10 Horror Movie Franchises That Forgot How To Be Scary

Steven Spielberg's first major release spawned the era of the blockbuster and, alongside, Star Wars, changed the landscape of the cinema world forever. This comes as somewhat of a surprise, considering that while Jaws has elements of the action-adventure genre, it is certainly a horror film. And it's one that is still actually scary. Due to budget limitations and effects issues, Spielberg was forced into a POV shooting style that still brings about a sense of dread.

The sequel, while not as successful or critically loved, can be generally considered a reasonable follow-up, hewing closer to the teen-slasher films of the era. At least it attempted and occasionally succeeded at a few jump scares.

Then came Jaws 3D, a film producers were already considering to be a spoof before shooting it, knowing any sort of actual continuity would be an absurdity. They went the serious, and wrong, route, anyway, capitalizing on the 80s 3D craze. That it's not just silly but boring, with bad dry-for-wet shots and lame effects, spelled the end of scary killer shark movies.

Then came part four, The Revenge, a film incomprehensibly bad it's undoubtedly on every "worst of all time" list. The shark is rubbery, homicidal and it roars. The shark roars.

Whereas Spielberg's film had audiences claiming they wouldn't even get in a swimming pool post-viewing, Revenge had audiences giggling at obvious continuity errors and absurd logic.