Worst/Weakest/Least Favorite Movie In a Series
 

Like my best movie in a series thread, but the opposite. Which movie in each of the following Horror series do you feel is the worst in their respective series? Remakes, prequels and crossovers count in any series that has them. They don't have to be movies you dislike, just because you consider them the worst in their series.


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Friday The 13th

Halloween

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Saw

Scream

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Alien

Predator

Phantasm

Evil Dead

Hellraiser

Child's Play

Final Destination


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IMO the worst in each:


Friday The 13th - Jason X

Halloween - Resurrection

A Nightmare On Elm Street - Freddy's Dead

Saw - Saw III

Scream - Scream 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation

Alien - Alien Vs. Predator

Predator - Alien Vs. Predator

Phantasm - Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead

Evil Dead - Original (still love it, just enjoy the sequels more)

Hellraiser - Not seen enough to fairly say.

Child's Play - Seed Of Chucky

Final Destination - 4


I don't dislike some of these movies, I just like them the least in their series.

The Saw series! ~sorry!

Friday The 13th-The remake but besides that I'll say Part 3

Halloween-haven't seen the remakes so I'll go with Halloween Resurrection

A Nightmare On Elm Street-not seen the remake so Freddy VS Jason but besides that in case it doesn't count-Freddy's Dead

Saw-Saw 3D

Scream-Scream 4

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre-The remake I think that counts in this instance

Alien-Alien VS Predator 2

Predator-Predators

Phantasm-Phantasm 3

Evil Dead-Arny Of Darkness

Hellraiser-HellWorld

Child's Play-Bride of chucky killed the series for me so I've never seen Seed Of Chucky

Final Destination-Not seen Part 5 yet so Part 4

F13th - Jason X & JGTH
Halloween: Halloween 3 is hands down the WORST of the series
NOES: The remake and pt.5 are a tie.
Saw: I don't like any of them.
Scream: pt.4
TCM: Next Generation
Alien: I've only seen the first 2 and AvsP so I'd say AvsP.
Predator: Same as above.
Phantasm: pt.3
Evil Dead: Not possible. LOVE all 3!:cool:
Hellraiser: Pretty much everything after pt.3
Child's Play: Seed of Chucky.
Final Destination: I don't care for the series at all.

Friday The 13th- Probably Jason takes Manhattan

Halloween- Resurrection

A Nightmare On Elm Street- Any of the many sequels, excluding FvsJ. The remake is also terrible.

Saw- All of them besides 1 and 5 (I liked 5)

Scream- Love all 4 of them, Scream 4 was refreshing in my opinion. I'll say 2.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- Don't really care, this series is boring and filled with stupid people, on hero and villain side.

Alien- Resurrection was a joke.

Predator- Only care for Predator 1 and Predators. Predator 2 was pretty boring.

Phantasm- Never got into it

Evil Dead- Army of Darkness

Hellraiser- Any after 2.

Child's Play- Terrible series

Final Destination- 5 was horrible. I'd say 4 was horrible too but it had that epic escalator part.

Friday The 13th - Jason Goes to Hell

Halloween - Halloween: Resurrection

A Nightmare On Elm Street - Freddy's Dead

Saw - Saw 4 or 5. Can't remember which one it was that i didnt like all that much

Scream - The 4th

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The remake if that counts

Alien - Alien 3

Predator - The 2nd

Phantasm - Only seen the first

Evil Dead - Army of Darkness

Hellraiser - Only seen the first 3 so out of those, the third one.

Child's Play - Seed of Chucky

Final Destination - The 4th

Thanks :cool:

Villain if you get the chance you need to see Phantasm 2, the original had potential and this was massively built on in the second film. I think you would be pleasantly surprised :)

I'll definitely check it out

Friday The 13th- Jason X.

Halloween- Part 4 and/or the Rob Zombie remakes. I went back to see what Resurrection was about and I'm actually not sure if I've seen it or not.

A Nightmare On Elm Street- Freddy vs. Jason.

Saw- I don't like this series.

Scream-Part 4. I liked it but it's definitely the weakest in the series.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- The remake.

Alien- N/A- haven't seen enough of them to choose.

Predator- N/A- haven't seen enough of them to choose.

Phantasm- It's been forever since I've watched these movies so I can't remember.

Evil Dead- Army of Darkness.

Hellraiser- It's been forever since I've watched these movies so I can't remember.

Child's Play- Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky.

Final Destination- I don't like this series.

Moral of the story: I have a lot of movies that I need to go back and rewatch.

My list
 

Friday The 13th- Jason Goes To Hell

Halloween- Part 3 or 6, probably 3 just because it should have not been named Halloween

A Nightmare On Elm Street- Freddy's Dead

Saw- Saw 3D, so much CGI and bad acting

Scream- Love them all but the 3rd was worst for me

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- Part 3, yes I liked the next generation better than part 3. Part 3 was just so dumb and there was only 2 deaths in the entire film... LAME!

Alien- Alien Resurrection, I don't count AVP films since it's a mixture of 2 franchises

Predator- Predator 2

Phantasm- Only seen the first 1

Evil Dead- Army of Darkness, love the cabin in both previous films

Hellraiser- Only seen first 5 so I will say Part 5

Child's Play- Seed of Chucky

Final Destination- The Final Destination (part 4)

Hard to rank Halloween III ahead of H20, wherein Michael Myers is slain with an assist by LL Cool J? :mad:

He didn't help at all though. He got shot in the head.

Survival of the Dead. I din't know what Romero was thinking with that film. And I hate New Nightmare!!! Freddy coming out of the movies to become real....awful!!!

I didn't get that film either-it felt like a cash-in for someone who had run out of ideas.

I'm the opposite New Nightmare is great IMO. Best of the series aside from the original and the third film. I like how they turned Freddy back into a menacing character rather than the comical version in the majority of the sequels.

I'd say Diary was worse then Survival and come on, there's no way New Nightmare was worse then Freddy's Dead. New Nightmare actually managed to make Freddy scary again.

I don't get the hate for Diary tbh. I really enjoyed it and would rank it ahead of Land as far as his new trilogy goes. Survival was definitely the worst for me but I wouldn't mind seeing it again and giving it another chance.

Friday the 13th - Jason Goes To Hell

Halloween - Halloween III

A Nightmare on Elm Street - Freddy's Dead

Saw - Saw 4

Scream - Scream 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Part 2 with Dennis Hopper, one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Alien - Wouldn't be fair to say since I haven't seen them in a very long time.

Predator - Alien vs Predator

Phantasm - been too long since I've seen them

Evil Dead - It's between parts 1 & 2, but I haven't seen them in so long. I love Army of Darkness though.

Hellraiser - Not sure which to pick, but I disliked every film after part 4.

Child's Play - Seed Of Chucky

Final Destination - I've only seen parts 1, 2, & 4.

Friday The 13th-jason x too unbelievable

Halloween-halloween resurection-a lot of the acting was bad

A Nightmare On Elm Street-part 6

Saw-part 7

Scream-3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre-next generation

Alien-alien resurection

Predator-predator 2

Phantasm-not seen

Evil Dead-only seen the first

Hellraiser-only seen first and second

Child's Play-part 3

Final Destination-the final destionation

Bit of an older thread, but I was thinking of worst episode of a Horror anthology series per season for some variety.

I'm going to exclude remakes (If you were wondering, I would rate the remakes of the slasher series's to be the worst in their respective series, i.e. Friday the 13th, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street).

Friday the 13th- Part 2- I liked many of the films in this series, but this was my least favorite, although it was not an easy decision.

Halloween III- It was not bad as a film, but felt like a rip off because there was no Myers

A Nightmare on Elm Street- Part II: Freddy's Revenge by far (A New Nightmare was brilliant, I loved that movie, almost as much as the original).

Saw- Any after II (The first was brilliant and the second one was pretty good, but not near as great as the first)

Scream- Scream 3, but I loved all the films after one almost equally.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- I'll include the remake on this one. I consider the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning to be my least favorite, since I have not seen the sequels to the original or the sequel/remake thing they released January of this year

Alien- Alien Resurrection

Predator- Predators

Phantasm- Have only seen the first one

Evil Dead- -tough call- but I guess I will choose Evil Dead II, but honestly the two sequels are equal, but the first is definitely the best in the series.

Child's Play- Child's Play 3

Final Destination- The Final Destination- this film was cheesy, cliche, and had bad acting, so it was quite terrible. Generally, this is a great series and one of the most original of the last decade, except this movie.

Hellraiser- Hellseeker- actually a number of the sequels were pretty good, especially III and Inferno with II being pretty good.

As far as Diary of the Dead, it was a great movie, perhaps my all-time favorite zombie movie.

Friday The 13th - Jason X

Halloween - Halloween 4 and above. Really only like I and II and I respect 3 as seperate from the series.

A Nightmare On Elm Street - Dream Master(4)

Saw - SAW V

Scream - Scream 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning

Alien - Alien: Resurrection

Predator - Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem

Phantasm - Oblivion

Evil Dead - Army of Darkness- love them all but this one wasn't the best

Hellraiser - Hellseeker

Child's Play - Seed of Chucky

Final Destination - honestly hate all of them

The sequels are definitely worth a look if you liked the first.

Trying to think of some more series I can add, I'm sure I've missed some. A lot of the old Universal and Hammer films leap to mind.

Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan: Just terrible!

Halloween: Anything after part 3. They're all equally bad

A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Sort of funny to watch, but it was a complete disaster.

Saw 2: Most unlikable characters ever assembled in any movie

Scream 2: Any movie with Jerry O'Connell can't be good

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III Leatherface: Such a disappointment follow up to the classic Part 2

Alien Resurrection: This movie had zero thought put in to it! The script was nothing more than a bunch of silly predictable catchphrases strung together as dialogue. And the acting was just terrible, with almost every character trying to be overly hip and cool. Not to mention that the aliens weren't scary or menacing in the least.

Predator AVPR: I'm just assuming this because the three times I"ve tried to watch it, I was dead asleep before the half way mark of the movie

Phantasm: Watched them, but really can't recall them

Evil Dead: Good movie, but it doesnt compare to the II or army of darkness

Hellraiser: Any of the Hellraisers past part 3 were all pretty terrible

Child's Play: Never watched them

Final Destination 3: When you kill people off in a movie, you should at least care that they're dying.

*Some franchises not mentioned:
- Leprechaun
- Romero's Dead Series
- Zombi
- Amicus trilogy flicks
- Puppetmaster

A funny addition that comes to mind are SyFy's original movies. They're all so terrible and it could be fun picking them apart :D

Oh, and I also thought of The Howling series. Most of the sequels are so bad it can be debated as to which is the worst.

Jason Takes Manhatten was pretty bad. Just too strange to see him out of the woods and stalking the streets. Plus, the kills were all PG 13 looking. Not a true Friday movie at all.

It's interesting. Movies are sometimes like albums - the first one is the best. For instance, in regards to albums, I think the debut record of artists like The Cars, Boston, Alanis Morissette, The Knack, Bad Company and Foreigner were their best. In regards to this forum, the following films seemed to be miles ahead of their sequels.
Saw
Halloween
Hellraiser
Friday the 13th
The Hills Have Eyes
Wrong Turn
Silence of the Lambs
Jeepers Creepers
Hostel
The Exorcist
The Omen
Child's Play

You make a good point. Of those series you listed, what would be your pick for the single worst entry in each?

Diary of the Dead was a mess. It took all the potential in its premise and crapped all over it. I have no urge to see Survival. Also I can't decided which is worse: Jason Takes Manhattan or Jason Goes to Hell. Child's Play 3 was terrible. Don Mancini even owns up to its complete suckage.

With Hatchet III out now, Hatchet is eligible for this listing. I've seen the first two and thought the second was much better.

Can I comment on some that are not listed here?

1. Children of The Corn - I feel the first, 2nd and 3rd were great. After that, all went downhill. But 'Genesis' was extremely unwatchable for me.

2. Creepshow - Creepshow 3 was unwatchable for me. What a waste of time.

3. Return of the Living Dead - While 1 was awesome, 2 is just basically part 1 with different location and added humor, but the rest had gone downhill. I think I remember going wtf at Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave.

4. Child's Play - I really dislike Seed of Chucky.

5. Hellraiser - I could only watch the first one, all the rest are weak. But I swear 'Revelations' was totally unwatchable out of all.

6. Poltergeist - 3rd one is the weakest.

7. A Nightmare on Elm Street - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, most definitely.

8. The Exorcist - The Beginning.

9. Subspecies - Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm is somewhat the weakest.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

No, you can't. Didn't you read the FAQ? It clearly states our stance on these matters. :P

Oh darn.. but I'm a rulebreaker :P

Well I would recommend breaking another rule and watch "Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist", if you haven't already. It's a little bit like "The Begining", and was actually the first version of the prequel made before the studio took Paul Schrader (the original director and cowriter) off the project and brought in NOES 4 director Renny Harlin in to do reshoots and amp up the blood and lower the psychological elements.

It's not perfect, and has a fair share of detractors of it's own but I definitely think it's one of the biggest unsung heroes of the horror genre. At least the last decade or so.

:)