20 Movie Franchises That Carried On For Way Too Long

11. Final Destination

The Movies: Final Destination (2000), Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006), The Final Destination (2009), Final Destination 5 (2011) Though they weren't great movies by any means in terms of writing or acting, the first three movies in the series featured expertly-staged 'accidents', with Final Destination 2's freeway pile-up the high-point for the entire franchise. Inventive death sequences and creepy Tony Todd cameos kept the series treading water, but each new installment seemed ever-more unnecessary. The addition of 3D should have given the franchise a new lease of life with the misleadingly-titled The Final Destination, but the extra dimension was far too gimmicky and the end result was the worst entry yet. Despite featuring a definite article in the title, you can never keep a good horror franchise down and a mere two years later the fifth (and again reportedly final) entry was released, ironically to the best critical reception of the 11 year-old series. Despite increasing repetitiveness, the release of the final two movies in 3D provided a boost in box-office takings, so I'm not entirely convinced that the series can be totally written off just yet. With a familiar, marketable concept and over $665m in the coffers so far, I wouldn't be surprised if The Final Final Destination was announced anytime soon.