10 Horror Movie Sequels That Had No Right To Be This Good

To some, the Friday the 13th franchise should've come to an end after 1984's The Final Chapter. After all, that was the movie that actually did the unthinkable and killed off Jason Voorhees.

While the following year's A New Beginning would reveal a copycat killer at its core - that being miffed paramedic Roy Burns, of course - '86 went and brought Jason back into the fold. To do so, the now-adult Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) heads to Voorhees' grave to check the brute is still dead. Clearly Tommy didn't take into account the terrible weather that would result in Jason being struck by lightning and reanimated...

Why did Part VI: Jason Lives have no right to be as decent as it is? Well, it basically took a giant dump on the previous two entries in the franchise, walking back the concept of the series' killer being dead, bringing him back in such a bonkers way, and served up a movie that rehashed the tired tropes - as in, Jason murdering generic pretty young things just, well, because - that had caused the franchise to become stale.

Still, thanks to Mathews' memorable turn as Tommy, a slew of brilliantly gory kills, and some great one liners, you have a film that's one of the very best - to some, the best - outing for this franchise in its 11-picture (plus one crossover) run, to date.