Best Horror movie franchise

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  1. Destruction and Mayhem

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    Halloween
    Friday the 13th
    A Nighmare on Elm Street
    Scream
    I know what you did last summer
    Insidious
    Sinister
    Omen
    The Ring

    I'm not terribly (no pun intended) into horrors, but every now and then i like a good scare.

    Thoughts?
     
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    Does the "Alien" series count as horror?
     
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    I think so. Scifi horror. But do you really want to put that in? Only the first three were good.
     
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    Some others to mention is

    Paranormal Activity
    The Conjuring
    Childs Play
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    Saw (puke)
    Night of the living dead
    Hellraiser
    The exorcist
    Poltergeist
    Amityville Series
    The Evil Dead
     
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    I quite liked #4, even though I know most didn't. It was just an oddball movie. Not like any of the others, but I enjoyed it for what it was. Hell, Ridley even gave a nod to it in "Prometheus".

    Either way, they're all "Grapes of Wrath" compared to most on that list.

    Which one of those other franchises had more then 2 acceptable films?
     
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    I felt 4 went in the realm of action movie.
     
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    There really aren't any good horror 'franchises', as usually it's one great horror movie, and then a number of sequels telling pretty much the same exact story again. But if I had to pick I'd go with...


    Phantasm
    Hammer Films Dracula series with Christopher Lee
    Universal Studios Frankenstein series with Boris Karloff


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    ILLUMINATI Roberto Duran

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    1. A Nightmare On Elm Street
    2. Halloween
    3. Alien
     
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    The Hills Have Eyes(the first movie for the original and the reboot were GREAT)
    Children of the corn
    The Omen
    Wishmaster
    Tremors
    Cube(Loved the first one)
    Candyman
    Wrong Turn
    Psycho
    Final Destination
    Jeepers Creepers
     
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    Good call. Loved those films!!!!!

    I would rank "SAW" as number 1, but not sure if they would be considered Horrors. They are more like thrillers.
     
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    You could say that about most movie-franchises.
     
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