preferred the period of my life I had before watching any of these.

With your extended list:

Puppet Master - 3
Maniac Cop - Definitely 2
Living Dead series - Day of the Dead! You and I might be the only 2 humans who agree on that entirely. I absolutely LOVE dawn as well, but Day took it to such a visceral level of desperation.
Return of the Living Dead - 3 man. Melinda Clarke = Sexy zombie.
Lector films - I want to say Red Dragon. Fiennes was out of this world in that. Most memorable scene in the series goes hands down, however, to feeding Ray Liotta his own brain in Hannibal. Actually it's a tie with Hannibal. Gary Oldman... also out of this world good.
Jaws - Sharks don't scare me. I'm from Wisconsin. Open Water was scarier than any of them by miles.
Cube - 1 for sure. Cube Zero sure pulled some insane punches though.
Tremors - I refuse to watch films with Kevin Bacon.
Leprechaun - Meh.
I Know What You Did Last Summer - double meh.

Some you left out:

The Omen - Original. No contest.
Amityville - 2006 remake.
The Grudge - 2
The Ring - 1
Poltergeist - Original (RIP Heather O'Rourke)
Psycho - I'm more scared of my own shadow sometimes.
Silent Hill - I still maintain the original was an excellent film and proved everything wrong about assumptions towards video game adaptions.
The Prophecy - Original.

Others exist, none really worth mentioning.

[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

You added some good ones.

[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

Bump

[–] horcrux2007 10 years ago

Is it strange that I thought Evil Dead 2 was a little underwhelming. I still really liked it, but I didn't feel like it was anything revolutionary. Maybe I missed something?

[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

A lot of people actually prefer the first Evil Dead to the second from what I've seen. The two are usually very close.

[–] HamsterRecon 10 years ago

I think I've replied to one of your threads doing a best film in a series before, but my opinion has probably changed so here I go :)

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Friday The 13th - Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI
Halloween - 2007 (Only seen H20, 2007 and it's sequel)
A Nightmare On Elm Street - Original
Saw - Original
Scream - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Alien - Alien
Predator - Predator 2
Phantasm - Haven't seen :/
Evil Dead - Evil Dead 2013
Hellraiser - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Child's Play - Original
Final Destination - Original
Paranormal Activity - Hated 1 and 2 so I stopped there.

Some additional ones I'll throw in too with my favorite film in each:

Puppet Master - Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Maniac Cop - Haven't seen :/
Romero's Living Dead - Only seen Snyder's Dawn of the Dead which I liked
Return Of The Living Dead - Haven't seen :/
Poltergeist - Wow I need to see more movies.
Hannibal Lecter - (Tie) Red Dragon/Silence of the Lambs
Jaws - Original
Cube - Original (There's no way anybody likes the sequels right?)
Tremors - Original
Leprechaun - Original
I Know What You Did Last Summer - Original

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

The Cube sequels are actually pretty good, but the original is definitely the best.

[–] HamsterRecon 10 years ago

To be fair I haven't seen them in years, but I remember hating the 2nd and thinking the 3rd is alright. I still have them so I'll probably check them out again. And if I don't like them well to each his own.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

Sorry for my slightly late reply, only just now noticed.

I agree Cube 2 is the weakest though it's not bad. The third is a prequel and was definitely better, and the opening trap is probably my favorite out of the series.

[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

There's the Candyman films has well, not seen the third but the first two are some of my favorite Horror films. I actually may like the sequel a wee bit better.

[–] darkpsyde2 10 years ago

Friday The 13th - Part 7, just barely better than the final chapter
Halloween - Original
A Nightmare On Elm Street - Part 3
Saw - Original
Scream - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 Remake
Alien - Aliens
Predator - Original
Phantasm - Original
Evil Dead - Army of Darkness
Hellraiser - Original
Child's Play - Original
Final Destination - Part 2
Paranormal Activity - Original

Puppet Master - Puppet Master 2
Maniac Cop - Maniac Cop 2
Romero's Living Dead - Dawn Of The Dead
Return Of The Living Dead -
Poltergeist - Poltergeist
Hannibal Lecter - The Silence Of The Lambs
Jaws - Original
Cube - Haven't seen any
Tremors - Original
Leprechaun - Original
I Know What You Did Last Summer - Original