Movies Best horror franchise?

[J_C]

Between the standouts in the franchise of Alien, Aliens, Aliens 3 (underrated), Prometheus, Alien: Romulus, and now Alien: Earth despite its credibility issues, it's gonna be a tall order to beat the Alien franchise you named.

Scream had one great movie. The rest are-- as is par for the course with horror franchises-- mostly trash.

The Evil Dead is pretty freaking awesome, but that's largely horror comedy.

Good point, 1 good film, rest are kind of fun and nostalgic but not good films.

 

[J_C]

Conceptually Nightmare on Elm Street was pretty Fresh in its

Saw 1 in grade 5 maybe, was terrifying at the time

 

[J_C]

Hellraiser is underrated as a franchise. On the surface everyone recognizes Pinhead but these films offer deeper themes combined with some sick practical effects.

Hellraiser 1 is great. Just a wicked concept.

Saw this analysis by a channel called "cuck philosophy" and despite name has a decent analysis of the film.

 

[bandicoot]

The Kardashians ?

@Kardashians

 

[bandicoot]

If we're talking franchise as a whole in terms of quality, that's a difficult question. A lot of the older, more established franchises have quite a few stinkers in their series, and the majority of more modern horror franchises usually don't resonate with me past the first entry, with examples being Paranormal Activity, The Conjuring, Sinister, etc.

 

[ufcfan4]

Conceptually Nightmare on Elm Street was pretty Fresh in its day.

Oh man, I just rewatched the original after years of having last seen it. Don’t know why I don’t have that one in the rotation to watch this time of year (Rosemary’s Baby, Psycho, The Exorcist, Scream, Halloween are all ones I try to catch annually leading toward late October).

But Craven’s original film, much like Carpenter’s Halloween, just has an iconic feel to this day. And that makes it all the more compelling to watch in a way that a lot of the sequels just aren’t.

I tend to agree with most that Dream Warriors is right up there among the best of that particular franchise. I probably would have said it’s neck and neck with the original as the best. But after this rewatch, I think there is just something to be said for the original film being the best. The air of mystery around what is going on and the fact that Krueger is in the shadows for large swaths of the film (rather than the front and center star like he became) was just better.

As for best horror or slasher franchise overall- what Scream has going for it in the conversation is that the lows aren’t as low as most of the others. So the worst Scream movie is still not as bad as something like Freddy’s Dead or Halloween Resurrection (Busta’s fight scene notwithstanding) or like half the Friday the 13th films.

But Halloween is the single best of any of those films in my opinion.

And yeah, original Halloween and original ANOES are horror classics. I just don’t see original Friday the 13th as close to that level.

 

[DougieJones]

If we're talking franchise as a whole in terms of quality, that's a difficult question. A lot of the older, more established franchises have quite a few stinkers in their series, and the majority of more modern horror franchises usually don't resonate with me past the first entry, with examples being Paranormal Activity, The Conjuring, Sinister, etc.

Paranormal Activity is one of my most hated movies ever... plus it's a complete rip-off of a low-budget movie from the early 90's

 

[nonoob]

Hellraiser is underrated as a franchise. On the surface everyone recognizes Pinhead but these films offer deeper themes combined with some sick practical effects.

Ozzy and Lenny definitely agree with thread's Horror theme. Get Ready To Rock ! ​

Early Korn Bagpipes would work for a Horror Nursery Rhyme Flick. After hearing this tune of mega-Angst 3 or 4 times, you'll find yourself grinding out "London Bridge Is Falling Down" or "Nick Knack Paddy Whack Give The Dog A Bone." Korn Korn is savage AF Metal, definitely NSFW or Children.

If ya can stand REAL Angst, their entire 1st head bangin' album is last video, NSFW. You're Welcome, ya can thank me later !

 

[DougieJones]

Halloween, NoES... that's pretty much it for me


I'm not too much into horror as they tend to have completely retarded characters and plots and I don't find things that can't actually do anything to me 'scary'

 

[Severen]

Elm Street
Halloween
Hellraiser.
The Evil Dead.
Friday The 13th

They are classic horror movie franchises.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Oh man, I just rewatched the original after years of having last seen it. Don’t know why I don’t have that one in the rotation to watch this time of year (Rosemary’s Baby, Psycho, The Exorcist, Scream, Halloween are all ones I try to catch annually leading toward late October).

But Craven’s original film, much like Carpenter’s Halloween, just has an iconic feel to this day. And that makes it all the more compelling to watch in a way that a lot of the sequels just aren’t.

I tend to agree with most that Dream Warriors is right up there among the best of that particular franchise. I probably would have said it’s neck and neck with the original as the best. But after this rewatch, I think there is just something to be said for the original film being the best. The air of mystery around what is going on and the fact that Krueger is in the shadows for large swaths of the film (rather than the front and center star like he became) was just better.

As for best horror or slasher franchise overall- what Scream has going for it in the conversation is that the lows aren’t as low as most of the others. So the worst Scream movie is still not as bad as something like Freddy’s Dead or Halloween Resurrection (Busta’s fight scene notwithstanding) or like half the Friday the 13th films.

But Halloween is the single best of any of those films in my opinion.

And yeah, original Halloween and original ANOES are horror classics. I just don’t see original Friday the 13th as close to that level.

In a time where formula horror was so rampant the story was very compelling for nightmare.

Back then I had no plans to watch till I saw the craven interview describing the idea:

"inspired by a series of 1970s LA Times articles about Southeast Asian refugees who died mysteriously in their sleep after suffering from horrible nightmares. This real-world phenomenon, dubbed "Asian Death Syndrome" and later Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS), became the core concept for the film. "

Then I was like I gotta see, that sounds fucking interesting.

Great idea for a horror movie.

Halloween is still great when paired with Carpenter’s commentary. Its like sitting in film school.

I heard him pointing out all the ways Friday the 13th copied the ideas of Halloween and I agree. Even the Friday the 13th producers admitted they were trying to cash in on the easy money Halloween brought in.

A novel fresh horror film is a very difficult thing to pull off.

@HUGHPHUG

Is the fellow to remember the catalog of horror back then, dude's a towering encyclopedia of the crap and the macabre!

 

[Osculater]

Ozzy and Lenny definitely agree with thread's Horror theme. Get Ready To Rock ! ​

Early Korn Bagpipes would work for a Horror Nursery Rhyme Flick. After hearing this tune of mega-Angst 3 or 4 times, you'll find yourself grinding out "London Bridge Is Falling Down" or "Nick Knack Paddy Whack Give The Dog A Bone." Korn Korn is savage AF Metal, definitely NSFW or Children.

If ya can stand REAL Angst, their entire 1st head bangin' album is last video, NSFW. You're Welcome, ya can thank me later !

The first Korn album cover is Not Safe For Children hahahaha

 

[J_C]

bit of a tangent, but have been on a horror kick lately and saw Candyman, dayum that movie a banger. One of best horror movies ive ever seen.

 

[tank666]

Overall I think Halloween pips Elm St, F13th / Scream and Evil Dead.

 

[Why did you]

Got to be scream? Doesnt it?

Life is the best horror franchise

 

[Starman]

What's the criteria? If we're talking about cultural relevance, broad and universal appeal, easily recognizable characters that are household names, I'd say it's between Halloween, Friday the 13th, and a Nightmare on Elm Street. If I had to give it to one, it'd be Friday the 13th.

I don't consider Alien to be pure horror the same way I don't consider Star Wars to be pure sci-fi. It doesn't mean they aren't great films, it just means they exist outside the box.

Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, and Freddy Kreuger are cultural icons, right up there with Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolfman. I think any of those could be the right answer.

 

[Boomb]

Friday The 13th

I loved that movie as a kid.

I had a friend with whom I used to go to the video store and we used to rent one horror movie and two porn movies. We would than go buy some weed, watch the horror movie together, than each went home and watched the porn movie in the privacy of their own home. Good times..

 

[Boomb]

I also liked the Rawhead Rex movie as a pothead. Because it's so bad, that it's actually good.

 

[Plissken]

In terms of consistency it's probably The Evil Dead. Three classic films pretty much everyone loves, a solid remake, a good tv show, and a pretty good movie in Rise. Rise is the weak link but it's better than the worst movies of most franchises.

Child's Play has pretty good consistency given the same writer has written all the movies (save for the Universal re-imagining/remake) and the tv show.

 

[Osculater]

I loved that movie as a kid.

I had a friend with whom I used to go to the video store and we used to rent one horror movie and two porn movies. We would than go buy some weed, watch the horror movie together, than each went home and watched the porn movie in the privacy of their own home. Good times..