12. Scream 4

 

April 15th 2011

Budget: $40 Million

Box Office Gross: $38,108,928

 

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Average: 7.653

 

 

At #12 is "Scream 4" which honestly is a surprise, honestly expected this to be a lot lower and somewhere in the region of low top 30, but the scores speak for themselves and the last minute 11 gave it a huge boost from it's original peak of #15 to here. This was the 4th and final movie in the Scream franchise and also marks Wes Craven's final directed movie before his death earlier this year. While overall reception to this is rather mixed and it didn't make a big impact at the box office, it's still a pretty solid sequel. For starters it's much better than part 3, and not quite as strong as the first 2. All three of the original stars return one last time, with Neve Campbell being fully available this time and quickly settles with ease into her role of Sidney, along with the ever fantastic Courtney Cox as Gale Weathers whose back on full form and of course David Arquette as the ever wonderful Dewey. All the Scream films always poke fun at certain aspects of the Horror genre, the first one with Slasher movies, part 2 with sequels and the 3rd one was trilogies and the movie industry and part 4 pokes fun at remakes. This also has the biggest body count of the entire series with a whopping 14 deaths and as always we get a memorable supporting cast with Emma Roberts playing Jill, Sidney's cousin who really shines, but it's Hayden Pantettiere who gives the standout performance as film buff Kirby. This movie isn't without it's faults though, like firstly 2 of the cast Sidney's aunt wasn't very fleshed out and Jill's boyfriend doesn't really make an impression. Then there's the ending scene at the hospital which felt a bit out of place. But other than that this is a solid effort and marks a fitting end to the Scream series.

 

 

Edited October 11, 20159 yr by Acidburn

11. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

 

 

August 5th 1998

Budget: $17 Million

Box Office Gross: $55,004,135

 

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Average: 7.807

 

 

At #11 is the last of the Halloween sequels to feature here, leaving only the original left "Halloween H20" which was the 7th instalment in the Halloween series and marks the 20th anniversary of the first one with it's original star Jamie Lee Curtis returning and almost all the production team behind the original also coming back. John Carpenter didn't return as director due to wanting a larger fee of $8 Million, due to him not earning much on the first one, despite it's massive success. This time Steve Miner took directional duties and does delivers a really solid effort which definitely ranks as the best sequel. This came about after Jamie Lee Curtis herself approached the film studio with the idea of Laurie Strode facing Michael Myers one last time, as the 20th anniversary was coming up at the time, they would have probably planned something anyway and due to the lacklustre performances of some of the previous sequels Halloween 7 would have been a direct to video movie, but with her involvement this movie got a lot more backing and after the mess of the previous sequels parts 5 and 6, this brought a much needed boost to the franchise. But this also ignores the events of part 4 to 6 and instead follows on from part 2. Although there was one element missing that would have made this perfect and that was Donald Pleasence who had died after the Halloween 6, which was so sad and no doubt if he was still alive he would have definitely returned. But the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers was awesome and this should have been the end to the original series, which Jamie Lee Curtis herself intended, but because this made big money, another sequel followed 4 years later which basically put the final nail in the coffin for this franchise. This also features a cameo from Janet Leigh who starred in Psycho and is also Jamie Lee Curtis, which was a fun nod as well as the acting debut of Josh Hartnett who played her son. It was thanks in part to the success of the Scream movies that made this possible, as the Slasher genre were dead during the early 90's, but in 1996 all that changed and they became popular again and this successfully cashed in on the revamped genre.

 

 

10. A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

 

 

November 1st 1985

Budget: $3 Million

Box Office Gross: $29.9 Million

 

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Average: 7.833

 

 

At #10 is "A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge", the 2nd movie in the Freddy franchise and now only leaving 2 left, part 1 and 3 (which are the best ones). To be honest It took me a while to warm to this, but while it isn't as strong as the first one, it's still a pretty strong sequel and I'm glad that they kept the creepy tone the first one had and even though we see a lot more Freddy this time, he's still has that terrifying presence. This is a pretty odd entry as the franchise was still finding it's feet at the time and the director of the original Wes Craven didn't want to turn his movie into a money making franchise, so he opted out. When I say that this is odd I mean firstly that this is the only time that we have a male protagonist and having Freddy trying to take control of him and get back into the real world. Then there's the gay subtext that underlines this movie with the male teen seemingly struggling with his identity and in one scene when he's with his girlfriend and freaks out and goes to stay with his best friend. In all this is one of those entries that tend to get ranked differently depending on your point of view. So yes this is a good entry that keeps the creepiness factor which gets lost in later sequels and while this doesn't rank as one the best, I'd put it somewhere in the middle.

 

 

 

Edited October 26, 20159 yr by Acidburn

09. Friday The 13th Part 2

 

 

May 1st 1981

Budget: $1.25 Million

Box Office Gross: $21.7 Million

 

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Average: 7.9

 

At #9 is "Friday The 13th Part 2", the 2nd movie in the Jason franchise and also the first to introduce Jason as the killer and would continue that way throughout the rest of the series. Originally this wasn't to follow on the events from part 1 and instead keep the title and have different stores based on the Friday The 13th superstition. But the surprise ending of the first became so popular, that they decided to continue the story. Storywise this picks up 5 years after the events at Camp Crystal Lake, where Jason takes revenge on the sole survivor who killer his mother and starts picking off more campers at a nearby camp. This definitely ranks as my fave of the lot, for not only containing my fave final girl Amy Steel who gives a fantastic well rounded performance as Ginny, it also contains some fantastic memorable kills including the spear through the couple in bed and the machete in the face. They were both featured in an earlier slasher movie "Blood Bath" in 1976. This also repeats the tension from the first one in several scenes and does it very effectively and in all this ranks as a very worthy follow up.

 

 

 

 

08. Friday The 13th Part III

 

 

August 13th 1982

Budget: $2.25 Million

Box Office Gross: $36.6 Million

 

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Average: 7.944

 

 

At #8 we lose another Friday The 13th entry, leaving only one left in the running. This is the first in the series where Jason first gets his iconic hockey mask, which would become both his trademark throughout the rest of the series. This like part 4 was intended as the end of the trilogy, but due to it's high box office gross, more sequels followed. One of the original drafts of this was to have Amy Steel comeback as Ginny and have Jason track her down in a hospital killing off staff and patients, but due to Halloween II having the same story this was scrapped and Amy Steel chose not to come back to the role. This was also gonna be the first time where the final girl dies, where after she falls asleep in the canoe and goes back to the barn and Jason opens the door and chops off her head with a machete, but actress Dana Kimmell thought that was too violent, so a different ending was used where she survives. The scene was shot, but never released, but there are productions photos of it online. This was actually the 4th movie in the franchise I had seen as I'd only seen 1,2 and 8. But a friend of mine had it on video and he offered me to buy it from him and I saved up my pocket money and bought it and never looked back. This definitely ranks as one of my faves in the franchise and has all the right ingredients that makes this series work. Okay the 3D gimmick wasn't fully used to it's potential but there are some great kills here including a harpoon in the eye, the eye pop, guy getting chopped in half while doing a handstand, are all highlights. Plus we have the loveable Shelly character who Jason gets hockey mask from and final girl Dana Kimmell is also another strong female lead. So in all a fun brainless popcorn fun.

07. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

 

 

October 1st 1974

Budget: $300,000

Box Office Gross: $30.8 Million

 

 

 

Average: 9.000

 

 

At #7 we say farewell to another franchise "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", the oldest movie to feature in this countdown and definitely ranks as one of the alltime best, none of the other sequels even compare to the brilliance of this and it still holds up very well today, with it's gritty realism which is something that lacks in all the others in this series. Released in 1974 and gave birth to a new era of horror movies and based loosely on the real life crimes of Ed Gein and with a limited budget of just $300,000 thousand, this became an massive success raking in over $30 million at the box office and caused nothing but controversy upon it's release, it even got banned in a few countries. I remember seeing this for the first time when I was a teenager and was just on the edge of my seat the entire time and has a sense of realism to it and the chase scenes were terrifying along with the over the top dinner scene which does make you cringe. So finally this definitely ranks as one of the best horror movies of all time.

Halloween 5 :( my fav one

 

and as much as I admire Courtney Cox's fringe in scream 3 it definitely deserves to be the lowest one. Scream 1 to win 💕