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While manyhorror movieshave benefited from sequels , even making way for dealership , there are many repugnance sequels that should have never pass off . Movie sequels from any genre are always a risk as most of the prison term they do n’t tally the quality and succeeder of the first movie . This trouble is especially present in the horror genre , where continuation have earned a bad reputation due to their lower character , and while that has n’t stopped many franchises from continuing with more sequels , there were some cases where a bad sequel was the oddment of a franchise or saga .
Although somehorror continuation were as good as the original movie , there are more showcase where sequels should have never take place . Whether because the original film did n’t leave much elbow room for a sequel , the subsequence finish up score unneeded retcons , or if they were simply abominable movies , it would have been more beneficial if these sequel never find – and no matter how long it has passed , they still continue to be not the good continuations out there .
10Brahms: The Boy II
The Boy II retconned the origins of the doll
The 2016 horror filmThe Boyhad a twist that , as divisive as it was , was much dependable than what the sequel did with Brahms the chick . The Boyrevealed that the wench was n’t supernatural , and instead , the real Brahms , though now an adult , had been living in the walls of the house , wearing a porcelain mask like that of the chick . Brahms : The male child IIretconned this bymaking the doll supernaturalwhen the first movie clearly base there was nothing faulty with the doll .
9The Fly II
There was no need to meet Seth & Ronnie’s son
The Fly II , direct by Chris Walas , focused on Martin ( Eric Stoltz ) , the son of Seth Brundle and Veronica “ Ronnie ” Quaife . Martin inherit his Father of the Church ’s homo / fly ball intercrossed genesand was set to become a fantastic fly monster just like Seth did inThe pilot , but he finally break loose this horrible fate by swap out his mutate genes for healthy human cistron , thus rick the other person into the tent-fly monster . What bechance to Ronnie and her Word is n’t a motion that needed an answer afterThe Fly , and as expect , The Fly IIwas a critical loser .
8Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Ginger Snaps 2 does no justice to the Brigitte
Ginger Snapsintroduces morbid sisters Ginger ( Katharine Isabelle ) and Brigitte Fitzgerald ( Emily Perkins ) , whose program to give out together by the age of 16 take a turn when Ginger is snipe by an animal and turns into a lycanthrope . At the close ofGinger Snaps , Ginger is killed but Brigitte is infected , soGinger Snaps : Unleashedfocuses on Brigitte ’s struggles as she tries to stay her transformation . Ginger Snaps 2is chaotic and lacks originality , and it would have been good to leave Brigitte ’s lot to the audience ’s resourcefulness .
7Psycho II
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho didn’t leave room for a sequel
Psychoends with the big twist of Norman Bates ’ ( Anthony Perkins ) female parent being deadened and the reveal that he had been posing as her as he had recreated his mother as an alternating personality after pop her and her lover . Norman was arrested , and that ’s the end ofPsycho – but 23 years later , a sequel was release , in whichNorman was released from the mental institutionand repay to Bates Motel to attempt to survive a normal life ( which obviously does n’t happen).Psycho IIlacks the originality and suspense of the first moving picture , and at last , reunite with Norman Bates ( peculiarly after more than two decades ) was something no one really inquire for .
6American Psycho 2
It’s so bad its main actress regretted doing it
American Psychois conceive among the best horror movies ever made , and in 2002 , it got a standalone sequel titledAmerican Psycho 2 . star Mila Kunis as Rachael Newman , American Psycho 2sees12 - year - old Rachael drink down Patrick Batemanwith an ice selection after he kill his babysitter , who adopt her with her on her day of the month with Patrick . Years later , now as a criminology student , Rachael murders her classmates for advance her vocation . American Psycho 2ruined the first film with Patrick ’s death , and what followed was a mussy story with nothing scary , odd , or interesting to offer , so much so that Mila Kunis herself has expressed she regrets doing the movie ( viaMTV ) .
5The Rage: Carrie 2
Brian de Palma’s Carrie told a complete story
Carrieends with the death of Carrie White ( Sissy Spacek ) and her female parent , Margaret ( Piper Laurie ) , and Sue Snell ( Amy Irving ) being meaning . That was a satisfying end to Carrie ’s tragic taradiddle , but 23 years after , a sequel titledThe Rage : Carrie 2was released , and itfocused on Carrie ’s young half - sis , Rachel(Emily Bergl ) , who like her deceased sis , had telekinetic powers and was also browbeat at school . Carrie 2simply recycled the account of King ’s novel and De Palma ’s movie and did n’t declare oneself anything Modern or original , nor did it succeed in its endeavour to inflate Carrie White ’s story and mythology .
4Lost Boys: The Tribe
The Lost Boys had a perfect ending
Joel Schumacher ’s vampire comedy repulsion movieThe Lost Boysis now a furor classic and see among the best vampire moving-picture show ever made , and it had one of the most memorable endings in revulsion account . After defeating the lamia in Santa Carla , Grandpa casually get in at his ruin firm , grabbed a beer from the fridge , and enjoin “ one thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach : all the goddamned vampires ” .
It ’s a perfectending toThe Lost Boys , but its success made way for subsequence that never lived up to the quality of the first motion picture . lose Boys : The Tribehas pesky characters , tasteless aspect , andonly sport one character from the first movie(Corey Feldman ’s Edgar Frog ) , and not even Corey Haim ’s cameo at the death can make it worth the time .
3Jaws 2
One killer shark was enough
Steven Spielberg’sJawssaw the combined efforts of Martin Brody ( Roy Scheider ) , Matt Hooper ( Richard Dreyfuss ) , and Quint ( Robert Shaw ) to bump and kill the shark that had been killing people . After a venomous encounter with the shark that Quint did n’t survive , Brody managed to kill the shark and returned to the island with Hooper . It ’s a satisfying conclusion to the horrors that Amity Island went through , butJaws ’ success spawned a enfranchisement , with the first unneeded sequel beingJaws 2 .
In it , Brody suspects there ’s another slap-up bloodless shark terrorise the island , and of course , his intuition are correct . Like many other sequels on this list , Jaws 2recycled the first motion picture ’s account , and though it ’s the most decent ofallJawssequels , it does n’t make it better .
2Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Blair Witch 2 messed with what made the first movie so great
The Blair Witch Projectwas key in popularizing the found - footage subgenre , and it has one of the most memorable and terrific endings of all time . for sure , the end ofThe Blair Witch Projectleft many unanswered head , but that does n’t stand for they necessitate to be answer in a sequel . TitledBook of Shadows : Blair Witch 2,the subsequence leave the detect - footage stylus asideand went for a traditional horror picture show style instead , with a generic story that overexplains everything and gives an underwhelming account to the “ mystifying ” case happening to and around the master character – and it does n’t even taste to explicate what happened to the characters from the first picture .
1Exorcist II: The Heretic
Regan’s story ended in The Exorcist
William Friedkin’sThe Exorcistfocuses on the self-possession of Regan MacNeil ( Linda Blair ) bythe devil Pazuzuand the dispossession do by Father Merrin ( Max von Sydow ) and Father Karras ( Jason Miller).The Exorcistends with the MacNeils leaving township , Merrin die during the exorcism , and Karras move on , so there was no indigence for a sequel . TitledExorcist II : The Heretic , the sequel focalise on Philip Lamont , a non-Christian priest clamber with his faith who is assigned to investigate Merrin ’s death , while Regan , for some reason , was last with her guardian and not her mother . Exorcist IIisa passel with flashback , succubus , and doppelgängers , and it ’s considered among the big picture show ever made .
