Matt, I covered that.
"Anniversary Movie". By that, I meant H20. People either didn't view it as a sequel or viewed it as a 3rd sequel to the original franchise. A couple of people in my HS thought it was the first movie in the series (yeah, they lived under a rock). it also had a name going for it and an idea that sounded good on paper.
I'll give u that H8 did ok too. But, I still to this day don't know why. I thought it was one of the worst movies ever made. It wasn't the minor hit H20 was and still made about half of what H20 did. IMO, it could very well be the worst movie that any of these franchises ever spawned.
Basically, the worst movies in each series tended to perform the worst, so I might be off a bit. People might have just noticed.
Friday 8/JGTH/JX/N5/H5/H6 were all the underperformers. Though judging from the list, it shouldnt really surprise anyone. Those were probably by many accounts the worst movies in each series.
Freddy's Dead and Halloween 8 (to me the worst of each respective series) were both abominations that somehow managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Both were truly terrible.
Though I did feel there was something a tad good somewhere in the H6 Producers cut. Shame most nobody will ever see it. Nightmare 5 had a few creative moments (and Alice was an ok character), but just doesnt work for me. It has always just seemed very boring to me even from the first time I saw it. I will give it one thing. The movie looks great on DVD, but most of the Elm Street's do.
Many will not agree with me, but I would still take ELm Street 2 and day of the week over Freddy's Dead. At least you had the neat beginning and a few moments sprinkled throughout. Freddy was still somewhat frightening as well. Oh well, thats the way things go.
"Anniversary Movie". By that, I meant H20. People either didn't view it as a sequel or viewed it as a 3rd sequel to the original franchise. A couple of people in my HS thought it was the first movie in the series (yeah, they lived under a rock). it also had a name going for it and an idea that sounded good on paper.
I'll give u that H8 did ok too. But, I still to this day don't know why. I thought it was one of the worst movies ever made. It wasn't the minor hit H20 was and still made about half of what H20 did. IMO, it could very well be the worst movie that any of these franchises ever spawned.
Basically, the worst movies in each series tended to perform the worst, so I might be off a bit. People might have just noticed.
Friday 8/JGTH/JX/N5/H5/H6 were all the underperformers. Though judging from the list, it shouldnt really surprise anyone. Those were probably by many accounts the worst movies in each series.
Freddy's Dead and Halloween 8 (to me the worst of each respective series) were both abominations that somehow managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Both were truly terrible.
Though I did feel there was something a tad good somewhere in the H6 Producers cut. Shame most nobody will ever see it. Nightmare 5 had a few creative moments (and Alice was an ok character), but just doesnt work for me. It has always just seemed very boring to me even from the first time I saw it. I will give it one thing. The movie looks great on DVD, but most of the Elm Street's do.
Many will not agree with me, but I would still take ELm Street 2 and day of the week over Freddy's Dead. At least you had the neat beginning and a few moments sprinkled throughout. Freddy was still somewhat frightening as well. Oh well, thats the way things go.
