10 Horror Movie Sequels You Probably Didn't Know Existed

Franchises and follow-ups may be the obsession in every corner of the movie industry right now, but there is nowhere quite like the horror genre when it comes to sequels. Just one film can sprout an entire run of further outings, no matter how bad they get.

This may have stopped with the likes of Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, but Halloween kept going into the 2020s, Scream 7 has just come out, and with a fourth Terrifier on the cards for 2026, who knows how many sequels there will ultimately be?

However, very few of these follow-ups are anywhere near as good as the original. Of course, there are some exceptions, but the majority fall short of such a target, either being forgotten immediately or coming and going without anyone actually realising.

There have been sequels to huge movies that have gone unnoticed, legacy sequels that fell completely flat, as well as those that shamelessly tried to cash in on the audience of a cult classic by releasing with nothing to do with what came before. The industry may be overrun with sequels, but that doesn't mean you actually have to pay attention to them.

When Anaconda released way back in 1997, it took a relatively strong cast, led by Jennifer Lopez off the back of her breakout role in Selena, and produced a fun if rather forgettable horror flick. In all honesty, it has never been more relevant than after Jack Black and Paul Rudd's 2025 remake.

With the picture receiving eight Razzie nominations, you'd be forgiven for thinking that was that for the franchise. However, Anaconda was actually a commercial success at the box office and spawned an oft-forgotten sequel seven years later.

A slight improvement on its predecessor with just one Razzie nom in 2004 (Worst Remake or Sequel), it somehow still made money, and opened the door for further films. Even if you remember Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, which brought back no characters from the original, you may not remember movies three and four in the series.

Not even getting a theatrical release, Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) and Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009) killed the franchise dead, and none of them were even worth a mention in the "spiritual sequel" of 2025. Not even a throwaway gag that Doug and Griff (Black and Rudd) would be ignoring the actual sequels.