08-21-2009, 02:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-21-2009, 02:21 AM by Dr. Briggs.)
Okay, so a good bit earlier I mentioned that horror is often tooled for a trilogy format, with the third being the "big finish" so to speak...
...But more often than not, the third film's success leads producers to keep adding films... But, because the audience is often so wooed in some way by an often "conclusive" movie #3, things can get rather... weird by the time #4 rolls around. Though series-fans often learn to accept the continuation, outsiders seem to often have different opinions.
Halloween marked it's number 4 by bringing back the now-iconic Michael Myers after an absense in it's own third installment. Though Halloween 4 is often seen by die hard Halloween fans as better than "Season of the Witch", it seems horror fans as a whole sometimes see H4 as a rather lackluster and unnecessary return, foreshadowing an instance of "law of diminishing returns".
Despite being popular for it's epic effects and action among big series fans, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master has the tendency to be reviled by lighter fans for killing off the last film's protagonists, not having Wes Craven involved, and generally not being parts 1 and 3.
Puppet Master 4, as well as it's direct sequel PM5, can be seen by horror fans as being a shift from "mediocre horror" to downright substandard fare. This shift is likely aided by a shift to a more campy tone. Withing parts 4 and 5, the puppets become good and help a genious wonderkid to fight tiny demons.
Saw IV is seen as a sort of unnecessary black sheep even among many die-hard series fans, branching off from tiny plot points simply to continue the franchise
Leprechaun 4 went off the wall with the usual dark humor of it's predecessors, and in addition to that, was set in space.
Hellraiser: Bloodline is another that was reviled for being set in space, but perhaps even more so simply for it's being recut by an unpopoular producer.
Along the same vein as Leprechaun 4, Bride of Chucky began a shift towards dark humor, though it has a much larger fanbase than Lep 4.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation was, yet another, sequel that transformed it's series into something funny for part 4, and is, similar to the others, widely hated.
Phantasm: OblIVion is understandably less professional looking than the others in the series due to the producer cutting the director's budget, and is thus not often greatly enjoyed by casual horror fans. Still, like Nightmare 4 or Bride of Chucky, it is greatly loved by it's fanbase, often even moreso than part 3.
So what are other "4th stringers" are there that are seen as "bad" by horror buffs? Are there any (Besides Friday the 13th Part 4) that are widely liked?
...But more often than not, the third film's success leads producers to keep adding films... But, because the audience is often so wooed in some way by an often "conclusive" movie #3, things can get rather... weird by the time #4 rolls around. Though series-fans often learn to accept the continuation, outsiders seem to often have different opinions.
Halloween marked it's number 4 by bringing back the now-iconic Michael Myers after an absense in it's own third installment. Though Halloween 4 is often seen by die hard Halloween fans as better than "Season of the Witch", it seems horror fans as a whole sometimes see H4 as a rather lackluster and unnecessary return, foreshadowing an instance of "law of diminishing returns".
Despite being popular for it's epic effects and action among big series fans, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master has the tendency to be reviled by lighter fans for killing off the last film's protagonists, not having Wes Craven involved, and generally not being parts 1 and 3.
Puppet Master 4, as well as it's direct sequel PM5, can be seen by horror fans as being a shift from "mediocre horror" to downright substandard fare. This shift is likely aided by a shift to a more campy tone. Withing parts 4 and 5, the puppets become good and help a genious wonderkid to fight tiny demons.
Saw IV is seen as a sort of unnecessary black sheep even among many die-hard series fans, branching off from tiny plot points simply to continue the franchise
Leprechaun 4 went off the wall with the usual dark humor of it's predecessors, and in addition to that, was set in space.
Hellraiser: Bloodline is another that was reviled for being set in space, but perhaps even more so simply for it's being recut by an unpopoular producer.
Along the same vein as Leprechaun 4, Bride of Chucky began a shift towards dark humor, though it has a much larger fanbase than Lep 4.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation was, yet another, sequel that transformed it's series into something funny for part 4, and is, similar to the others, widely hated.
Phantasm: OblIVion is understandably less professional looking than the others in the series due to the producer cutting the director's budget, and is thus not often greatly enjoyed by casual horror fans. Still, like Nightmare 4 or Bride of Chucky, it is greatly loved by it's fanbase, often even moreso than part 3.
So what are other "4th stringers" are there that are seen as "bad" by horror buffs? Are there any (Besides Friday the 13th Part 4) that are widely liked?
âThe Fright Night remake is a film which taps into the audienceâs deepest rooted fears, such as those of vampires throwing motorcycles at them. I dread the thought of a vampire throwing a refrigerator or a deskjet printer or... Iâd better stop before I give myself nightmaresâ
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