Top 10 Worst Horror Franchises 

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I feel bad for Jonathan Breck. The dude clearly loves playing The Creeper but the films never do him justice.

The fact that some of these franchises have such an ICONIC first movie, then completely fell off HARD with the sequels smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

Jeepers creepers is one of my favourite horror movies and it’s an absolute shame how the franchise went

Nothin hurts my heart of my inner child more than the lost potential of what could’ve been with jeepers creepers.

My heart is gonna be both broken and understanding if Friday the 13th made this list. 😬

I'd love to see a Top 10 worst comedy franchises and worst Action franchises

I think i speak for everyone when i say, that you need to give us a definitive Children of The Corn ranking list. Full details, Complete break downs. We need this.

Maybe if Jeepers Creepers was directed by perhaps James Wan, Guilermo Del Toro, or Wes Craven, it would have been more talked about than it really is. Wes Craven I think could have made the Creeper even more of an iconic horror monster and given fans the story of Trish and the dad teaming up together to find out about the origins of the Creeper and figuring out how to kill him once and for all. It’s unfortunate about the icky infamy that surrounds the actual director, because the Creeper had so much potential to become an icon. Justin Long, Gina Phillips, Ray Wise and Jonathan Breck are pretty much still the reasons to even watch the first three movies. Jeepers Creepers Reborn also had so much potential to be better than Jeepers Creepers 3, especially since Victor Salva wasn’t gonna be involved with the making of the movie. And yet, turned out to be worse than Jeepers Creepers 3.

jeepers creepers couldve been huge, the only one who made me scared to take the trash out as a kid because i just imagined him flying in outta no where

Paranormal Activity is essentially, watch nothing happen to people you don't care about.

When it comes to Jeepers Creepers, i definitely feel like it should get a Never Hike Alone style fan film especially since i saw an interview with Jonathan Breck saying he would play the character for almost nothing. He also ranted on Reborn in that interview which was nice

I'm genuinely shocked that the Amityville series didn't make the list

The Lost Boys would make my top 10, and it's definitely my number 1 pick for "it shouldn't have been a franchise" after watching what they decided to do with the two sequels

The fact Michael Caine missed excepting his Oscar to film Jaws the revenge is still one of the funniest stories to me. Great list man as always

Love how Texas Chainsaw is lower on this worst list than Critters. Even though it’s been years, I’ll never get tired of Bryan talking about his love of Critters, his hatred for Texas Chainsaw, and the crap that Cody, CP, and Sean continue to give Bryan for making them have to watch the Critters films.

As much of a die hard Halloween 1978 fan I am, an argument could be made for it with the messy timelines and the fact that while some of the sequels are enjoyable movies, none come close to the original. Halloween 3 is the second best but the anthology route was abandoned.

Pinhead’s look in Revelations never fails to make me SCREECH with laughter. Looks like in a few years’ time, there will be another entry to this list … “Oh bother.”

1. Children Of The Corn 2. Puppet Master 3. Leprechaun 4. Silent Night Deadly Night 5. The Blair Witch Project 6. The Howling 7. Wrong Turn 8. Jeepers Creepers 9. The Exorcist 10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The issue for me as well is that with too many of the Hellraiser sequels beyond the third is that they were not written as Hellraiser movies and to better sell them, they forced "Hellraiser" into the story, so it doesn't work as a coherent story.

Jeepers Creepers and the second movie are the only watchable ones.

I imagine Saw X single-handedly saved the Saw franchise from being on this list

Horror movies seem to be notorious for having absolutely garbage franchises. Most horror movies are not built for sequels, if it works it works, but look at a lot of the shit they're doing cause they just run out of ideas. It's a horror movie, the monster will always win, the people will always die. There is just not much deviation you can do with it

Bro not to like.. contradict you. But. There are 23 Amityville movies. That has to be the worst through volume.

Was half expecting Halloween franchise for number 1 just to troll “those fans”. Great list

Critters was actually written before Gremlins but didn't get the greenlight until after Gremlins was a hit.

I'm surprised you've never brought up the Puppet Master series. It's got a staggering 15 films in the franchise, all of varying degrees.

Only films I like in TCM is the remake and The Beginning. The OG peed me off as a child because of Franklin and I just haven't enjoyed any of the others I've seen. Great video 👍💜🐾😊

Some other “great” horror franchises to check out: - Puppet Master - Gingerdead Man - Evil Bong - Silent Night Deadly Night - Tremors

For someone that’s a huge fan of horror there sure are a lot of movies you don’t actually like. Two more bad franchises are The Howling and Amityville Horror. I can’t believe how many Amityville movies there are and most suck

I recommend reviewing The Good The Bad and The Ugly Seven Samurai Lawrence of Arabia Once Upon a Time in The West(1968) The Bridge on The River Kwai Yojimbo Rio Bravo all the classics of the 60’s and 70’s

1. Wrong turn (loved the original the rest are terrible) 2. The return of the living dead (again the first one is one of my favorite horror comedies but the rest are terrible) 3. The grudge (I just couldn’t get into any of these. Thought they were terrible) 4. The exorcist (1 and 3 are awesome but the rest are either meh or terrible) 5. Hellraiser (after the first 4 films this franchise went really downhill) 6. Blair witch (how this became a big franchise I’ll never understand) 7. Jaws (first 2 are the 2 best shark movies ever but 3 and 4 are so bad it destroys the franchise) 8. Children of the corn (they literally have tried and tried and have missed every single time. The original first 2 films are decent but the rest are terrible) 9. Poltergeist (the original is awesome and the rest are bad) 10. Jeeper creepers (literally biggest missed franchise of all time)

The JAWS franchise has a special place in my heart even if it doesn't compare in the slightest to the original masterpiece. It was my first horror movie franchise growing up and even if it does get worse with each film, it has a lot of merit to it. It's also a rare franchise where each installment, good or bad, keeps that nostalgic and gorgeous atmosphere feel to it from the original to the end so it is still respectable in that regard. With that being said, I will say that even though JAWS is my favorite horror movie, it's franchise is not my favorite horror movie franchise (that's going to like Final Destination I think)

The one thing that really shocks me about Children of the Corn franchise is how they always get strong "B" actors to be in there films and do nothing with them. How do you get Michael Ironside, the leader of Rasczak Roughnecks, and not use him in your crappy horror movie (7th film in)? The man can do horror. He was in Scanners for crying out loud.

I'd personally add Sleepaway Camp to this list. While the first film is a fun schlock-fest with a legitimately good twist ending, the sequels are just plaint obnoxious. The first movie worked because despite being really poorly-made all around, you can tell there was an earnest effort behind it which adds a lot of unintentional humor. The sequels are all bad on purpose, which rarely translates as enjoyably in my opinion.

The Howling franchise should have def made this list

Jaws is my favourite film of all time, but I can’t argue the Jaws franchise deserves to be on here. Jaws 2 is a boring rehash, Jaw 3D is so bad it’s good for me but still technically a awful movie and Jaws The Revenge is the film I hate the most, kinda like you and Sean with Alien 3 Cody, keep up the great work love ya stuff

Hey man, I’m a big fan of your channel! I love hearing you chat about films and I always appreciate your honesty. Keep doing what you’re doing! I think I have a good 31 for 31 idea that you and the rest of the crew would have fun with.. how about a ranking of 31 best Stephen King adaptations? He’s my favorite author and I think there is a wide enough variety of quality and genre throughout his works that will make it fun. Just an idea, which I’m sure you get a lot of these! What do you think?

Every time I remember that Michael Caine was in Jaws IV it send me into a tailspin!!!

you saved me Cody from wasting my money on the "WRONG TURN" series, i was considering on buying the all in one set, but between listining to my gut, then seeing your review episode, i changed my mind, thanks again.

Got some food for thought for ya Cody. My least favorite horror franchise is the Ring. You're probably wondering how. To summarize: •There are actually 13 films. •The series has as many attempts to reboot as Texas Chainsaw Massacre, except the series flip-flops between timelines. So the 4th movie might be from timeline A, the 5th from timeline B, the 6th is back to timeline A, the 7th is timeline C. •Some of these movies commit absolute cardinal sins when it comes to horror movie sequels and bad decisions. •Worst case of sequelitis ever since the timelines steal ideas from each other. The Ring is a sleeping giant when it comes to bad franchises.

I couldn’t agree with you more about the 1974 original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the 2003 remake Cody! They are both bone chilling, terrifying, and really worth all praise and accolades from audiences and fans of both films. Critters, Tremors, and Leprechaun definitely belong in the list among the worst horror franchises aside from The Exorcist and The Omen (I really love the original of both but I’m not a fan of the sequels to both franchises. Sleepaway Camp is a guilty pleasure of mine but the sequels are really not worth watching in my honest opinion. I’ve never seen the original all the way through the runtime but i was not expecting the worst to be the Children Of The Corn franchise.

Let's see, I expect to see Poltergeist, Hellraiser, Aliens, Predator, Jeepers Kreepers, Texas Chainsaw, Exorcist, The Grudge, Wrong Turn, hell there's plenty to choose from

Hurts seeing TCM on here but that leather & chainsaw can only carry so much Children of the Corn the worst movies of all time (why can’t they just get 5-6 devious kids to kill 3-4 cool people ?!?!?!) …

100% with you on first 2 jeepers creepers films watched them when I was young kid so I can also separate the art from the artist as well

The wrong turn series is really bad but it was so much fun watching cody reviewing the franchise.

I don’t necessarily disagree about The Exorcist’s inclusion on this list. But I have to point out that I thought The Exorcist TV series was excellent.

1. The Amityville Horror (aside from a few, this is a rough franchise to get through) 2. Children of the Corn (a few movies I enjoy but how is it so hard to do this right) 3. Hellraiser (aside from 1-4 and the 2022 film, this is a franchise that misuses it's title killer) 4. Paranormal Activity (after the fourth film, they started sucking) 5. Jaws 6. Slumber Party Massacre

I’d be interested in seeing Cody put that Babbel sponsorship to the test and eventually post a video entirely in Spanish. That will definitely prove that Babbel is a good and worth it service 😂🤣😂 kind of just kidding 😉

Jaws started an incredibly significant trend in horror franchises, which I call "The Worst Sequel Until the Next One"

I don’t understand how there are so many Children Of The Corn movies like I don’t think there was really anyone out there demanding more Children Of The Corn, never mind 11 movies of Children Of The Corn.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Final Destination. Those movies dropped downhill after the first one due to the bad cg effects, the contrived deaths, and the downright bad characters with very few exceptions

"Before I get into the last three,..." I could just hear Jay screaming at Mike on Wewatchedamovie,... "I KNOW YOU CAN SPEAK, SPIT IT THE F**K OUT!!" 🤣🤣🤣

Still sitting on my Jaws The Revenge island alone...eating cookies...GUILTY AS FUCK LOL I think it honestly has to do with the fact that it was the first I saw and I saw it as a child. Those visuals stuck with me. As an adult, I can see its ridiculousness, but GOD I love it. Jeepers Creepers is STILL one of my favorite horror movies of the 2000s. Its one of my favorite creature movies. Reborn...what they did to that movie was a travesty. I think my worst would be: Children of the Corn Amityville Horror Puppet Master Wrong Turn Hellraiser Exorcist Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leprechaun Alien (Save for 1 and 2) Pet Semetary

You should do update video from 2021 of Worst horror sequels since you watch Wrong turn 5 and 6 maybe because watching you suffer the wrong turn movies is funny and entertaining to watch Cody.

The best thing the children of the corn gave us was that episode of South Park that spoofed it

The creeper is such a terrifying and unique creature. The first film was amazing. Truly fear inducing. Should've stopped there 😂

“This list is bullocks” - Bryan Lomax 11:50 Also Cody, don’t you forget you had Critters 2 above where Bryan had it and the original just a few spots behind Bryan. I think you actually love this franchise without knowing it ;)

I'm glad to see that NONE of the best horror franchises are put in here by Cody: Saw, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play and Conjuring. :)

Please please please please please please please I'm begging you to Review my favorite movie the mothman Prophecies it's so underrated not many people even know it exists but please cody please just give it 1 watch

Was beginning to think Children of the Corn wasn't going to make the list. Those movies suck! I love King, but that story has been done to death!

as soon as i saw the notification i knew Hellraiser would be on it 😂 there's just so much shit they threw at the wall and there's legit only 2/3 great movies and 3 dumb fun ones. and it's sad how much they fumbled the bag with Pinhead because he's BY FAR the most under-utilized horror villain. glad the remake at least brought back the threat of the cenobites and i wouldn't mind seeing a sequel

Top 10 worse horror franchises 1- Children of the Corn 2- Hellraiser 3- The Exorcist 4- Texas chainsaw massacre 5- Leprechaun 6- Jeepers Creepers 7- Child's Play 8- Wrong Turn 9- Jaws 10- The Howling

Seeing how bad jeepers creepers fell off after the second film absolutely will haunt me forever 🤣 Had so much potential.

I remember when you kept getting Victor Crowley and Victor Salva mixed up on one of your Jeepers creepers reviews. I actually discovered you from your Hatchet reviews my senior year of High school

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎬 *Introduction to Worst Horror Franchises* - Introduction to the top 10 worst horror franchises. - Acknowledgment that not every horror film or franchise has been watched. - Criteria for inclusion based on personal viewing experience. 02:10 🌐 *Sponsorship: Babel Language Learning App* - Promotion of Babel language learning app. - Personal goal of becoming multilingual. - Highlighting Babel's effectiveness in starting to speak a new language in 3 weeks. 03:35 🤷‍♂️ *#9 - Exorcist Franchise* - Acknowledgment of the original Exorcist as a celebrated horror film. - Personal preference for Exorcist 3, considering it one of the best horror films. - Criticism of other entries in the Exorcist franchise, particularly Exorcist 2: The Heretic. 05:55 🦈 *#8 - Jaws Franchise* - Praise for the original Jaws as one of the greatest films ever made. - Disapproval of sequels, especially Jaws: The Revenge. - Questioning the rationale behind extending the franchise beyond the original. 07:53 🚗 *#7 - Jeepers Creepers Franchise* - Acknowledgment of the controversy surrounding the director, Victor Salva. - Positive view of the first Jeepers Creepers movie. - Harsh criticism of Jeepers Creepers 3 and Jeepers Creepers: Reborn. 11:53 🦔 *#6 - Critters Franchise* - Recognition of Critters as a Gremlins ripoff. - Decent appreciation for the first two movies, emphasizing their B-movie charm. - Criticism of Critters 3, Critters 4, and the Netflix entry for being subpar. 14:29 🍀 *#5 - Leprechaun Franchise* - Acknowledgment that Leprechaun knows it is low-hanging fruit. - Positive reception of the first Leprechaun movie. - Disapproval of later entries, especially Leprechaun: Origins. 16:35 👻 *#4 - Paranormal Activity Franchise* - Declaration of not being a fan of found footage. - Acknowledgment that the concept of Paranormal Activity was interesting. - Personal preference against found footage as a subgenre. 16:48 🎬 *Blum House's Paranormal Activity Franchise* - The Paranormal Activity franchise, a massive success for Blum House, explores an interesting concept but struggles with repetitive patterns. - Each movie spends about an hour with minimal plot development, followed by a brief, intense climax. - The franchise keeps itself alive by avoiding answering key questions, making it a challenging experience for viewers. 18:41 🤝 *Patreon Support and Video Ideas* - The video is a Patreon pick, showcasing support from patrons who contribute to the channel. - Patreon supporters suggest video ideas, and a poll determines the topic for the month. - The Patreon community helps sustain the channel, allowing for content improvement and diverse video topics. 19:37 ⛓️ *Hellraiser Franchise* - Hellraiser is a widely criticized horror franchise with significant issues and a lack of understanding of its appeal. - The franchise's initial entries, especially the first few, are acknowledged for unique elements and gore. - However, Hellraiser's later films devolve into generic thriller/cop mystery scripts with minimal connection to the franchise's core elements. 25:08 🔄 *Wrong Turn Franchise* - The Wrong Turn franchise is criticized for descending into formulaic slasher filmmaking with gratuitous violence. - While the remake is praised for its unique direction and commentary on culture, many entries in the series are considered low-quality. - The franchise is a mix of enjoyable entries and examples of the worst in slasher film making. 26:44 🌽 *Children of the Corn Franchise* - The Children of the Corn franchise is described as monotonous, repetitive, and one of the worst horror franchises. - Despite attempts to review and rank the films, the lack of distinct plot points and positive aspects leads to abandonment. - Children of the Corn is deemed unnecessary for reboots, having exhausted its premise with no new elements to explore. Made with HARPA AI

It’s honestly very hilarious that you compared the 4 Jeepers Creepers movies to the 4 Jaws movies in terms of quality because Victor Salva, aside from being a [REDACTED], was actually a HUGE fan of the first Jaws movie. Apparently, it was recorded that he saw Jaws 56 times in the theatre.

I don't care what anyone says. The Puppet Master franchise makes Children of the Corn look like a masterpiece

the only one i really disagree with here is paranormal activity. It certainly has some bad entires particularly 6 and 4. But I find the pace to perfect for building existential dread and I wish more movies had the subtlety that PA has when building up its horror vs alot of the movies nowadays that feel the need to have something crazy happening every other minute.

Wrong turn is easily top 5 greatest horror franchises

Yessss my dude. The 2003 Texas chainsaw is my favorite of all of them. Alot of "gate keepers" hate ok early 2000s horror but some of my favorites are in that timeframe

The Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre was entertaining as hell.

I think "The Grudge" movies are terrible, and "The Human Centipede" ones.

My picks would be Wishmaster, Pumpkinhead, The Howling, Species, Return of The Living Dead, Prom Night, AND Sleepaway Camp. My reasonings? Pretty much all these franchises had a solid first entries only to be followed up with awful sequels, which is a shame since some of them had genuine potential (if they even needed another movie at all...)

It’s truly remarkable how a film like Jaws IV can end up as an unintentional masterpiece 😂 ☠️ 🍤

Yep, Children of the Corn is the worst franchise. It just went no where. None of these franchises went anywhere or really added anything to the early movies. I'm grateful you didn't add the Night of the Demons franchise. The first two movies are pretty much accepted, but the third one had very little to do with the first two. It was just pointless nudity, a weak script and bad performances.

The Texas chainsaw. And the exorcist. Did not need cycles in my opinion.

I'm surprised that Black Christmas didn't make the list for ya

Hi Cody, have you thought about checking out the new movie called "ISS"? Seems somewhat interesting of a story but heard it didn't play out like that on screen. Love the vids btw I watch them all!

I kinda fell out of Film-RU-vid due to the overwhelming negativity everywhere, but I still love this channel. So relaxing and fun to listen to you Cody, keep up the great work!

The exorcist franchise is a shambles. BUT, I highly recommend The Exorcist series. Holy fuck season 1 is basically my timeline in my head, it is a great carry on of the original film in my opinion

Halloween has to be number 1. I thank DGG for giving it some respectability but I grew up on the THORN garbage.

As a giant fan of the first two Jeepers Creepers, i choose to ignore 3 and 4. They need to retcon everything. Bring on a full cast that can stick around 3-4 movies and create a coherent and contiuous story. And finally not wait X amount of years between each iteration. Those are just some basic suggestions. I know Hollyweird ignores conistent storytelling and actual art for more reboots and prequels etc.

It’s almost like you could have titled Exorcist 3 “Legion” and made only one Exorcist film.

My friend whos just recently started getting into horror came back to me and said TCM was his favourite franchise and my mind was blown! Especially cause hes seen all the Evil Deads😂 He has yet to watch any of the Nightmare or Chucky films though ☺️ Great video Cody!

Cody, bit off topic but have you watched the tv show named From? It’s on mgm+ I think it’ll be something you’d like. It’s a similar premise to lost but with vampire like creatures and other horror stuff.

I knew Leprechaun was gonna be on the list but im ride or die with the first one and Returns and the Leprechaun is my 3rd fav horror icon behind Chucky & Pinhead

Extremely controversial choice and I don't think ANYBODY will agree with me, but: Scream. The opening scene of the original with Drew Barrymore is absolutely ICONIC, but - just my personal opinion here - it all goes to shit after that.

When you showed the guy getting thrown at the camera when you started talking about Paranormal Activity, my heart jumped, that and the ending where demon katie comes at the screen terrifies me and is the one reason I would rather watch the Blair Witch project, and I know you don't like the Blair witch project, but this is my preference if i wanna watch any horror movies.

Great list Cody! :) Yeah, from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, I only like the original, the 2003 remake and some bits of The Beginning. To me only the original good Exorcist-movie is the first.

Funny you should mention Spanish because I like learning new languages, too! I particularly like Spanish myself. I used to take a couple Spanish classes in middle and high schools but I'm not really fluent in Spanish. I've learned a little more Spanish from using my Google Nest Mini, but not a whole lot more. I've heard that Babbel is good for learning another language, so I'll give it a try sometime! Meanwhile, let's see if you can guess what this Spanish phrase means in English: "¡Confinamiento Solitario en la Cárcel Estado!" How about this one? "¡Biblioteca Silenciosa!" Or lastly, this one: "¡Amanecer de los Muertos!" I know how to say some dirty things in Spanish, too, but I won't do that here! Please mention me in a future video if you don't mind! I'm curious as to if you know what those Spanish phrases above mean in English! I do! I use them a lot when I mess around with my Google Nest Mini personal assistant! Hint: the last one is the name of a great movie when it's translated to English!

I'd argue the Exorcist is one of the only franchises that has a negative number of good sequels. I know how much you love 3 and I'm a big fan too, but it seems to be guilty by association.

Personally I would include The Wishmaster and Tremors series of films. Both started out with a lot of potential and just got worse with the following releases. I loved that the first Wishmaster film makes a lot of nods to other horror series of films and their directors. Also, how could you miss the rapid decline of George Romero's zombie films with his last ones going straight to DVD?

For me, the number one worst horror movie franchise is one that almost everyone disagrees with me on, but honestly I don't care. I have nothing but seething hatred for the "Alien" franchise. The first film is a masterpiece of cinema! There is absolutely no reason it needed sequels. Once Cameron decided to cash in on the success of his first Terminator movie, it all went to crap.

It wouldn't be a Cody vid without at least 2 uses of "low hanging fruit", hehe.

Great List Cody! Here's my Top 15 Worst Franchises: (That have 4 entries or more) 15. Wrong Turn 14. Hellraiser 13. Leprechaun 12. The Howling 11. Exorcist 10. Jeepers Creepers 9. Puppet Master 8. Anaconda 7. Amityville Horror 6.V/H/S 5. Insidious 4. Ghoulies 3. Critters 2. Tremors 1. Children Of The Corn

16:02 Can confirm, watched all of them in a week last October and seriously contemplated stopping about 10 minutes into Leprechaun in Space. Thankfully I survived.

I think the lesson here is to not let original masterpieces be ruined by awful sequels. When i see Star Wars fans complain about newer entries, im like "dude I survived Jaws 3D." 😂

I expect Children Of The Corn to be swiftly usurped the minute the sequel to Winnie The Pooh Blood And Honey emerges. 😉

You know you watch too many of your vids when you know Children of the Corn and Wrong Turn are automatic 1 and 2 on your list lolz.. and its deserved