ARTISTICALLY speaking, what do you think about franchise horror?

[FreddysFingers]

Personally, I go with the idea that some things are too ridiculous to be considered part of an established story (Saw 3D, Freddy's Dead). I like to think of some franchises having diverging or outright different canons for this reason. I think that's one way to keep things artistically sound, and comic books do it all the time.

I'd have to agree with you on this. Saw 3D and Freddy's Dead are completely off of the established story and Freddy's Dead broke a few movie rules, however, they bare the name of the franchise so they are included. Even like Freddy vs. Jason; it's off the canon but many consider it to be a sequel to both NOES and F13.