10 Horror Movie Franchises That Need To End

4. The Amityville Horror

Unlike most franchises, The Amityville Horror didn’t start with a classic movie that Hollywood then spent four decades grinding into hamburger. It started with an ultra-hokey “true story” that wasn’t even good for laughs then became more and more ridiculous with each new picture.

The real Amityville is located on the south shore of Long Island, NY, and the name is free for any filmmaker to use, hence the existence of The Amityville Asylum (2013) and The Amityville Playhouse (2015) and most unforgivably Amityville Dollhouse (1996).

In among the straight-to-video detritus, you’ll find an actual film – well, a Michael Bay-produced 2005 remake that owes more to The Shining than the original 1979 movie. Speaking of remakes (or soft reboots or re-imaginings or however it's being sold) , the PG-13 Amityville: The Awakening is due for release in June 2017, some three years after it was shot. The omens aren’t good for this one, so start sharpening your knives now.