Horror The Halloween Film Series Thread... - Part 4

[Mani-Man]

I really have no preferred timeline. I enjoy them all for different reasons. Just depends on my mood.

Pretty much.
You got all kinds of ways you can enjoy or laugh at the Series.

Sometimes im in the mood for the Edgy bad Rob zombie ones, then another time i want the whole thorn weirdness etc.

 

[Drizzle]

Thorn Trilogy supremacists exist on the internet. Because every fandom has their weirdos.

I guess the upside to those is you get more Loomis. I've seen a good deal of 4-6 but none of them start to finish, and only on cable TV where it was edited, same with 3. So I guess I'm due for a Thorn Trilogy binge one of these days but I only have so much gas left in the tank for franchises after my Jason/Freddy Cinematic Universe binge this year.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yes, Donald Pleasance is pretty wonderful in those sequels (well 6 he’s hardly there). His unhinged obsessiveness cranked to 11 really works, and just so entraining to watch.

And he’s still the best Blofeld (sorry not sorry). At least the most iconic (thanks Dr. Evil).

 

[Kane52630]

Thorn Trilogy supremacists exist on the internet. Because every fandom has their weirdos.

 

[Sawyer]

And he’s still the best Blofeld (sorry not sorry). At least the most iconic (thanks Dr. Evil).

Well, I mean, he doesn’t really have much competition there. It’s either him, Telly Savalas kind of just doing a more nefarious Telly Savalas, the Diamonds are Forever guy doing a decent enough job in a terrible movie, or Christoph Waltz with the unnecessary sibling twist.

 

[Drizzle]

Well, I mean, he doesn’t really have much competition there. It’s either him, Telly Savalas kind of just doing a more nefarious Telly Savalas, the Diamonds are Forever guy doing a decent enough job in a terrible movie, or Christoph Waltz with the unnecessary sibling twist.

Waltz also felt like he was phoning it in, at least in Spectre. He was better in No Time to Die but he was in it so little.

 

[DyeLorean]

Christoph Waltz hasn't done anything that I like besides Inglourious Basterds. I always feel like he's doing variations of that same character in different movies.

 

[Drizzle]

Christoph Waltz hasn't done anything that I like besides Inglourious Basterds. I always feel like he's doing variations of that same character in different movies.

There's no question he's a great actor. Obviously he's got two Oscars to prove it. But of everything I've seen him in, which is largely just his more mainstream stuff like Spectre and Alita, he's fine but it's like he really only puts the extra effort in for Tarantino.


Anyway, to bring things back on topic, now that I've seen all the Elm Street and Friday the 13th movies, I've gotta say Halloween is the superior franchise.

 

[DyeLorean]

Anyway, to bring things back on topic, now that I've seen all the Elm Street and Friday the 13th movies, I've gotta say Halloween is the superior franchise.

Really? Oh interesting.
I can agree that the Halloween franchise (for the most part) has better..."movies" (for lack of a better word) but the Friday the 13th ones are more rewatchable, in a campy kind of way.
Scream for me is the ultimate champion though. No weird tangents, no alternate storylines, just one straighforward narrative with no weak links.

 

[Drizzle]

Really? Oh interesting.
I can agree that the Halloween franchise (for the most part) has better..."movies" (for lack of a better word) but the Friday the 13th ones are more rewatchable, in a campy kind of way.
Scream for me is the ultimate champion though. No weird tangents, no alternate storylines, just one straighforward narrative with no weak links.

Actually you bring up a good point. The Scream franchise definitely has the most good movies. 3 is the worst IMO but even then it's practically Oscar worthy compared to some of the worst from the other franchises. I just separate Scream from Halloween, Friday the 13th and Elm Street because those have more constant (and supernatural) main antagonists while it's a different Ghostface every time in the Scream movies.

 

[DyeLorean]

I just separate Scream from Halloween, Friday the 13th and Elm Street because those have more constant (and supernatural) main antagonists while it's a different Ghostface every time in the Scream movies.

Sure, yes yes. But as far as "horror franchises with a killer in an iconic/recognizable mask or face" Scream definitely belongs there. Halloween, Friday, Elm, Chucky, Scream, Texas Chainsaw and I'd argue Terrifier now is the latest that has a significant chance of being added to the (short) list.