10 Movie Franchises With No Bad Sequels

6. Evil Dead

The Evil Dead 1981
New Line Cinema

Sam Raimi's original Evil Dead trilogy is pretty much perfect - a spectacular, maximalist blend of horror, comedy and action that announced the filmmaker and star Bruce Campbell to the world.

The Evil Dead might be the greatest indie horror movie of all time, extracting all the terror and fun possible out of a budget of $375,000. Raimi innovated on this formula with Evil Dead II, which upped the slapstick elements of the previous film and cemented Ash Williams as a horror icon. Army of Darkness flipped the wheel even further, with Raimi developing a medieval adventure comedy where Ash battles the Deadites in a bid to return to the present day.

Although not guided by Raimi, the 2013 Evil Dead from Fede Alvarez was a rip-roaringly good time that upped the body horror and scares, albeit at the expense of some laughs. While not the same beast as the original Evil Dead films, it's still a great entry in the series, and one that has been followed up expertly with Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise.

Throw in a fun TV show in Ash vs The Evil Dead, and you're left with probably the most consistently great horror franchise ever created.

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