Anyone care to have a say on the best horror follow up?

[snowbeast323]

Ok I didn't want to say sequel here because as we know some horror series' have many more than 2 films.....so what horror follow ups (or Sequels if you must) do you like?

My personal favourites are:

Psycho II-IV
Friday the 13th II-IV+VII
Sleepaway Camp II-III
Halloween II
and....
Dawn of the Dead

Anyone....?

[x666x]

I agree with F13th, Sleepaway Camp 2, and Halloween 2.

Can we consider Aliens as SciFi Horror at least.

Night of the Demons 2
28 Weeks Later
Wrong Turn 2
NOES 3
Demons 2
ROTLD 2
Hannibal
Blind Dead 2

[YottNik]

Friday the 13th Part 2 is probably my all time favorite film, let alone follow-up.

[Jimbo]

Bloody Murder 2
Dr. Orloffs Monster

And most Universal Monsters (Dracula,Frankenstein, Creature etc..)

[vampyr789]

all of the Friday the 13th sequels except (8-10)
Sleepaway Camps 2-4
Halloween 2
Child's Play 2
Dawn of the Dead
Evil Dead 2 & Army of Darkness
Bride of Frankenstein

[russweiss]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Evil Dead series yet. I also liked Underworld and it's sequel and look forward to the third film. Also the Terminator films (at least the first two) although they may only be considered sci-fi and not horror. Hammer's vampire and frankenstein series. Paul Naschy's Waldemar Daninski werewolf films. The Blood Island films.

[Workshed]

Troll 2
:joshua:

Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Ghoulies II :banana:
Day of the Dead
Resident Evil: Extinction
Underworld: Evolution

others already mentioned:

Halloween II
Evil Dead II
Dawn of the Dead

[DVD-fanatic-9]

I won't defend it like Deadly Friend, but Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. I've already expressed that I love the film with a passion. A white-hot intensity that burns like 1,000 suns! I still don't know why no one else doesn't love the film like I do. I guess they're too busy expecting it to fall into a little catagory or bend to the assumed rules of the series. But I like films that break away from whatever people think a series has to be. I like things that are different. Always have, always will. There's nothing worse than the same thing over and over again!

I'm also a huge fan of Leprechaun 2 and 3. I don't know how to defend those movies. I just found them a fucking hoot from start to finish. Never fail. Those things put a smile on my face 10 miles wide!

Bride of Chucky is almost a masterpiece. For anyone who didn't quite understand what worked so well technically (and it was a rather style-less film, very industrial, very gritty in some places), Bride is a genius work of black comedy and is the first movie to finally break the writer Don Mancini out of his closet (in more ways than one). No restraints placed on the sexuality, no bad moralizing of the main characters (in this case - Tiffany and Chucky, not Jesse and Jade), and it finally satirizes bad road movies and the tired old "Bonnie & Clyde" routine so many movies picked up after Bonnie & Clyde.

I think Demons 2 is a lot better than the original. Even if it is cheesier. And the music on the whole isn't quite as good. Or the gore. But it's more suspenseful and exhilirating. And I like more upbeat endings any and every time.

I love Psycho's II, III, and IV. They're all either intelligent, disturbing, or incredibly stylish. They're kind of underrated in a way. They get a lot of attention here on the boards, but they don't seem to spring to minds in fans and get the big fullblown fan attention on sites with pictures and sound clips and they're so interesting with a lot to say. And have their share of good gore and creepy moments and style. Especially that throat-slitting in part III and the slit wrists. Amazing special effects work there.

As far as Nightmare goes, the same boring 2 and 3 a lot of other people like too. The acting in 4 is atrocious and the writing is sappy and stupid. But the style is enough to kind of get me through that. I also quite like the music they did for the film. So, I'll watch parts of 4 if not the whole thing. But literally, if anyone else is around me when I watch it, I will wince and cringe at so many of the line readings. This movie kind of set a standard of bad acting in the series.

I like quite a few parts of Amityville (1992): It's About Time. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth has some bad moments but is very entertaining. Critters 2: The Main Course is another enjoyable sequel, if not taken too seriously. Ghoulies II is good mean-spirited fun.

The cringe moments come fast and furious, but I will sit through the entire Children of the Corn franchise. I don't know how I get through it, but I do. There is an incredible style to those movies. I'd love to see a remake to that series done right. To fix the bad acting and the really melodramatic, bad-biblical dialogue. It just sounds campy coming out of the mouth of a kid!

Of course - Gremlins 2: The New Batch. A full-on masterpiece. Halloween II is a really good-looking movie with a great sound design / an amazing score, I thought. As for Halloween III, it's not as good as either of the first 2 movies, but there are scenes I like a lot. Also - Poltergeist III. Not a great plot or anything, but technically it's very well made. The special effects and mechanical effects are really impressive in my mind opinion. Easy to overlook that horrible actor with the curly hair playing Lara Flynn Boyle's love interest!

I also thought Howling III: The Marsupials was a great movie. I didn't know the director had such a cruddy history. He really directed the much-hated 2nd movie??? Your Sister is a Werewolf?? Which I was dying to see but procrastinated, now Netflix took it off their Instant viewer. But I really liked it - except for the stuff with the pouch. I think it worked brilliantly though, because it was so disgusting I couldn't watch, yet sweet and sensitive. But it was so revolting!!

Island of the Alive: It's Alive III. That's a great one. Completely undervalued and underrated! I also like parts of Sleepaway Camp 3 a lot, but won't put it on my list perse. And who could ever forget Troll 2??

Then of course, there's the Scream sequels. More thriller oriented than horror. But they both have some very good scenes. "I wanna know what happens!! I wanna know what happens!" "Wait for the fucking movie!!"

[vampyr789]

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. I've already expressed that I love the film with a passion.

gotta love when Jason punches that guy's head off...:D

Of course - Gremlins 2: The New Batch. A full-on masterpiece.

i second that

Then of course, there's the Scream sequels.

i love the sequels...that must be why i bought the box set. i don't understand why people don't like them...they're just as good as the original!! i

[spawningblue]

Friday the 13th 2-7
Halloween 2-5, 7
Dawn of the Dead
Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness
Sleepaway Camp 2
28 Weeks Later
Return of the Evil Dead, Night of the Seagulls
Child's Play 2
Psycho 2 (Haven't watched 3 and 4 yet)
Amityville 2: The Posession
Nightmare on Elm Street 2-5, 7
Silence of the Lambs
Exorcist 3

[HAEMORRHAGE]

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[Kim Bruun]

Halloween II is probably my favourite horror film as well as my favourite sequel. It started my love of horror, and to this day, it makes make tense and uneasy.

Friday the 13th: Part 2 recaptures and elaborates on the original Friday perfectly, and is in many ways better. It features a stronger heroine, better scares, and it sustains the tension longer. Betsy Palmer doesn't get to show off her stuff as much as she did in the original, though...

And as much as I thought The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was annoyingly unfunny and unscary, I love Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III - it is so wonderfully fastpaced, and the scares are sharp and nicely timed.

[DVD-fanatic-9]

gotta love when Jason punches that guy's head off...:D
Actually, I love it for a lot of dorky reasons. Like- I loved the music in the movie. I like the way they shot the ship and the water. I like the cinematography. I like Rennie as a character. I love the use of color in places on the ship where it's dark. And I've just got a thing for horror movies involving water / the sea / the ocean. Especially this and Open Water. Though I hate Jaws, that's because I don't consider it a horror movie by the 1970's standards. So, whatever.

And I didn't think any of it was funny or supposed to be at all, except anything to do with Jason's hockey mask (the poster ad board and the street punks when he shows them his face).



i love the sequels...that must be why i bought the box set. i don't understand why people don't like them...they're just as good as the original!! i
Well... they are as entertaining. But you have to like the characters. They're very Hollywood movies in that regard. But there are more than a few scenes that are groaningly bad. Especially anything to do with Randy in 2 or 3. And the 2nd rate satirical elements in the 3rd movie that are supposed to sort of "lampoon" Hollywood / subjects of "Entertainment Tonight" type stories, etc. But it sort of evens out, if you watch a lot of thrillers, you know how it all goes.

[Matt89]

Halloween II is probably my favourite horror film as well as my favourite sequel. It started my love of horror, and to this day, it makes make tense and uneasy.

Friday the 13th: Part 2 recaptures and elaborates on the original Friday perfectly, and is in many ways better. It features a stronger heroine, better scares, and it sustains the tension longer. Betsy Palmer doesn't get to show off her stuff as much as she did in the original, though...

And as much as I thought The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was annoyingly unfunny and unscary, I love Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III - it is so wonderfully fastpaced, and the scares are sharp and nicely timed.

Friday the 13th, Part 2 IMO is even better than the first (and definitely the best Friday the 13th). Halloween II is a good sequel, but as a follow-up to Halloween, they really didn't catch the feel of the original.

But as far as sequels go, I'd say Hellraiser II was a good follow-up to the original. And since some consider it horror, Jaws 2 I personally think is one of the best sequels ever made to a film. Jeannot Szwarc was able to capture the feeling of the first one so well it's shocking. A worthy sequel to a cinematic classic.

~Matt

[DVD-fanatic-9]

Friday the 13th, Part 2 IMO is even better than the first (and definitely the best Friday the 13th). Halloween II is a good sequel, but as a follow-up to Halloween, they really didn't catch the feel of the original.
Completely agreed on the Halloween front. But being me, I like that they changed it. And that part III wasn't anything like part II. I mean, it's sad to see any great era of horror fade out. And I think the 70's was the greatest decade in horror history (maybe it wasn't but I think it was). In fact, that's actually what I hold against parts 4, 5, and 6! That they're nothing like the earlier movies and don't have a feel that even feels like Halloween the holiday or the season. Except for the godawful part 6, whose 1 sole good quality was how it captured Halloween in the fall. So, the later films managed to make me nostalgic for the inferior parts II and III and I'm considering that an overall win for the fans.

On the Friday the 13th front... I think part II moves along faster. So that makes it more attractive to certain horror fans. But for me, I love slow. I still think it's what horror is all about. At least, where mood is concerned. When someone's dying, it's always best to speed up the result. Unless, I suppose it's a reveal of an already dead body because by then it's too late. I guess slasher fans like it faster, I don't know. I used to say I loved the slasher genre. But now that I take a closer look at myself, I was dead wrong. It's because I first really got into horror after Scream and that format was fun for a teenager. But the last few years, you just can't beat the slow, atmospheric film. Like I said... I still think it's what horror is all about.

And the only thing that bothers me about Friday the 13th now is the really, really, really bad acting. It seems like they improvised their entire dialogues, standing around waiting for the camera equipment to get set up. But of course... Betsy Palmer. Just can't beat the-Betsy!

[Anaestheus]

The first thing I thought of was Exorcist III, which I find way superior to the first two films.

And I agree that Hammer's Frankenstein films (as long as Fisher is directing) get better and better as the series goes on. As do their Quatermass films.

And, while they start from a pretty low point, the Resident Evil sequels are at least marginally better than the first one.

[Grim]

Man, I probably have a lot of unpopular choices.

I think Halloween 2 is completely different from Halloween in terms of tone and pacing, but I think it's the perfect send-up and really probably would have benefited from being titled Halloween Part 2 instead, as it really is more so a continuation of the first film's story rather than a separate sequel.

I too enjoy Friday the 13th Part 2 more than original. It's all around much more creepier than the original and the woodsman approach to Jason is something I wish they would have carried at least a little bit of into the following films. Part 8 is by no means one of the best sequels, but count me in as one who enjoys the film. I actually like every Friday the 13th film, but yeah 2 3, 4, and 6 are the best. 7 would be next on that list and would probably be higher than 6 if it ever gets the gore put back in.

I really enjoy TCM 2, in ways a bit more than the original. I think it's the perfect companion piece to the first film as after you see the horrific crimes the Sawyer were committing, you get to see them get a hilarious and bloody comeuppance 14 years later by a crazy lawman and a ditzy DJ.

I won't really speak about Dawn of the Dead, I think everyone gets it.

Nightmare on Elm St. 2 is another favorite of mine. Hilarious homosexual undertones aside, it was the last film in the main series where Freddy was a sinister monster lurking in the shadows. I always liked it when you could barely see him, save for his claws and the glare of his scarred and oozy flesh. I think 3,4,5 are all decent films in their own right, but are brought down considerably by mediocre acting from many of those involved. Many of the mannerisms and phrases emitted by characters, as well as many events that take place in those three have definitely not aged well. I think it applies to 3 and 4 more so than 5, but yeah. Freddy's Dead is all around mediocre in my opinion. New Nightmare is definitely the next highpoint in the series. They didn't so much keep Freddy in the shadows again, but they changed enough of his look around to make him a truly frightening figure again (the trench coat, the yellowish eyes, the high leather boots, new claw, etc.) Also it's story for once wasn't the "Freddy's back and you have to use your dream powers to defeat him!" plot device that was more or less used in the past three or four films.

I already stated my opinions about Child's Play 2 in a recent thread regarding that film, but yeah, a great sequel.

Psycho 2 is also sweet. They could have went the obvious route but instead they actually crafted a well written and well directed horror film.

[Matt89]

Man, I probably have a lot of unpopular choices.

I think Halloween 2 is completely different from Halloween in terms of tone and pacing, but I think it's the perfect send-up and really probably would have benefited from being titled Halloween Part 2 instead, as it really is more so a continuation of the first film's story rather than a separate sequel.

Yeah, that would've made a lot more sense, although it sounds kinda funny. Then again, calling Friday the 13th, Part 2 "Friday the 13th II" sounds a little strange, yet those were separate sequels altogether.

I too enjoy Friday the 13th Part 2 more than original. It's all around much more creepier than the original and the woodsman approach to Jason is something I wish they would have carried at least a little bit of into the following films. Part 8 is by no means one of the best sequels, but count me in as one who enjoys the film. I actually like every Friday the 13th film, but yeah 2 3, 4, and 6 are the best. 7 would be next on that list and would probably be higher than 6 if it ever gets the gore put back in.

Yeah, I REALLY wish they kept Jason the way he looked in Part 2. It was BY FAR the creepiest Jason. Not a fan of Parts VII and VIII though, but I really like the first 6 (and have a soft spot for A New Beginning).

Psycho 2 is also sweet. They could have went the obvious route but instead they actually crafted a well written and well directed horror film.

Yeah I REALLY liked Psycho 2. Richard Franklin had a very Hitchcockian way of directing (it's obvious as well with his earlier film Road Games) and that's why Psycho 2 worked so well. The ending of Psycho 2 kills me, though. One of the funniest endings I've ever seen in any film. Ever. Although sadly, it actually really ruins the seriousness of the ending for me.

Psycho III, though....OUCH. :(

~Matt

[fattyjoe37]

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (my favorite of the series) and Parts VI and VII
Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and New Nightmare
Halloween 4
Bride of Chucky (my favorite of the series)
Dawn of the Dead
Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness
Bride of Frankenstein
Silence of the Lambs
Gremlins 2

[Erick H.]

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN certainly has a magic all it's own.
PSYCHO 2 is far better than it has any right to be.Franklin was a talented man.Rest In Peace.
Many of Hammer's FRANKENSTEIN sequels are fine films but FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED is a wonderfully dark little number.That film has some shocking scenes in it and Peter Cushing is at his best.It speaks well of the series that it could still offer something fresh so late into it's run.

[Rockmjd]

Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Dawn of the Dead
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
28 Weeks Later
Curse of the Cat People
Day of the Dead
Brides of Dracula

[Matt89]

Damn, totally forgot about Bride of Frankenstein and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Great films!

~Matt

[DVD-fanatic-9]

Yeah, I REALLY wish they kept Jason the way he looked in Part 2. It was BY FAR the creepiest Jason. Not a fan of Parts VII and VIII though, but I really like the first 6 (and have a soft spot for A New Beginning).
Huh? Jason in part II (parts III to the end used roman numerals, so I'm usin' 'em too) was a novelty look. Yeah I know a lot of people like it. But he looks much better with the hockey mask. I completely disagree with saying he was creepier with that look. Besides, wasn't that already done in The Town That Dreaded Sundown?? So, isn't it too late to go back to the 70's and put a hockey mask on that killer? (Stupid crack, I know)

I have a soft spot for A New Beginning as well. Now that movie was funny.

[spawningblue]

I forgot Silence of the Lambs was a sequel so I'll add that as well, and Exorcist 3, how could I forgot that!? It is probably one of my favourite sequels, and in my opinion is almost as good as the first film, for different reasons though.

[spawningblue]

And, while they start from a pretty low point, the Resident Evil sequels are at least marginally better than the first one.

For me it was the complete opposite. I thought the first Resident Evil was okay, well actually it was pretty bad as well, but compared to the sequel it was a masterpiece. There are very few movies that I hate, and the second Resident Evil was one of them. I had to force myself to finish the movie, and it made me have no desire to ever watch the third film. That whole series has been a mess though. The story was nicely set up from the games, and they found a way to completely ruin it and have nothing in common whatsoever with the series. It's too bad, as part 4 would have made a great movie!

[Grim]

Huh? Jason in part II (parts III to the end used roman numerals, so I'm usin' 'em too) was a novelty look. Yeah I know a lot of people like it. But he looks much better with the hockey mask. I completely disagree with saying he was creepier with that look. Besides, wasn't that already done in The Town That Dreaded Sundown?? So, isn't it too late to go back to the 70's and put a hockey mask on that killer? (Stupid crack, I know)

I have a soft spot for A New Beginning as well. Now that movie was funny.

It's not so much the sack over the head, but just like his shack and the whole him living in the woods bit.

Oh and they didn't start using the roman numerals until Part V.
http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/f13th3/f13th3_fl.jpg

[DVD-fanatic-9]

It's not so much the sack over the head, but just like his shack and the whole him living in the woods bit.

Oh and they didn't start using the roman numerals until Part V.
http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/f13th3/f13th3_fl.jpg
I love that picture.

Here's another:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kamikazecamel/fridaythe13thyoutube.jpg

But I do recognize the trailer showed the 3 instead of the III as well.

[Grim]

I love that picture.

Here's another:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kamikazecamel/fridaythe13thyoutube.jpg

But I do recognize the trailer showed the 3 instead of the III as well.

Yeah I started thinking about opening credits after I posted. Guess it can be said that Part 3 is the only film in the series to use both styles. :lol:

[DVD-fanatic-9]

Sure. That's true.

[spawningblue]

I have the original poster of part 3 and it is pretty sweet! I just need to get a nice frame so I can get it up on my wall. I also picked up Jaws 3-D, and Amityville 3-D original posters. Even though I am not a fan of either film, I thought an 80s 3-D theme would be cool.

[baggio]

I won't defend it like Deadly Friend, but Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. I've already expressed that I love the film with a passion. A white-hot intensity that burns like 1,000 suns! I still don't know why no one else doesn't love the film like I do. I guess they're too busy expecting it to fall into a little catagory or bend to the assumed rules of the series.

I'll support you here on Friday part 8. I really like the film. Kane Hodder looks great in this film.

Some of my favorite parts are:

- When he tosses that Jason wannabe Ken Kirzinger over the counter and into the mirror behind the counter.

- The part where he smashes that punk's face into the pipe in the ally. Probably one of more violent (yet bloodless) acts in the whole series.

- When he choked out & drops that Asian girl like a sack in the dance room.

Bottom line Jason looks great in this film. Thank you Kane Hodder. Then unfortunately New Line ruined the franchise. Part X wasn't that bad , but it had such a New Line feel. I usually turn it off when he turns into a half robot. And Jason 9 , disappointed me. Jason on screen for what 2 minutes? How do you come off of Part 7 & 8 with Kane Hodder , and only give him a brief screen time. And the score stunk. Dunt! Dunt! ... Dunt! Dunt!

[Grim]

And Jason 9 , disappointed me. Jason on screen for what 2 minutes? How do you come off of Part 7 & 8 with Kane Hodder , and only give him a brief screen time. And the score stunk. Dunt! Dunt! ... Dunt! Dunt!

I think Jason Goes To Hell's score was good when it had that awesome bass line going, but once those "dunt!'s", as you put it, come in, it all goes to shit. I don't know what happened to Manfredini. He left after Part VI and when he came back his scores were the quality of made for sci-fi thrillers.

[Angelman]

Halloween II is probably my favourite horror film as well as my favourite sequel. It started my love of horror, and to this day, it makes make tense and uneasy.

Same with me. More than any other horror film this one made me love horror films. I had not seen the first one and this one was just unbelievably awesome for me. When he comes walking out of that fire... then the Chordette's "Mr. Sandman" plays...

chills.

Made me a horror fan for life.

[shithead]

Dawn Of The Dead, best follow up period.

[The Chaostar]

I really have to go with Bride of Frankenstein.

[Conal Cochran]

Dawn of the dead
Halloween 3
A nightmare on Elm street 2
Phantasm 2
Friday the 13th 2,3,4
The Exorcist III

[mlock]

Problably sounds like a broken record by now, but:
Halloween 4 (more so than part II as far as I'm concerned)
Nightmare/Elm St 3 and 7
Friday the 13th 2-4 and 7 (here's hoping an uncut part 7 sees the light of day!)
Evil Dead II & Army of Darkness
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Dawn of the Dead

[DVD-fanatic-9]

I'll support you here on Friday part 8. I really like the film. Kane Hodder looks great in this film.

Some of my favorite parts are:

- When he tosses that Jason wannabe Ken Kirzinger over the counter and into the mirror behind the counter.

- The part where he smashes that punk's face into the pipe in the ally. Probably one of more violent (yet bloodless) acts in the whole series.

- When he choked out & drops that Asian girl like a sack in the dance room.

Bottom line Jason looks great in this film. Thank you Kane Hodder.
"The Asian girl" = Eva. And her death scene is by far my favorite in the entire series. Because it transcends the slasher genre, I thought. And it was visually very beautiful. The music and the colors were running wild, it was a good rare moment of exasperation which you don't get much in the Friday movies.

But I like the movie altogether. And I think it's very well acted, which makes whatever writing it had look okay too.



Then unfortunately New Line ruined the franchise. Part X wasn't that bad , but it had such a New Line feel. I usually turn it off when he turns into a half robot. And Jason 9 , disappointed me. Jason on screen for what 2 minutes? How do you come off of Part 7 & 8 with Kane Hodder , and only give him a brief screen time. And the score stunk. Dunt! Dunt! ... Dunt! Dunt!
I couldn't agree more.

Except, the look of Jason in this movie sucked. He looked too oafish. His face looked like hamburger. The made more noises here than in all the other movies combined. All the melting, leftover Hellraiser corpses were stupid. Eating the black heart was dumb too.

And another huge problem for the 3 New Line "Jason" movies is they always tried to be too funny. Makes the humor in Jason Lives look like Marx Brothers quality.

[maybrick]

Final Destination was great by itself, but Final Destination 2 nailed the concept out of the ballpark. It took everything that was good about the original and did it better. I can count on one hand the number of other sequels that succeed like that. Another one is Bride of Frankenstein.

[fattyjoe37]

I just watched the Quatermass series for the first time and Quatermass 2 and Quatermass & the Pit were easily on par with the first and maybe better! This Hammer trilogy is definitely one of the most consistent in horror.

[CrazyFatEthel]

Friday the 13th's 2-8
Halloween's 2,4,5,and 7.
Nightmare on Elm Street's 3,4,6, and 5 for laughs.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 for laughs only
Sleepaway Camps 2 & 3
Dawn of the Dead
Jaws 2
Childs Play 2& 3
Seed of Chucky (I think Im gonna go watch that now!!
Bride of Chucky
Resident Evil 3

Theres probably more, Im just too lazy to go get up and see them. :D

[Erick H.]

While it strays toward the action film category ALIENS works very well.(Yes,I know a lot of people say that ALIEN was not horror,but then again,a lot of people do.)

[msw7]

A bunch of my favorites (some heretical maybe):

Evil Dead II
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Jason X
Bride of Chucky
Beyond Re-animator
Blair Witch II
Ginger Snaps II
Night of the Demons 2

[Copyboy]

Wow. Not sure how I missed this thread when it originated, but I've got to agree with quite a few that have already been mentioned, especially JAWS 2, PSYCHO 2 and FRIDAY THE 13th PART 2.
Love most of the Universal Monsters follow ups, but not so fond of many of the Hammer ones except for DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS.
And I absolutely love DAMIEN: THE OMEN II.