I've already finished my reviews for the Friday The 13th series and on Halloween Candy I'm most of the way through the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. (On Halloween Candy you can already check out the first and second installments of my reviews for that series.) I haven't yet got hold of "Freddy Vs Jason", but perhaps I'll have it before I close the following poll in a week's time.
What I want from you is a suggestion as to which franchise I should review next. If you actually find my opinions on movies useful you could pick a franchise which you haven't checked out. Alternatively if you aren't too concerned about the scores I give then you could pick one that you think I would enjoy. In either case you can choose a maximum of two out of the following seven options provided in alphabetical order:
Child's Play
A murderer escapes the law by using voodoo to transfer his soul into a children's doll.
I've already seen the first and fourth film in this series, but with news of a new film on the way (and Brad Dourif coming back again regardless of whether it's a reboot or a sequel) it seems like a good idea to get up to speed. I thought the first film was okay, but I haven't watched it in a long while, while "Bride of Chucky" made it into my list of favourite horror-comedies. I must admit that the fifth and latest entry, "Seed of Chucky", is the one I'm really excited to watch, but I'm pretty keen to check out some more genuine horror titles featuring Chucky too.
Critters
Furry alien monsters like to eat, a lot, and get bigger as they do so.
Critters basically seemed to be a rip-off of Gremlins. Still, I loved Gremlins and there's twice as many Critters movies to enjoy. I've only previously made a half-hearted stab at watching Critters 3 while it was on the telly, so I don't think that was terribly fair of me. I can't imagine finding this series particularly dull.
Halloween
A guy in a white mask is not only a knife-wielding murderer, but is barely even human.
I've now seen the first two out of this series. Certainly I haven't provided a review for the second movie yet but I'm sure that I'll get around to reviewing this series of films eventually. Still, I'm a little concerned that the franchise may be all downhill from here. The first film seemed notably more impressive having become more familiar with the slasher genre now. Also I understand that, somehow, Dr. Loomis carries on making an appearance in later films. My consideration of the series will include the Rob Zombie remakes, making this a series of ten films (including the two I've seen so far).
Leprechaun
An evil leprechaun is, um, looking for his missing gold?
This series pretty much entirely passed me by. The whole idea of it just sounds ludicrous. However, having seen the trailers I am now quite excited about it. It doesn't even seem like the one set in space is the most ludicrous out of the six films.
(Video featuring all six trailer here!)
The Omen
The anti-christ is adopted by a rich couple.
I've seen the first of the Omen films, but I didn't realise until recently that the third movie in the series stars Sam Neill. I'm very keen on Sam Neill as an actor, particularly in his more creepy roles. I've already seen the remake too. Including the remake there are five films in this series.
Phantasm
Stuff happens involving aliens, zombies, flying silvery metal balls of doom and a big creepy balding man.
I've only seen the first one and while I didn't find it to be one of the best horror films, I did find it suitably bonkers. While I'm not sure what comes next in the following three sequels, I understand that the budget rises in the second film and there seems to be plenty of scope for the plot to progress. (Heck, absolutely anything could happen in the first movie, so what CAN'T they do in a sequel?)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A family of um... redneck cannibals (?) like to kill people, sometimes with chainsaws.
Now this is probably the only franchise listed here where I have seen absolutely none of the films at all. I have, however, seen some pretty heavy praise (on the basis of it's pure ridiculousness) for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation" starring Renee Zellwegger and Matthew Mconaughey on My Geek Blasphemy. I might include the remake, but I'm not going to include the remake prequel that followed it, so that makes this a series of five movies.
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