There were gobs of trailers on the
Resident Evil: Degeneration DVD, including those for
Vacancy 2 and
Boogeyman 3. Here's but a few forthcoming sequels that I can think of without having to think:
- Vacancy 2
- Boogeyman 3
- The Grudge 3
- Feast 3
- Pulse 3
- Underworld 3
- The Strangers 2
- The Descent 2
This clearly begs the question: does
every horror film these days have to sprout a friggin' franchise? Sure, horror movies are famous for setting up the inevitable sequel, but geez...at least a "Part 3" indicated there was
some sort of iconic character or villain that made a film worthy of a franchise: Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Jaws. "Worthy", of course, is...you know, relatively speaking. I'm not saying that these sequels are necessarily any
good, or that any of these forthcoming ventures
won't be- it's just that the advent of the direct-to-DVD market has given virtually every film "series" potential.
What happened to the stand alone horror movie? Why, back in MY day, there wasn't a
Happy Birthday to Me Part 2:
Over the Hill and we LIKED it like that!
Let me state for the record, however, that I wouldn't be opposed to
The Ju-On Five.
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