Tag: Slasher Movies
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Candyman (1992)
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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
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Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)
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Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
These Slasher sequels are supposed to be simple. Trot out a brace of clay pigeons, watch them all die one by one, tack on some stupid cliffhanger, and you’re all good to go. It seems impossible to screw that up, but by God, Mustapha Akkad found a way. Several, in fact. The first, Halloween 4, […]
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
By this point the Nightmare films were officially on auto-pilot, each one more profitable and less sensible than its predecessor. In terms of sheer dollars, the initial trilogy of Nightmares became a living refutation of the Law of Diminishing returns. The first grossed $25 million in theaters. Freddy’s Revenge pulled in over twice that. Dream […]
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
You all know the story, right? Friday the 13th Part VIII was both the most expensive and least profitable film of the franchise. Gee, I wonder if those two facts are connected somehow? Even if they aren’t, Paramount spent the late-80s and early-90s “restructuring” itself after a string of flops (like Friday the 13th Part […]