HORROR FILM SEQUELS That Deserve Another Stab!

Sometimes when you're going down the list list of horror film sequels, all you see are the ones that are bad. Then there are those HORROR FILM SEQUELS that go unmentioned because people seem to forget about them, even though they did well with critics. Horror fans may even not know about some HORROR FILM SEQUELS that deserve their place on the top shelf of horror.

Here are some of the most underrated horror film sequels that are actually really good and should be mentioned more often.

The original Halloween is a classic of the slasher genre that has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the best horror movies ever made. The sequel, Halloween II, is also well-regarded—but what about its successors? They are often seen as inferior to the first two movies, if they're remembered at all. But there are gems hidden among them.

Halloween III (or Season Of The Witch as it was originally called) is a cult favorite that has gained even more fans in recent years as people rediscover it for themselves. While it does not feature serial killer Michael Myers, it brings plenty of chills and thrills thanks to director Tommy Lee Wallace's inspired direction and Carpenter's brooding synth score.

This movie tells an original story about an evil corporation run by Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy) who plans on killing children everywhere using his popular line of Halloween masks which contain microchips that cause anyone wearing one during midnight on October 31st to die gruesomely at just 12 seconds past midnight! And once again he teams up with Dean Cundey who shot all three films together with Carpenter before going off on his own."

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2

There are a lot of reasons why this movie is good. It has a great dark tone to it and the subtext is very interesting too. It's a little bit more bold than the first movie and still scary (Freddy is still scary in this one!). The high point is the Freddy transformation scene, it's one of the best moments in the series and really pushed the Nightmare franchise forward.

This movie is definitely better than Nightmare 6 and the remake.

If you're like most horror fans, your first thought when you hear the words "Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning" is something along the lines of "Ughhhh". And I get that. It's a natural reaction. The fifth installment in a franchise usually doesn't have much going for it. But you know what? That's not true for this film.

In fact, "A New Beginning" takes Jason right back to where he started: a scary movie with an unknown killer running around with a machete, hacking up campers and counselors at Camp Crystal Lake.

Don't miss out on this underrated addition to the Jason Voorhees canon just because it doesn't star the "real" Jason!

Yes, the fifth installment of the Hellraiser series is direct to video. Yes, it's the first sequel not to feature Pinhead. And you know what? It's actually really good!

Inferno is a hybrid of Jacob's Ladder and Bad Lieutenant that sees a corrupt detective solving a series of murders by a mysterious killer who only appears in mirrors. This is one of those rare sequels that really does try something different, and it pays off. It's also nice to see some new monsters get introduced into the franchise—even if they don't look like cenobites.

So as you can see, there are in fact some horror film sequels that have been forgotten about and at times underrated, simply because people choose to forget about them for one reason or another. Maybe it's because they had a good first film prior to the next sequel and it was hard to live up to that. Maybe it just didn't do well at the box office. Whatever the case may be, sometimes you have to dig deeper into the world of horror film sequels to find the gems that are often overlooked.