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OTish - Best Film In a Horror Series

posted 10 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 an interesting topic to share with a new Leprechaun 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
Leprechaun

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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
Leprechaun - Original

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

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

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[–] willbuffy 10 years ago

Friday The 13th - part 7 (love the telecanisis)
Halloween - H20 (great series apart from 3 and the second remake)
A Nightmare On Elm Street - New Nightmare (my fav horror series)
Saw - 2 (liked all apart from the last)
Scream - 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - remake
Alien - Alien (love them all)
Predator - Predator
Phantasm - 1
Evil Dead - remake (they're all great)
Hellraiser - 2
Child's Play - 2 (all good apart from Seed)
Final Destination - 1
Paranormal Activity - crap
Leprechaun - 1

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

New Nightmare is my favorite ANOES movie, too Everything about it clicks for me.

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[–] macabre-6 10 years ago

Friday the 13th - Part VII: The New Blood
Halloween(The first one, not the remake, obviously)
A Nightmare on Elm Street(Original, not remake, though I do like the remake as well)
Scream 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The first one)
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
Saw (the first one)
Child's Play 2
Hellraiser (The first one)
Predator (First one)
Psycho Cop 2
Alien (First one)
Gremlins (First one, though a horror movie?)
The Gingerdead Man (First one)
Tomie: Unlimited (Can't remember much from this franchise, but the last one had some cool stuff in it so I'll go with that one)
The Grudge(American series, first one)
The Ring (counting both the american and japanese Ringu series, I'll go with the american remake)
Wolf Creek 2
Bride of the Re-Animator
Prom Night (First one)
Silent Night Deadly Night (First one, actually like the fifth one too)

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

I consider Gremlins Horror, but it's only two movies so it's not eligible. Has to be at least three or more films.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

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

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)

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

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 Tales From The Darkside, Fear Itself, Monsters, etc. so I need to rewatch those to determine.

I do know The Match Game for Monsters and Halloween Candy for Tales From The Darkside are my favorites for those shows, though.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

I'm going through the complete Tales From The Darkside series, finished with Season 1 and going through 2. From 1 I definitely like Inside The Closet best.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

Best TFTD episode per season, IMO:

1 - Inside The Closet
2 - Halloween Candy
3 - Seasons Of Belief
4 - Family Reunion

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[–] CowherPowerForever 10 years ago

Friday the 13th - Part 6
Halloween - Original
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Original
Saw - Part 2
Scream - Original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Original
Alien - Original
Predator - Original
Phantasm - Part 3
Evil Dead - All fairly bad IMO
Hellraiser - Original
Child's Play - Original
Final Destination - Original
Paranormal Activity - All Trash
Leprechaun - Original

You're never going to get any truth from us(the media). We'll tell you anything you want to hear.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

I think that's the first time I've ever seen anyone say they dislike all the Evil Dead films.

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[–] CowherPowerForever 10 years ago

Sorry, it had to be said. The remake was especially bad. They tried so hard to act like the first film, and they failed big time.

You're never going to get any truth from us(the media). We'll tell you anything you want to hear.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

I liked them all, though the remake was defnitely the weakest, IMO.

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[–] NeonManiac0 10 years ago

Best segment in an anthology:

Creepshow - The Crate
Creepshow 2 - The Raft
Cat's Eye - General
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie - Lover's Vow
Body Bags - The Gas Station
Tales From The Hood - Boys Do Get Bruised

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