Well nobody's gonna agree with this but I LOVE Cabin Fever 2! Well better than the first.
And that's my only one for me where the sequel is better than the original. Phantasm 2 does come close though.......

I believe Friday the 13th III to be superior to either of its predecessors.

I may like Paranormal Activity 2 slighty more than the first, I went through the series pretty recently and it held up quite well.

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The first film was released in 2009. That's not that long ago. The reason I say that is that when people say something like "I went through the series...it held up quite well", that usually implies that it has held up good despite being old. Personally, I think the first was far and away the best in the series. The first two sequels were not pretty good, but the first was brilliant. The fourth one was terrible, the fifth was better than the fourth, but not as good as I expected. At least it did not take itself seriously. I think the fact they introduced time travel is evidence of that. Overall, it's not a bad series though.

Aliens.
Army of Darkness.
The Devil's Rejects.
Dawn of the Dead.

I liked them all and even 4 was better than I remembered. I find 1 and 2 are pretty close for my favorite of the series.

I liked the TCM remake in 03 best

Not a sequel, though.

The Purge: Anarchy is an instant addition to any superior sequels list. Totally blew away the original.

I agree, it was better, but didn't think it was amazing. Entertaining though, and without the "no you di'nt" moments that made the original a bit hard to swallow.


I like the original better, but agree the sequel is underrated, and really super freakin gross.