8 EXACT Moments Classic Horror Franchises Should Have Come To An End

8. Jaws Ends With Brody Rescuing His Sons

For some reason, 1978’s Jaws 2 always tends to get bogged down as an awful sequel that tarnished its predecessor.

Is Jaws 2 as good as Steven Spielberg’s Jaws? Of course not. But Jaws 2 is a genuinely good movie on its own merits, and it works as a great sequel to the 1975 offering. It also happens to be the moment that the Jaws franchise should’ve come to a close.

As Chief Brody sails to the rescue to protect his sons and their pals from the threat of a giant great white shark, that is the moment where the Jaws series should have finished – with Brody electrocuting the shark, saving the kids, and then sailing off into the distance.

Instead, Jaws 2 would lead to Jaws 3D, which led to Jaws: The Revenge. For the latter two films, they saw the awful 3D of the ‘80s used, and The Revenge in particular was a bonkers feature that saw a shark have a grudge against the Brody family – despite each and every prior shark being killed off.

Considering just how brilliant the first two movies were, the Jaws franchise delivered two utter stinkers with its final outings.