Recommend some long-running horror movie series

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#1

I just finished watching all NINE of the “Hellraiser” movies on Netflix streaming, and enjoyed the hell out of almost 89% of them. Now I’m wondering what other long-running series of horror classics I should attack next?

A search came up with this thread, but it focuses more on dissecting the individual movies in a small number of classic series, all of which I’d already thought of. (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, etc.)

Any suggestions? Long-running (say, more than three) series, horror or horror/comedy, with enough substance to be worth investing a lot of late night TV time on. If you feel compelled to comment on which of the individual installments are good/bad/better/worse than the others, that would be fine, but certainly not necessary.

Thanks for any input!

#2

How about Evil Dead / Evil Dead 2 / Army of Darkness / recent Evil Dead “remake” for starters?

#3

The only single one I can think of without insane quality ups and downs is the Scream series.

My very favourite, however, is the Tremors series. From the sublime to the awful, I love each one of them.

#4

Saw
Hellraiser
The first three in The Omen series.

Here is a decent list of horror movie series.

#5

There are three or four Hannibal Lector movies, aren’t there? I don’t know if they’re on Netflix or not.

#6

Do they have to be movies? Buffy and Supernatural are fun, and will take up many hours.

#7

The Universal Frankenstein series

Frankenstein
Bride of F…
Son of F…
Ghost of F…
F Meets The WolfMan (you might want to watch The Wolf Man after Ghost & before this)
House of F…
House of Dracula
Abbott & Costello Meet F…

#8

I for one am surprised anyone liked most of the Hellraiser movies. They completely went off the rails around 3 or 4.

In my opinion most horror series peter out after a few good ones. You might want to try Friday the 13th, they remain pretty close to their source most of the way through.

#9

Five, if you include Manhunter

#10

That is the comment I got from most people who heard about my sojourn. But I have to differ. They certainly veered off into a few different directions, but I thought all but the last one were really quite good, each in their own way.

Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. I think I may go with Tremors, as I loved the first one. The *Phantasm *series is also on my radar, but they are difficult to track down.

#11

I was going to suggest the “Phantasm” series. The first is definitely a classic and a good variation from the slasher horror movies of that time.

You might also look into the “Underworld” series. I don’t know that I’ve seen them all, and they might be categorized as more “action-horror” than straight horror. But there seems to be some underlying theme/plot going on.

If you want to go full-on “action-horror”, then the “Resident Evil” series is more your ticket. It seems like each one tries to one-up the previous in terms of crazy monsters to fight, and they are a little more repetitive.

Not a series, unfortunately, but if you liked “Tremors”, I’d definitely recommend “Slither”. Similar horror with comedy mixed in.

#12

There are at least five Exorcist movies to see, although I haven’t seen the last two (that’s Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: A Prequel to The Exorcist). The first is a horror classic that holds up well, and the third is a worthy movie with some good scares. The second is a steaming pile of locust shit.