10 Most Underrated Horror Movie Sequels EVER

No genre of film does a sequel quite like the world of horror. From the heyday of the slasher subculture, the emergence of Scream-influenced parodies, to the modern day popularity of found footage and supernatural scares, if there's a popular franchise to milk, the horror world will be on hand to exhaust every single penny out of it.

It seems like money is at the heart of every sequel released in the horror world, which has sadly led to more than a few duds being dished out over the years. From Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, to Scream 3, studios rarely show much care or consideration to a franchise or its fans when preparing a film, instead doing their best to push out a release date as quickly as possible and moving onto the next one.

There are, thankfully, some exceptions to this however. From expanding on the mysteries in earlier titles, letting characters loose after being in the shadows or introducing whole new tones and styles, there are plenty of horror movie sequels that are arguably better than their predecessors.

Here's our take on the top 10 horror movie sequels from all of movie history.

Leigh Whannell and James Wan's Saw might have been a surprising success, but it's £103 million box office against a $1 million budget meant that the announcement of Saw II just a year later was anything but a shock to see.

Saw II had quadruple the budget of the first film, and really does a good job in scaling everything up. Whilst Saw was mainly set in just one small bathroom, its sequel takes place in a big house with each room housing far bigger Jigsaw trials and traps. Saw was just as much a whodunnit as it was a outright horror film, however Saw II benefits in a lot of ways because audiences know who the killer is now.

And it's undeniable at this point that the franchise lucked out in casting Tobin Bell as the corpse in the first film, because he remains one of horror's most interesting and charismatic characters. Saw II features more Tobin Bell than any other film in the franchise, exploring his backstory, motives and genius by just sitting him down and letting him work his magic.

While the first film will always be remembered as a classic, Saw II deserves recognition for paying homage to its roots, whilst simultaneously making everything feel bigger and more box office.