Worst/Weakest/Least Favorite Movie In a Series (Page 1 of 3)

Friday The 13th - I'd say it's a toss-up between part 8 and Jason X.

Halloween -- a three-way toss up on this one: parts 5, 6 and Retribution.

A Nightmare On Elm Street - part 5 and Freddy's Dead

Saw - I stopped watching with part 3, which I thought was horrible

Scream - part 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - of the original series, TCM 3: Leatherface.  I haven't liked any of the new ones, from the remake on

Alien -- Not a big fan of 2 or 4

Predator -- the only ones worth watching in the entire series are the original and Predators, IMO

Phantasm -- I've only seen the first two, but while I enjoy the second one, I didn't like the first at all

Evil Dead -- I don't really think any of these flicks would qualify as "worst," but I would say AOD is the "lesser" of the three.  I'm still a big fan of it but it's not a horror film at all

Hellraiser -- I've only seen the first four.  Of those, I'd say the fourth one

Child's Play -- I didn't like any of them beyond the original, including Bride of and Seed of, which I thought were crap

Final Destination -- I've only seen the first three, and I'm not a big fan of any of them aside from part 2

Friday The 13th ~ Jason Goes To Hell
Halloween ~ Part 5
A Nightmare On Elm Street ~ Part 5
Saw ~ Saw 3
Scream ~ Scream 3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ~ Next Generation
Alien ~ Resurrection
Predator ~ AVP
Phantasm ~ Part 3
Evil Dead ~ Army Of The Dead
Hellraiser ~ Revelations
Child's Play ~ Seed Of Chucky
Final Destination ~ Part 4

NOES - Freddys revenge

Saw - Saw 3 is the worst but i also don't particularly like 5,6,7.......... and so on. The first one is the only standout and original movie in the series.

Alien - Alien3

Childs play - Seed of Chucky

Evil Dead - Army of Darkness (still good though)

Predator - AVP: Requiem

TCM - Next generation

Friday the 13th - Only seen the first one and thought it was underwhelming.

Final Destination - Of the ones ive seen part 3 is the worst one but none in the series have made a serious impact impact on me. Some of the deaths are quite ingenuous though.

Scream - Only seen 1 and 4 and thought both were pretty good(Scream 4 is better i think though) so im gonna respect u guys opinions and say 3.

Last edited by Vasquez (2012-03-24 04:33:20)

I don't see it as arguing, man.  I see it as discussing.  We haven't resorted to calling each other names yet so nothin' but love, brother.

I see the first Evil Dead as a full-on horror movie, Evil Dead 2 as a horror/comedy, and Army of Darkness as a fantasy/comedy.  It obviously has horror elements but it doesn't play them for horror, it plays them for laughs.  There's nothing scary in the flick at all, but there is a whole lot of humor. 

Not that I'm condeming it, mind you; I'm a fan and value it for nostalgic reasons -- the day I got home after ETSing from the Army back in '93, my family threw me a horror movie welcome home party and AOD was the final movie of that night and I just loved it.  The only reason I chose it for this questionnaire is because it's the one in the series which strays furthest from the genre, but don't take that to mean I think it's the worst of the series.  On the contrary; I think the Evil Dead series as a whole is a rarity in that each film, while different in tone from one another, are all equally classic.

Friday The 13th - 8

Halloween - most after 3

A Nightmare On Elm Street - 5 and up (excluding New Nightmare)

Saw - Only like the first one

Scream - 3 BLECCH!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Next Generation or any of the new ones

Alien - Any after the first one.  They abandoned horror completely

Predator - 2

Phantasm - DK

Evil Dead - upcoming remake, I'm sure.  Otherwise, love them all

Hellraiser - 5 and 6

Child's Play - 3?

Final Destination - The last two

Last edited by moviemaven (2012-03-23 22:09:08)

It's all good, peoples!  We all have our opinions.  Mine are the correct ones, but I'll let y'all slide,
It would be boring if everyone thought the same thing about every movie.  Then I wouldn't be able to call Mavie a poopyhead for dumping on my favorite movie (see above post). 

I knew you would throw in fantasy, I agree that it does have a fantasy "feel" to it also. But since its roots lie from horror its still feels more like a horror movie to me overall. Maybe a horror/fantasy/comedy lol

Maven, I agree 100% with everything you said about Evil Dead. I too liked the first one more because it was actually serious and pretty creepy. I also like part 2 but felt he didn't need to do a "remake".

As for Aliens I can't argue that it kinda abandoned its horror roots, to an extent. But I grew up with Aliens and love it so. I do love Alien only slightly more but the rest of the series is good entertainment also for me (even Resurrection to a lesser extent). But iI could also argue that its roots do not lie solely in horror it was also very much a sci/fi film...eh?

Now the Predator series is a different story, I actually agree with Lon on those.

Last edited by ChainSaW80 (2012-03-23 23:05:29)

I will happily bitchslap anyone who says that Alien is not a horror film. 

Alien is definitely horror, more so than sci/fi...but its still sci/fi also. My only reason for saying it has some sci/fi roots is to give justification to the fact that Aliens was more sci/fi than horror (but still has some horror elements IMO).

Last edited by ChainSaW80 (2012-03-24 00:30:26)

^
It goes back to what I said about AOD, many movies can not be filed or labeled under a single genre.

I half agree with you. I Prefer the first one aswell because its a full on horror movie and and very effective despite its small budget because of the techniques Raimi uses for e.g with camera angles to create a creepy and surreal experience. I don't think Raimi disrespects the first one with the second though he maybe just thought what he could do with a bigger budget and though i still think the second is good, as i say the firs tone is my favourite.