10 Incredible Follow-Ups To Iconic Movies (That Nobody Saw)

It's safe to say that no matter what William Friedkin produced after hitting it big with The Exorcist, it was going to be difficult to reach those same heights.

Four years after permanently scarring the masses, Friedkin returned with the anxiety-inducing thriller Sorcerer. Adapted from Le Salaire de la peur (The Salary of Fear to us none French speaking people), this is the second film adaption after the 1953 film The Wages of Fear.

Sorcerer tells the story of four outcasts who when brought together are assigned the dangerous task of transporting a cargo truck full of aged and unstable dynamite. The slightest mishap could trigger the dynamite at any time, killing them all. However the truckload of dynamite is not the only volatile thing aboard the truck. Tensions between the four men slowly build as the obstacles become bigger and more hazardous, reaching a fever-pitch in the third act.

Sorcerer did not fare well with audiences or critics; garnering mostly negative reviews and making only 9 million dollars worldwide against a budget of 22 million. Thankfully modern critics have revisited the film and can unanimously agree that it's a brilliantly tense thriller that will have your palms sweating throughout.