8 Crazy Horror Movie Sequels That Almost Happened

The scariest part of these horror movies is that they were even considered at all...

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There's all sorts of trash that gets pumped out in the name of horror film. From the countless pieces of franchise bait to series with no end in sight, the phrase less is more doesn't apply when we're talking scary movies. Whether we like it or not, like an all you can eat buffet where you load up your chicken wings with every type of ice cream sauce because like hell are you getting back up for a second plate, more is definitely more. Even if it does make you sick.

And that means that whilst cinema is packed with magic and monstrosities alike, there's a fair share of films that get written without ever getting to the cold light of day just to churn out as many possibilities as filmmakers can. Sequels are set up, drawing on the most obscure threads of horror universes in an attempt to squeeze out another chunk of box office profit, but whether they actually land or not is up to the hands of fate.

The most weird, most wonderful, and most worrisome sequels are usually the ones we never got to see...

8. Beetlejuice 2: Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian

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Just when you thought Beetlejuice couldn't get any better, and you learn that they almost decked him out in a dad shirt and sunglasses and sent him on holiday to slap his special brand of nonsense on unsuspecting tourists. Beetlejuice 2 was supposed to be set in the tropical land of coconuts that is Hawaii, revolving around the Deetz family wanting to develop a resort that turns out to be built on top of an Ancient Burial Ground - as all the best spooky things are.

After plenty of shenanigans, Betelgeuse would be all riled up and eventually end the movie competing a surf competition: which perhaps is the one thing cinema has been missing all these years. So why the hell haven't we had it?

Instead of cracking on with the sleaze on a surfboard, Michael Keaton and Tim Burton went on their merry way to making Batman Returns, leaving the property to bounce around unattended until Kevin Smith pied it off and left it for dead. Thanks for nothing, everyone.

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