You ever notice that there is a bastard sequel stuck in most lengthy franchises? There is fairly often a sequel that doesn't have anything to do with any of the rest of the films in the series. For example,
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge. That title is misleading. Freddy isn't taking revenge on anyone from the first movie, cause no one from it shows up until part 3. In fact, he "possesses" this kid who does the killing, rather than trying to kill the kids of the parents that burned him alive. Then part 3 pickes up with Nancy, and it continues it's formula of survivor of last film gets killed in next, leave one survivor, repeat.
Next, lets look at Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. According to IMDB, the reason this one was different, was because John Carpenter planned to release a new movie each year, with a completely different story. Due to poor box office performance, Michael Meyers was resurrected for part 4. I would believe that if this were the second film and not the third. This has absolutely nothing to do with any of the other Halloween films. Michael Meyers isn't even in it, as he "died" in the previous chapter. There is even a commercial for Halloween on a TV in this movie, as if to purposely futher separate it from the rest.
I will bring up Friday the 13th: A New Beginning because I feel that the only link in this movie is Tommy Jarvis, and a hockey mask. This is part 5, in which Tommy, who "killed" Jason in part 4, is in some bizzare camp for nut jobs. Not to post a spoiler for a film released in 1985, but Jason is not the killer. You will hear people try to tell you otherwise, but do not be brainwashed. If it were really Jason, why would he kill people, bury himself in his grave, to be brought back to life in part 6? That is dumb. It was Roy. Jason is in every other movie, and even when the story line of him, his mother, and Tommy, drops off (which I think is in part 7, starring Terry Kiser of Weekend at Bernie's) it still is somewhat linear. I mean, Freddy takes his mask, he goes to hell, they fight and he ends up in space, but at least he is IN them.
It would certainly hurt your argument if these movies weren't the worst of the franchise. Granted, I haven't seen Halloween 3 but I've read it would be a good movie on its own if not attached to the Halloween series. As for Nightmare 2 and Friday 5, they blow ... hard. Perhaps a movie like Friday 5 would be successful if it didn't rely on the naivete of the series fans to make it successful. Nightmare 2 blows however. Even worse than Freddy's Dead, which is a horrible abomination of a film in its own right.
ReplyDeleteYes, I contend that Nightmare 2 is so piss poor, that it is immune to the Weekend at Bernie's Effect; nothing would have saved it.
ReplyDeleteA decent script and less homosexual overtones would have helped. But in the end, it was a follow-up rushed in production which went against all of the genre conventions (male protagonist for example) without being self aware. Abysmal. The unfilmed script to Nightmare 3, while in and of itself was also a piece of poo would have been far better than this.
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