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Halloween, Friday the 13th, or Nightmare On Elm St.
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Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
An argument can be made that the first Nightmare on Elm Street is just as good. The only flaw with Nightmare on Elm Street is that the special effects don't hold up anymore.
Friday the 13th has hands down the best sequel out of all of them....
Halloween II and Nightmare on Elm Street II are both pretty wack. Friday the 13th II debuted Jason as the killer.
Notorioushnic
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All of the shyt you listed as being bad about the Halloween series isn't even close to how ridiculous Friday the 13th series became
nikkas acting like Jason X and Jason Goes to Hell didn't exist?
The Antagonist
Pro
Y'all aren't giving Halloween II enough credit here. That shyt is a solid sequel and could probably be in a top 5 list of best movies from all three franchises.
Also, I know I'm in a very small minority with this opinion, but Jason X is a top 3 F13th movie.
Like said before, Friday is the most consistent series.. to me there's only two really bad entries and that's part V and Jason Goes To Hell. Jason Takes Manhattan is weak, but has it's memorable moments.
The Nightmare franchise has three top notch movies in the series. The original, Part 3, and New Nightmare.. but everything else is below average to me.
Halloween is the best movie out of all the series, but the main downfall of the rest of the series is inconsistent timeline and continuity. Halloween II, IV and IV are all decent but when they just abruptly changed the whole storyline with H20 that's when the series became a mess. Not to mention Halloween V may be the worst movie out of all three series as well..
Also, I know I'm in a very small minority with this opinion, but Jason X is a top 3 F13th movie.
Like said before, Friday is the most consistent series.. to me there's only two really bad entries and that's part V and Jason Goes To Hell. Jason Takes Manhattan is weak, but has it's memorable moments.
The Nightmare franchise has three top notch movies in the series. The original, Part 3, and New Nightmare.. but everything else is below average to me.
Halloween is the best movie out of all the series, but the main downfall of the rest of the series is inconsistent timeline and continuity. Halloween II, IV and IV are all decent but when they just abruptly changed the whole storyline with H20 that's when the series became a mess. Not to mention Halloween V may be the worst movie out of all three series as well..
OGJOHNNY5
Sober Poster
Yep, many argue that Friday part 3 and 4 are two of the greatest horror sequels
Nightmare has way too many weak sequels, Part 2 was liable the gayest movie of all time ( Freddy in Space: Why Is Nightmare On Elm Street 2 So Gay!? ) and Freddy just becomes
after a while. The remake was ass too.
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Friday the 13th Part II
I'd say Halloween II barely cracks the top 10
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Yep, many argue that Friday part 3 and 4 are two of the greatest horror sequels
Nightmare has way too many weak sequels, Part 2 was liable the gayest movie of all time ( Freddy in Space: Why Is Nightmare On Elm Street 2 So Gay!? ) and Freddy just becomes
The only weak sequels Nightmare on Elm Street had were part 2, 5, and Freddy's Dead. There are just as many bad Friday the 13th films (which are arguably worse).
Nightmare on Elm Street 4 isn't nearly as bad as people make it seem. The biggest knock on that one is that it's when Freddy started to ham it up a bit too much.
I prefer Jason, but even I'll admit that the story surrounding him is weak compared to Michael Myers and Freddy. Dude drowned as a kid and is trying to kill camp counsellors. Nothing really more to it than that.
Michael Myers had a far better story and had more depth.
Freddy too, he also had personality and the whole dream thing was cool.
F13 got ridiculous when Jason became a zombie but some of the death scenes were still epic and you got to see titties...which...as a kid in the 80's was unheard of.
Michael Myers had a far better story and had more depth.
Freddy too, he also had personality and the whole dream thing was cool.
F13 got ridiculous when Jason became a zombie but some of the death scenes were still epic and you got to see titties...which...as a kid in the 80's was unheard of.
The first Nightmare on Elm St. was quite possibly the scariest movie I ever seen
I'm going with Halloween, I used to be scared of NOEst when I was a kid, saw it again in my teens and was like, 'this is pure foolery
' especially after ole girl booby trapped the house on some Home Alone steez
Box Cutta
Bumbling Sidekick
Nightmare, and for me, it's not even close. Halloween definitely gets props for introducing this type of film to American audiences and is clearly the most historically important film in the topic...but I have always been partial to the nightmare films. Friday didn't add anything new to the genre really...was just a clear Halloween jack.
Freddy is the most cerebral horror villain in one of the most cerebral Slasher franchises (To be fair, it does take place in dreams, so maybe it has an unfair advantage). Only Hellraiser is more of a mind fukk.
^ Show me a horror film more meta, self-referential, and creative than this.
Even the wack Nightmare films still have interesting imagery and are fun to watch...you can't say the same for the others imo. Freddy 2 gets the worst of it but honestly I felt it was
Nightmare is all about the creative kills, it's actually a bit like Saw in a way except that Saw has even less of a focus on plot (Well, the earlier films did, franchise eventually became this weird mystery character study type thing, but that's for a different topic).
Freddy is the most cerebral horror villain in one of the most cerebral Slasher franchises (To be fair, it does take place in dreams, so maybe it has an unfair advantage). Only Hellraiser is more of a mind fukk.
^ Show me a horror film more meta, self-referential, and creative than this.
Even the wack Nightmare films still have interesting imagery and are fun to watch...you can't say the same for the others imo. Freddy 2 gets the worst of it but honestly I felt it was
Nightmare is all about the creative kills, it's actually a bit like Saw in a way except that Saw has even less of a focus on plot (Well, the earlier films did, franchise eventually became this weird mystery character study type thing, but that's for a different topic).
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Nightmare, and for me, it's not even close. Halloween definitely gets props for introducing this type of film to American audiences and is clearly the most historically important film in the topic...but I have always been partial to the nightmare films. Friday didn't add anything new to the genre really...was just a clear Halloween jack.
Freddy is the most cerebral horror villain in one of the most cerebral Slasher franchises (To be fair, it does take place in dreams, so maybe it has an unfair advantage). Only Hellraiser is more of a mind fukk.
^ Show me a horror film more meta, self-referential, and creative than this.
Even the wack Nightmare films still have interesting imagery and are fun to watch...you can't say the same for the others imo. Freddy 2 gets the worst of it but honestly I felt it was
I think you're forgetting about Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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Oh and Cabin in the woods is more meta than New Nightmare.
This is me too. Now at 28, the Halloween and Friday 13 series does nothing for me. Those stupid punks full of Horror cliches deserve to get slice and dice. Rewatching the Freddy series is more enjoyable. The whole psychosis of a wise-cracked burnt demon killing you in the most gruesome epic ways in your sleep is unmatched to those other horror franchise.
The grosset Freddy kill, because I have a phobia with cockroaches and any insect period.
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The Antagonist
Pro
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Friday the 13th Part II
I'd say Halloween II barely cracks the top 10
1. Halloween
2. Nightmare On Elm Street
3. Nightmare On Elm Street 3
4. Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
5. Halloween II
......I was a lil nikka when I seen that movie in the theatre and when that scene happened....I started sweating.....
Dr.HannibalLecter
Tha Realest
Nightmare On Elm Street has the best possible horror movie premise, but the first Halloween is the best movie, easily. The soundtrack and camera work alone puts it in another category. And Friday The 13th shouldn't even be in the discussion.