Halloween, first one. The rest I could really care less. Its been a long time since I've seen the 2nd one, so maybe that one would still be good?

Elm Street, just the first one. I didn't like the others.

The 13th...never liked them. I'm not really much of a slasher person anyway. HOWEVER it has been two decades at least since i've seen the original. I suppose I could rewatch the first one.

Unnameable, I and II are both about equal.

Re-animater. Not sure. Maybe the second. Is that the one with the re-animated people needing to stay freezing?

Hellraiser. Hard for me to choose. 1st, 2nd, or 7(Deader). The first has an almost 'realness' too it. Probably because it was a simpler film. The 2nd was a lot of fun. The Doctor cenobite was awesome. Deader was also simpler, but the new locale and from what I remember the acting/story were really well done. To introduce someone to the series I'd show them the first one. For a bunch of people to watch together the 2nd, for watching by yourself or with one other person the 7th.

Poltergeist the first one. Lots of reasons.

Puppetmaster. I wish I could say which one, but I really haven't watched these since I was a kid. A rewatching will be done eventually.

Evil Dead. The first one. Shrug, just liked it more.

The Descent. First one, duh.

Gremlins, the first one.

Critters. I can't remember. Been so long.

I think i'll stop there before I end up posting a very long list.

Oh and Basket Case 1 definitely. An actor in Time's Square walking over a real homeless person, past real hookers and strip club/porn movie houses. Alas, never to be done again.

Some of those movies you listed are only two films, though.

Saw Insidious 3 before and loved it. Might be my new favorite of the series.

I say Insidious 3 rivals the original... the demon was definitely the best one of the series.

Very easily the best one. One of the scariest film characters in recent memory.

Friday the 13th- The Final Chapter ( loved the role of Tommy played by Corey Feldman, reminds me of myself at that age)

Halloween- Halloween 4: The return of Michael Myers (first Halloween I ever saw....on HBO late at night...was a very long night.)

A Nightmare on Elm Street- Dream Warriors! ( My all time favorite movie EVER! Named both of my children based off characters in this film)

Saw- original (never saw that ending coming)

Scream- original ( just cant top the perfection of the first)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- Remake 2003

Alien- Aliens

Phantasm- I've only seen the original

Evil Dead- Evil Dead

Child's Play- Part 2 (the showdown at the toy factory was awesome)

Final Destination- 2 ? (this is a big toss up for me....I watch 1-3 all the time and 5 occasionally, never watch 4 cause its so lame)

Segment in Anthology-Trick r'Treat- School Bus Massacre ( There's an awesome haunted house close to where I live that recreates the bus scene from the movie)

I Know What You Did Last Summer- original

Paranormal Activity- part 3! ( most interesting story line, and I tend to get the least motions sickness from this one)

Jaws- part 2 ( I watched this so many times I feel like I was one of the kids on those sail boats)

Poltergeist- part 2 ( I cant remember a time I felt more creeped out then when Kane was singing and then came to door and was yelling in the house)

Re-Animator-original

Tremors- only ever the first one, and it was great!)

Children of the Corn- original ( sadly I have seen them all)

Amityville Horror- part 2 The Possession ( it was always the most shocking to me)

Hannibal Lecter- Red Dragon

Ugh, yeah i've seen them all too.
Was Amityville Horror 2 the one with the doorway to hell in the basement? I thought that was fantastic.

I think it is, but the incest scenes in the movie are what I remember the most. I was so shocked when the brother and sister started hooking up.

Friday The 13th - the first one

Halloween - the original first one

A Nightmare On Elm Street - the original first one

Saw - never saw them

Scream - the first one

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - only saw the first one

Alien - Aliens

Predator - the first one

Phantasm - only saw the first one

::big grin::

Halloween - the original first one

A Nightmare On Elm Street - the original first one

Saw - never saw them

Scream - the first one

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - only saw the first one

Alien - Aliens

Predator - the first one
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It's been fun going back and seeing the responses to this question. Some answers were huge surprises for me. So, I'll have a go.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974- The original has been my absolute favorite movie for decades. So far, no other title has challenged that.

Friday the 13th - Pt two. It's Jason instead of mom, the potato sack mask/demented farmer Jason design is tops in the series if you ask me, and the kills are a hoot!!

Nightmare On Elm Street- The first. I love Dream Warriors and New Nightmare, but the first is a fever dream and is the scariest in the franchise.

Scream- The fourth. Yeah, I'm sure there's plenty to criticize about this entry, but it felt fresh, had some solid talent onscreen and the pace was outstanding.

Basket Case- I love the first one but I'm taking part two. Wicked monster designs, a house full of freaks, Granny Ruth, and Jason Evers from The Brain That Wouldn't Die? No question in my mind, the second effort is the most entertaining.

Halloween- The first one. Carpenter at the top of his game.

Evil Dead- Very tough to choose against part 2, but I will take the original Raimi film. Once things get rolling, it's borderline chaos and I like chaos!

Phantasm- I'll choose the first. I do think the four Phantasm films make up an incredible franchise, but the first set all that wonderful groundwork for madness that followed. It remains one of the most intriguing and utterly baffling movies I've ever seen.

Those the only ones you've seen?

Its been so long, I need to rewatch. You may be right that its the best one.

Yeah, just my opinion of course. I am a HUGE fan of the first Basket Case but part two takes the campy fun of the original and turns up the volume to eleven. As for the third film in the series, it's more or less a misfire, imo.
Let us know how the rewatch of pt 2 goes!

I don't think I saw all of the Basket Case films, or did I? Been so many years since I watched them.

As far as I know, there are three in the series. Most fans debate which is better between the first two, but I've never heard ANYONE say they liked part three. I feel like the third movie starts out promising enough, but derails pretty quickly.

I may have seen them all back then. I remember in the early to mid 90s how Cinemax showed a lot of lesser-known genre fare with the Basket Case films being among them.

Saw The Howling for the first time in full recently and enjoyed it. I've seen some of the sequels but don't doubt the first is the best. I remember 4 and 7 being awful, while 3 and 5 were okay from my memory. Never saw 2 or 6.

I would skip 2 and at least give 6 a try. The werewolf is terrible but the story's entertaining. Though considering you don't like 4 (which is one of my favorites), you may not agree with my opinion. ^^;

I'll see them all someday, even the bad ones. I always make it a point to watch every entry in a series.

Then I've got some Barbie movies you've got to see!

I really enjoyed The Howling, it is one of my favorite werewolf movies. I have actually been thinking of buying the entire Howling series for my collection. I will not only give every entry in a series a watch, but I will also add it to the collection purely for the sake of having it.

My hat off to you for that. I knew going in that Halloween 3 would suck and wouldn't have Micheal Myers in it but I watched it anyway. So I know where you're coming from on that.

I would get the collection of The Howling if they had an anniversary special edition or something and if I could afford it. Even though I already have 3 of them on DVD.

In my opinion, Halloween III was the best in the series after the original.

I hate that they don't have a single collection for all the Howling movies. It would make things much easier.

I've only seen the first three Halloweens. The first was amazing, I can't remember much about the second, and I remember the third decently. The third one is very different from the others as most of us know, but I think it was a great film. Creepy fun for a younger audience.

Spoiler for Halloween III:

I remember fondly the halloween mask a kid puts on to watch a commercial for that mask. His head becomes a monster pumpkin head, eventually his head thunking on the floor and him being dead. So rad.

Halloween III is really good but I treat it as a stand-alone film which IMO is how it should've been released. It could've been the beginning of a Halloween-themed anthology series which was actually the plan by John Carpenter before it's lackluster box office performance.

I'm surprised at all the love for H3. I remember being very bored and annoyed with the characters. For a stand alone it wouldn't have been too bad, but I find it bothersome it associates itself with the Micheal Myers story.

HOW ABOUT IT. I wouldn't care if they put in it all the worst sequels and the remake (which I surprised they didn't announce a collectors back with it's release as remakes always draw attention to the roots before their release). I just need them all in one epic pack with hours of bonus material.

Friday The 13th - Probably the first one. Also enjoyed JGTH for it's differences.

Halloween - Can't comment. Haven't seen any but #1 and one from a few years back...will update when possible...

A Nightmare On Elm Street #3 Seems to come to mind more than any other. Though the first one is pretty close.

Saw Only really liked 1 & 2. Things seemed to get rather convoluted after that point for me. I will say though, that #4 (That's the one that showed his "first kill" right?) was pretty decent too.

Scream Probably the second one. 3 and 4 had the weakest killers with the least reasonable motivations.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Another one I'm not sure which ones I have seen and not. The first stands as pretty classic to me. Some "new generation" one was terrible. I seem to recall seeing one of the earlier ones where two of the brothers attacked a radio station? That seemed a bit stupid.
Not really counting the new ones, having seen the latest - that sucked. I think I *may* have seen the one that told Leatherfaces origin prior to that, it was "not bad" but yeah I've found the great majority of tcm movies a bit weak.

Alien The first one. I mean the second may have been the best "action" film in that series, but the best film IMO is the first.

Predator Probably Predator 2.

Phantasm 1 & 3. Can't really remember much of the others.

Evil Dead The second one seems to get a lot of love, but the first always has been and always will be my favourite.

Hellraiser I liked the first one. Second and third were "ok" and the one about the origins of the toymaker was interesting but basically...yeah...not a series that's improved with age. Never saw the last two.

Child's Play - I really liked the second one, though in hindsight that may just be the most stupid entry in the original 3. I don't really count bride/seed, or whatever that last one was with the weird looking doll.

Final Destination

its mine best movies.
Friday The 13th

Halloween

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Saw

Scream

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 1st one

Alien - 2nd one

Predator - first one (haven't seen the third)

Phantasm - 1st one

Evil Dead - 2nd one

I love Saw movie.

Surely you've seen more than that?

I'm going through the Monsters TV series for the first time in years and am almost done with the first season. It can be slightly hit and miss but has many really good episodes with my favorites being The Match Game and Sleeping Dragon. Looking forward to seeing how the rest of the show stacks up.

Has to do with movie series... how?

Earlier I also added best segment of an anthology and best episode per season of a Horror TV series for variety.

The Monsters tv series has nothing to do with the two movies. The tv series are one off each episode of horror episodes. I can't remember much, but I believe they were fairly tame?

The only franchises I wouldn't say, "the first one," for would be Alien. (Alien 2). Evil Dead (I love the second movie...and the third). Probably Friday the 13th.

I've only seen pieces of any Final Destination movies, and I don't care for any of the Hellraiser or Texas Chainsaw movies.

So, yeah. The first one.

Interesting idea, but it is a topic for movies... Why not start a whole new topic in the TV show section and make a whole new list? The variety is very vast with shows old and new from Twilight Zone to Hannibal.

Agreed