10 Horror Franchises That Ended Too Soon
Some horror movies still have some unrealised potential...
In the realms of horror, so often it's hard to stop a tale or premise at just one movie. Instead, that solitary movie ends up becoming spun into a whole new franchise for the genre.
Of course, some properties end up overstaying their welcome or descending into complete and utter farce, yet other properties manage to go from strength-to-strength with each new movie. There's always the danger, mind, that each new film runs the risk of diminishing what made the franchise so popular in the first place, but that's a risk that studios and filmmakers have been more than happy to take over the years.
While Friday the 13th has had 12 outings, Halloween has had 11 movies (and counting!), Hellraiser has had ten offerings, and A Nightmare on Elm Street has seen Freddy Krueger slither his way to the silver screen on nine separate occasions, there are other franchises that have been left a little short changed.
Not every franchise or film series has been afforded the chance to reach its full potential, and so often fans have been left clamouring for another picture or two in franchises that they've thought were brought to a premature end.
Here, then, are ten such horror franchises that ended way too soon.
10. 28 Months Later
Jarringly, the desolate streets showcased in 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later have recently struck a chilling likeness to streets across the globe as countries embark on various forms of lockdown.
In terms of another outing for the Danny Boyle-helmed property, Boyle himself has been talking about a third movie - which he indicated would be 28 Months Later - since as far back as the 2007 release of 28 Weeks Later.
While Boyle's semi-regular mention of doing 28 Months Later has resulted in nothing concrete in the 13 years since the last entry in the franchise, it now seems even more unfathomable that a third film will be on the table going forward.
It's hard to imagine that a post-apocalyptic, infection-driven film will be at the top of the agenda for any serious filmmakers or studios in the immediate future - that being due to this supposed fiction sharing eerie elements of very real life here in 2020.
Still, once the world gets back to some sort of even semi-normalcy - however long that may take - there are still going to be those horror hounds holding out hope that Danny Boyle will finally get round to putting 28 Months Later together.