20 "WTF Did I Just Watch" Horror Sequels
Rob Zombie's Halloween II is one of the weirdest horror movies you'll ever watch.
Few, if any, genres are as synonymous with sequels as horror is. When it comes to scary movies, sequels, prequels, requels, every-kind-of-quels are abso-freaking-lutely everywhere. To be honest, it sometimes feels difficult to think of any horror flick that doesn't have some sort of follow-up out there.
It's no controversial thing to say that horror franchises can get awfully repetitive, with many follow-ups playing it far too safe and failing to distinguish themselves from what came before. As such, viewers might sit down for a horror sequel expecting something familiar, but that's not always going to be the case. Sometimes, you'll actually get a movie that'll make you squawk "WTF?!" - such is the case with the following 20 films.
None of these movies were what viewers were expecting, instead delivering complete craziness that left everyone wondering what the bloody hell they just saw. Some of them are awesome, others rank among the worst horror pictures ever made, but regardless of how they turned out, at least they didn't just remix their predecessors. In the frequently samey world of horror sequels, that definitely counts for something.
20. Terrifier 2
The first Terrifier had little success, but Terrifier 2, on the other hand? That one absolutely blew up, becoming one of the most talked-about horror films of the decade thus far.
A lot of this is thanks to just how dementedly 'WTF' the whole enterprise is, which serves as a reminder that sometimes, to stand out in such a crowded genre, you really have to go for it. Firstly, franchise creator Damian Leone ups the surrealism by deploying an endless stream of unhinged imagery and ultimately concluding with main heroine Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) battling Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) with a magical sword.
Secondly, of course, there's the gore. Terrifier 2 doesn't just push the envelope, it throws the envelope in the shredder and sets the shredder on fire. This movie's ridiculously gruesome death scenes will have even the hardest horror fans feeling queasy, and there's a particular scene in a bedroom that's nigh-on unwatchable.
There are many flaws with Terrifier 2, and it is frequently distasteful, but it's difficult not to admire it at least to some degree. By going so freaking hard in every sense, Damian Leone made this sequel one of the unlikeliest horror hits in recent memory, and Art the Clown is now seared into the cultural zeitgeist forevermore.