'Paranormal Activity 5' Confirmed for Fall 2013: Dumbest Horror Sequel Ever?
SLIDESHOW: Dumbest Horror Sequel?
Paranormal Activity 5
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Paranormal Activity 5
"Paranormal Activity 4" was given a hard time by critics, but it's still made a lot of money. How long will the series last?
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Saw 3D
"Saw 3D" brought a new low to the franchise, so it's not surprising that the series seems to be over now.
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The Rage: Carrie 2
This sequel came decades after the original, made no sense and hardly made any money -- makes you wonder why they bothered.
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
"The Exorcist" is considered one of the greatest horror films ever made; its sequel is definitely one of the worst. Oops!
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Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
There are tons of bad sequels with Predators or Aliens in them, but this is one wins as the dumbest of the lot.
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Lost Boys 2: The Tribe
You can't help but love the classic original from the 1980s, but this 2008 sequel needs a stake through its heart...
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The Grudge 2 (U.S.)
This terrible sequel to the U.S. remake of a Japanese horror classic pretty much killed off the American market for "J-Horror."
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Jaws: The Revenge
Michael Caine had this to say about his part in "Jaws: The Revenge": "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."
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505 votes
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299 votes
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This isn't exactly surprising news. The Hollywood Reporter say that "Paranormal Activity 4" took in $26.5 million for its opening weekend, surpassing the opening takes for each of the previous two sequels in the series. It appears that the title is set to replace the "Saw" films as the top annual Halloween horror franchise.
In addition, Deadline Hollywood also reports that a Latino spinoff is planned and will be directed by Christopher Landon, who worked on the 2007 horror hit "Disturbia." An insider told them that "this will be an off-shoot aimed at the groups who have been the biggest supporters of the property –- Latinos and folks in Latin America –- Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina."
Check out the gallery for more dumb horror movie sequels and let us know: Which one do you think was the dumbest of all?
Top Opinion
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jere.chievres 2012/10/25 02:43:20Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
Rob Zombies Halloween 2!!! omg how can you not have this one listed???? that put the icing on the cake, i stopped watching and left the movies after the hospital scene when i seen where it was going, if that don't tell you how friggen horrable he did on that movie, then you don't know horror movies at all
Actually, most of these on this list are stupid, but AvP:R is a guilty pleasure and I actually liked Saw 3D. (The whole series, in fact.)
Lost Boys 2 was made by request of Corey Haim and Corey Feldman's fans while they were roomed up together on their reality show and it really didn't need to be made. Strangly, Part 3 was better, but by a small margin.
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem wasn't too bad to be honest.
The Saw movies became rather redundant after the second one. Part VI was a good finish.
Carrie 2 didn't need to be made, and I can say the same about the other sequels of movies based on a Stephen King story. I'm just waiting for someone to make a Christine 2 where a government mad scientist puts the cursed Plymoth Fury together from its crushed cube state and makes it a transforming robot. I've heard someone is planning on making a seqel to The Shining. Unless King wrote the story himself, don't make it.
Exorcist II, III... zzzz
Actually, I thought Jaws 3D was dumber. Made to introduce 3D tech to the audience along with Friday the 13th 3D, which actually wasn't bad compared to Part V, Part VIII and X and Freddy vs. Jason.
I'm going to say out o...
Lost Boys 2 was made by request of Corey Haim and Corey Feldman's fans while they were roomed up together on their reality show and it really didn't need to be made. Strangly, Part 3 was better, but by a small margin.
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem wasn't too bad to be honest.
The Saw movies became rather redundant after the second one. Part VI was a good finish.
Carrie 2 didn't need to be made, and I can say the same about the other sequels of movies based on a Stephen King story. I'm just waiting for someone to make a Christine 2 where a government mad scientist puts the cursed Plymoth Fury together from its crushed cube state and makes it a transforming robot. I've heard someone is planning on making a seqel to The Shining. Unless King wrote the story himself, don't make it.
Exorcist II, III... zzzz
Actually, I thought Jaws 3D was dumber. Made to introduce 3D tech to the audience along with Friday the 13th 3D, which actually wasn't bad compared to Part V, Part VIII and X and Freddy vs. Jason.
I'm going to say out of all the dumb sequels made, it would be Halloween III. All that move did is play on the whole Satanic Panic conspiracy theory and had nothing to do with the other Halloween movies.