# Movies that Have Sequels you didn't know about **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483 "2004-11-07T11:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/41 "2004-11-10T00:16:12Z")
As there is currently a remake of a pretty good movie, **The Stepford Wives (1975)**, I am surprised that nobody has mentioned any of the several TV movies sequels, **Revenge of the Stepford Wives** , **The Stepford Children** , or **The Stepford Husbands**. Perhaps Lifetime TV or their movie channel will grace us with a marathon showing sometime. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/42 "2004-11-10T00:34:22Z")
Iā€™ve seen a sequel to Universal Soldier (Jean Claude Van Damm and Dolph Lundgren) that was direct to video before the Bill Goldberg USII. It starred Burt Reynolds. Iā€™ve also seen on a UHF channel ā€œLook what happened to Rosemaryā€™s Babyā€ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/43 "2004-11-10T00:39:57Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > How is it that Americans seem to miss all these DTV sequels? Thereā€™s not a film of the last 20 years in this thread that I didnā€™t know about, and many of them are prominently displayed in UK rental shops. The same reason that most Americans think of Benny Hill, when they think of British Comedy, and not Dave Allen, because everybody tends to export their crap. (I mean, you donā€™t really think that every American owns a Slim Whitman or Boxcar Willy album, do you?) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/44 "2004-11-10T01:13:38Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > Iā€™m not sure if it was big, but it wasnā€™t that bad of a movie. Sure, it was no _2001_, but how could it have been? It was based on the book by Arthur C. Clarke and it was about Heywood Floyd and some Soviet astronauts exploring the abandoned ship near Jupiter. HAL is brought ā€œback to lifeā€ by his old programer to see if they can get any information. Yes it was big. It starred Roy Scheider as Floyd, and John Lithgow as a spaceship designer afraid of heights. It was reasonably true to the book, and there is a book, called **The Odyssey File** of the emails between Clarke and the director, Peter Hyams. TCM had a series of the favorite movies of various celebrities, and 2010 was on as the favorite movie of Larry King. He liked it more then 2001. Confirms everything youā€™ve ever thought about Larry, doesnā€™t it? Oh, and in line with the thread, there are at least two sequels to Psycho, one directed by Anthony Perkins, and all dealing with the tribulations of a ā€œhealedā€ Norman Bates. Saw most of one once. This doesnā€™t count the remake. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/45 "2004-11-10T01:20:15Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Oh, and in line with the thread, there are at least two sequels to Psycho, one directed by Anthony Perkins, and all dealing with the tribulations of a ā€œhealedā€ Norman Bates. Saw most of one once. This doesnā€™t count the remake. Thereā€™s four, the last one was a made for Showtime movie and was directed by Perkins. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/46 "2004-11-10T01:35:29Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Bring it on Again. I canā€™t bring myself to attempt it. At least not sober. Itā€™s not disastrously bad. It does feature a scene where the disheartened band of misfit cheerleaders learn the true meaning of cheer while helping the students defeat the crusty old deans in the annual croquet game. I mean, what more could you ask? ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/47 "2004-11-10T01:48:02Z")
Many years ago, I watched the abominable horror film **Silent Night, Deadly Night** on video and thought it seemed like they were setting up a sequel at the end. I didnā€™t think any more about it until several years later when I was at the video store and came across **Silent Night, Deadly Night IV**. Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/48 "2004-11-10T02:38:50Z")
Thereā€™s also a shitload of Howling and Children of the Corn sequels. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/49 "2004-11-10T03:16:13Z")
My roommate and I were discussing _Wayneā€™s World_ a couple weeks ago. She said, ā€œYou know, I like it a lot, but Iā€™m so glad they never did a sequel, because it would have just been crap.ā€ I had the misfortune of having to inform her they did indeed make a sequel. She cried for weeks. Another friend of mine absolutely loves _WW2_, even more than the first. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/50 "2004-11-10T03:19:53Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Thereā€™s four, the last one was a made for Showtime movie and was directed by Perkins. That one has Norman talking to a radio talk show host telling her how he got to the point he was at at the beginning of the first movie. Perkins played the adult Norman and the teenage Norman was played by Henry ā€œElliotā€ Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![Anthropomorphic\_Mouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Anthropomorphic\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anthropomorphic_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/51 "2004-11-10T03:47:34Z")
If youā€™re looking in Asia, you might see another weird trend ā€“ movies that are improperly labeled as sequels to completely unrelated movies! An example: There is a movie Iā€™ve seen in Korea labeled as ā€œLeon 2ā€ (ie. a sequel to ā€œThe Professionalā€??? ). Sure, it stars Jean Reno, but itā€™s more properly known as ā€œWasabiā€ ā€“ Jean plays a different character in a different story. I once saw a movie labeled as ā€œWildthings 3ā€, but it was a different movie entirely (I canā€™t remember which, but some low budget crime flick with B-list actors). Anybody else ever seen this trend? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/52 "2004-11-10T04:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Anybody else ever seen this trend? Itā€™s not just in Asia. From what Iā€™ve eard, **Prom Night 2** had nothing to do with **Prom Night** , and \*\*C.H.U.D. II \*\* has little to do with **C.H.U.D.** Heck, most of the **Howling** movies after #2 have nothing to do with any of the films preceding them, except in having werewolves. And **Halloween III: The Season of the Witch** has zilch to do with any of the others in the series, before or after it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/53 "2004-11-10T04:30:43Z")
Oh yeah, thereā€™s at least one sequel to Weekend at Bernieā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/54 "2004-11-10T14:25:13Z")
Caught **The Skulls 2** one time on Showtime. At least part of it. Sequel to that stupid frat movie. Didnā€™t see anyone from the first one in it. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/55 "2004-11-10T21:17:25Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Oh yeah, thereā€™s at least one sequel to Weekend at Bernieā€™s. Another has been rumored for years, but luckily I donā€™t think it will ever happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/56 "2004-11-10T22:21:01Z")
> [@Enola Straight](#): > > Iā€™ve seen a sequel to Universal Soldier (Jean Claude Van Damm and Dolph Lundgren) that was direct to video before the Bill Goldberg USII. > > It starred Burt Reynolds. Thereā€™s also a Universal Soldier 3, US2 wasnā€™t too bad as it was so dire it was funny, but US3 was just dull. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/57 "2004-11-10T22:28:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Only if you are smart enough to understand it. And only for 20 minutes. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/58 "2004-11-10T22:33:00Z")
> [@Anthropomorphic Mouse](#): > > If youā€™re looking in Asia, you might see another weird trend ā€“ movies that are improperly labeled as sequels to completely unrelated movies! > Anybody else ever seen this trend? Iā€™ve seen the movie _Takedown_, the story of the capture of Kevin Mitnick, listed in many places as _Hackers 2_. Aside from both having computers in them, theyā€™re not even vaguely related. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483/59 "2004-11-10T22:37:20Z")
> [@Anthropomorphic Mouse](#): > > Anybody else ever seen this trend? Well one I can think of is House II. The only thing it had in common with the other House movies was that it took place in a house. However, House II was by far, the best of the series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-sequels-you-didnt-know-about/273483.md?page=2)