10 Bad Movies That Killed Great Horror Franchises

10. Jaws 3-D

Yes, Jaws: The Revenge is the worst film in the Jaws franchise, but Jaws 3-D is the movie which really killed this series.

Of course, Steven Spielberg's Jaws is one of cinema's greatest ever movies; a movie which is so often credited with ushering in the concept of the summer blockbuster. Following that classic was always going to be a tough task, but Jeannot Szwarc's 1978 Jaws 2 is a fantastic, oft-overlooked and underappreciated picture in its own right.

Jaws 3-D, though? Yeah, that's a rough, rough watch.

Caught up in the 3-D craze of the time, Joe Alves 3-D has aged awfully, but even more worthy of a mention is just how naff those 3-D effects looked back in comparison to contemporaries such as, say, 1981's Friday the 13th Part III.

This third Jaws effort did have a kernel of a good idea - an underwater park stalked by a toothy presence - but the execution was horrendous, with Bess Armstrong's Kay Morgan the only truly likeable character. Also, Jaws 3-D clearly missed the presence of Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary as Martin and Ellen Brody.

To its credit, the 3D aspect of this threequel did bring in a decent box office take from intrigued audiences... but the vast problems of the movie itself soured so many on the Jaws franchise.