When audiences catch phrase of a Hollywood sequel to a blockbuster film, they really feel pleasure and concern. The enjoyment comes from seeing the continued story arc of beloved characters, and the concern pertains to the dread that is felt when the sequel not solely would not dwell as much as the unique however fails miserably.
Whereas the viewers nonetheless yearns for well-made follow-up movies, many sequels by no means ought to have seen the sunshine of day. These worst blockbuster sequels rank among the many most evident offenders.
1. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Picture Credit score: Common Footage.
This film would not have disillusioned many followers and critics with a distinct title, however the world won’t ever know. Halloween (1979) and Halloween II (1981) revolve across the seemingly invincible serial killer Michael Myers and his prey, Laurie Strode. The plot of Halloween III entails youngsters’s masks with an historic curse hooked up to them, so neither character seems within the film, breaking the storyline arc from the primary two motion pictures.
2. Jaws 2 (1978)
Picture Credit score: Common Footage.
Steven Spielberg’s Jaws(1975) not solely thrilled audiences from the beginning but in addition had the right Hollywood ending, with moviegoers cheering as in the event that they defeated the shark themselves. That triumphant ending made this sequel (and the remainder of them) pointless.
Bruce the Shark delivered in Jaws, however Bruce Two seemed like a mechanical shark pretending to scare swimmers, water skiers, and boaters within the uninteresting sequel.
3. Poltergeist II: The Different Facet (1986)
Picture Credit score: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
For an thought of the awfulness of Poltergeist II, neither the director (Tobe Hooper) nor the producer (Steven Spielberg) of Poltergeist (1982) had something to do with it, and boy, did it present. The suspense and soar scares current all through the unique did not exist on this sequel. The scariest factor onscreen occurred when Craig T. Nelson’s character, Steve Freeling, drinks a worm from the underside of a bottle of tequila and regurgitates it as a large slug.
4. Poltergeist III (1988)
Picture Credit score: MGM/UA Communications Co.
It nearly appears unfair to place this film on the record because the surprising and premature demise of Heather O’Rourke (Carol Anne) affected the story improvement and filming. Nevertheless, your entire closing product deserved to remain on the reducing room flooring. A franchise that begins with a legitimately horrifying haunted home storyline devolves right into a retread of the primary and second movies about evil spirits chasing an harmless little lady.
5. Grease 2 (1982)
Picture Credit score: Paramount Footage.
If viewers contemplate Grease (1978) some of the memorable movies to return out of the Hollywood studio machine, then Grease 2 fails miserably in residing as much as its predecessor. As a substitute of the great lady falling for the robust man and altering her persona to impress him in Grease, the great man falls in love with the robust lady and modifications his persona to impress her in Grease 2. The primary movie has problematic themes, however at the very least it has a catchy soundtrack.
6. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Picture Credit score: Warner Bros.
Exorcist II: The Heretic goes so removed from the unique movie that solely Linda Blair’s presence connects the 2. The Exorcist (1973) set a excessive normal for supernatural horror flicks, and this debacle of a sequel embarrasses itself by making an attempt to offer an unneeded backstory of the demon Pazuzu. Every part about this film, the story improvement, the performing, and the script, says unadulterated mess. Since launch, it has loved the doubtful distinction as one of many worst blockbusters–and worst motion pictures–ever.
7. I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time (1998)
Picture Credit score: Sony Footage Releasing.
I Know What You Did Final Summer time (1997), a reasonably respectable horror film, obtained a nasty rap because of its post-Scream (1996) launch date. The sequel, with a formulaic, color-by-the-numbers script, low cost frights, and the truth that viewers might establish the villain from the soar, makes you surprise why a studio bothered with this movie besides as a fast money seize.
8. Primary Intuition 2 (2006)
Picture Credit score: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Sharon Stone reprises her position as suspected assassin Catherine Tramell, however this time round, she’s taking her homicidal tendencies abroad to the UK. Whereas the primary Primary Intuition achieves notoriety for a number of causes, most notably the police interrogation scene, the sequel barely registers a blip on the filmgoer’s radar. The inconceivable plot and 14-year span between the movies doomed it from the beginning.
9. The Crow: Metropolis of Angels (1996)
Picture Credit score: Miramax Movies.
After Brandon Lee’s tragic demise on The Crow (1994) set, the movie turned a becoming tribute to his life and legacy. The Crow: Metropolis of Angels feels reasonably low cost and dirty, capitalizing on the tragedy surrounding the primary movie and doing a horrible job at it. Vincent Perez had the unlucky process of fulfilling the lead position after Lee and did not stand an opportunity of success. In addition to, the movie lacked something resembling originality.
10. Velocity 2: Cruise Management (1997)
Picture Credit score: twentieth Century Fox.
The primary Velocity (1994) befell on a bus that needed to go over 50 mph, or else it might blow up, however the sequel takes place on a cruise ship. Precisely how briskly do these large ships transfer? They definitely do not journey sooner than a bus, so how does velocity issue into the narrative? The thought fails to dwell as much as the identify, and Keanu Reeves did not star in it.
11. The Grudge 2 (2006)
Picture Credit score: Sony Footage Releasing.
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002) and its 2004 English-language reboot introduced a contemporary perspective to the everyday haunted home and supernatural movie genres. The Grudge 2 did not provide a lot of something apart from mediocre particular results. Viewers of the sooner motion pictures already know what to anticipate, so there isn’t any aspect of shock, and the connection to the 2004 movie felt pressured.
12. Staying Alive (1983)
Picture Credit score: Paramount Footage.
What made Saturday Night time Fever (1977) particular got here from Tony Manero (performed by John Travolta) completely channeling the kinetic power of the disco period. Not surprisingly, the sequel, with its Nineteen Eighties post-disco setting, lacked that very same magic. Had the studio launched a disco-themed sequel inside a 12 months or two of the unique, that will have made extra sense than this flick.
13. Son of the Masks (2005)
Picture Credit score: New Line Productions Enterprises.
The minute Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz opted to not seem within the sequel to The Masks (1994), the studio honchos ought to have known as it a wrap. Additionally, the truth that it took 11 years to make after the primary one ought to have clued them in to pump the brakes. As a substitute, they produced a film unworthy of the primary one. Apart from missing the skills and chemistry of Carrey and Diaz, Son of the Masks did not have any of the weather that made the unique movie a enjoyable experience.
14. Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
Picture Credit score: Columbia Footage.
The Blue Lagoon (1980), primarily based on a novel written in 1908, tells the story of two kids rising up alone and into maturity on a abandoned island. The plot appears far-fetched, nevertheless it carried out nicely sufficient on the field workplace. The 1991 sequel, rehashing a lot of the identical storyline, proved equally ridiculous however bombed with audiences. A horrible sequel to an already unhealthy film not often seems nicely.
15. Caddyshack II (1988)
Picture Credit score: Warner Bros.
Thought of by many one of many funniest sports activities comedy motion pictures ever made, Caddyshack’s (1980) cult basic standing has rather a lot to do with its robust forged of funnymen, together with Invoice Murray, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, and a sly gopher puppet. With solely Chase and the gopher reprising their roles, the unfunny Caddyshack II unsurprisingly sank like a stone.
16. Main League II (1994)
Picture Credit score: Warner Bros.
Main League (1989) hit a shock house run with audiences as a result of nobody might have predicted {that a} film a couple of group of misfits enjoying for the fictionalized model of the Cleveland Indians would accomplish that nicely. Attempting to recreate the magic of that movie did not work with the weak jokes and phoned-in performing. They need to have left nicely sufficient alone and stopped on the first film.
17. Piranha II: The Spawning
Picture Credit score: Saturn Worldwide Footage.
Not gonna lie, the foolish theme of the unique Piranha film from 1978 about genetically modified fish consuming each human that dared to swim in Misplaced River Lake did not set the movie as much as win awards, nevertheless it did not take away from the film’s leisure issue.
However a sequel about murderous piranhas with the power to fly? Come on now. Thankfully, director James Cameron achieved larger heights than his debut movie.
18. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
Picture Credit score: twentieth Century Fox.
The raunchy, lowbrow humor of Revenge of the Nerds (1984) mirrored the comedic stylings of the period, which did not resonate with critics the way in which it did with audiences. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise provided extra of the identical however in a distinct setting with even worse lowbrow humor. In as we speak’s local weather, neither movie would get made, and that is one thing to have a good time.
19. Downside Youngster 2 (1991)
Picture Credit score: Common Footage.
A dreadful film like Downside Youngster (1990), a couple of completely unlikable child who’s a pervasive hazard to the people (and a pet cat) round him, ought to by no means have come to fruition. However film studios do what they do – chase that greenback – and coughed up an equally terrible sequel about not one however two unlikable youngsters. Let’s hope and pray a reboot is not within the works.
20. Teen Wolf Too (1987)
Picture Credit score: Atlantic Releasing Company.
There isn’t any manner this sequel might have gotten off the bottom, particularly with out Michael J. Fox within the starring position. The plot of Teen Wolf (1985), a couple of highschool scholar who morphs right into a werewolf with an distinctive expertise for basketball, would not make a lot sense, however the situation of Teen Wolf Too, about his collegiate cousin werewolf with boxing expertise, made even much less sense.
21. X-Males: The Final Stand (2006)
Picture Credit score: twentieth Century Fox.
In all equity, the ultimate movie of the primary trilogy is not unhealthy, nevertheless it disappoints after the greatness of X2 (2003). Seeing a number of predominant characters getting killed off or morphed into people modified the film for the more severe, and the script felt too self-congratulatory. This early set up of the X-Males collection might have and may have ended significantly better than it did…and given its field workplace haul, it’d really qualify as the worst blockbuster sequel ever.
22. Terminator Salvation (2009)
Picture Credit score: Warner Bros.
Typically, a film franchise overstays its welcome by churning out horrible motion pictures after earlier successes. That is the issue with the Terminator franchise. Viewers beloved the primary two motion pictures, and the third fell off. The fourth, Terminator Salvation, with an excessively difficult plot, uninspired performing, and no Arnold Schwarzenegger, wasted viewers’ money and time.
