Are There Any Horror Sequels You Like More Than the Original Movies?

Oct 14, 2018 6:13:23 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:

Oct 9, 2018 12:46:12 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Plenty:

DAMIEN: OMEN II - 78'
DAWN OF THE DEAD - 78'
HALLOWEEN II, both 81 and -09' versions
PSYCHO II - 83
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 5: A NEW BEGINNING - 85'
ALIENS - 86'
CREEPSHOW 2 - 87'
HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY - 87'
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. 3: DREAM WARRIORS - 87'
HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II - 89' and HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH - 92'
PET SEMATARY 2 - 92'
THE DEVIL'S REJECTS - 05'
HOSTEL: PART 2- 87'

I totally forgot about the 'Dead' but I loved 'Dawn of the Dead' too (both the original and remake) and I used to like the remake more than the original but after re-watching the original I found I liked that one more and I have this big box set of 'Dawn of the Dead' that has all these different versions of the movie and there is the theatrical version, the extended version and the European version and I didn't know there were so many different versions of the movie the first time I saw it and there is apparently an even longer extended edition but it wasn't in the box set. I liked 'The Omen 2' more than the original movie too and 'Aliens' is one of my favourites but I am always not sure if I should class that as a Horror movie or a Sci Fi movie 'cause some people class it as a Sci Fi movie. 

I struggle with the Dawn remake. I think it all unravels too quickly, the acting is weak in comparison to Romero's original and the lines are delivered very nonchalantly. This is Zack Snyder's fault. He is not a very good director with actors. The same problem was had with Justice League. There are some good sequences in the Dawn remake, namely the opening, but after that, it just becomes pretty routine. There was not much novelty value behind the shopping center setting and they didn't do the cool things they did in the original. With the exception of Sarah Polley, I didn't like any of the other characters. In the original, they managed to make it creepy with the scenario and set up of why the felt the dead were coming back to life and why the zombies were attracted to the shopping center. This theme was just randomly announced out of the blue by Ving Rhames character, without any strength or skill of narrative build up towards it.  

I have seen all three cuts of the original, with Argento's being my least favorite. It was a snappier cut, but I missed some of the scenes he took out and I also missed some of Romero's music cues. I prefer the longer cut, because I think it really works well for what the film intended to do and I am always intrigued. It is a classy cut and I usually like the tighter edits.