Our list of worst film sequels ever

Calgary Sun ^ | 6/16/06 | Kevin Williamson

[MotleyGirl70]

5. SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL (1997): Laugh all you want at Keanu Reeves, but the dude wisely turned this follow-up to his 1994 smash down.

Horrible movie. I can't believe I'm admitting to have seen it and can't even remember what it was about, it was so bad.

I think they used ship instead of bus.

[Skooz]

You've clearly never seen Manos: Hands of Fate.

Au contraire. I have it on DVD. The MST 3000 version, no less.

[Bacon Man]

I feel your pain. :)

[Cyclopean Squid]

Sadly, I own Manos. Also Plan 9 and Glen or Glenda. It's hard to explain those away to those who don't understand the bad movie phenomenon.

[Caramelgal]

It wasn’t a sequel but what about (Matango - 1963) Attack of the Mushroom People?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057295/

It was so bad that when my mother and I watched it late one Friday night back in the 70’s - we laughed so hard we cried.

Trivia: The film was nearly banned in Japan due to the fact that the makeup that some of the cast wore as they were turning into mushrooms was very reminiscent of how many people looked after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I kept waiting for MST3K to do this one but they never did.

[pcottraux]

I think "Episode I" is one of the most underrated movies, maybe ever.

[Swordmaker]

How could they have missed every single Planet of the Apes sequel?

[marajade]

I liked ST Nemesis. It tanked at the box office but it wasn't representative of what the film was. It was good.

[Swordmaker]

I remember one reviewer said of Coppola's daughter in GFIII, "She's even a lousy actress when she's just walking."

In the theater I saw it in, the audience cheered when she got shot...

[marajade]

Hayden was good. It was Natalie Portman who tanked.

[Millee]

Yeah but, too bad it wasn't a documentary. ;o)

[Sloth]

Let's not let Natalie Portman off the hook. That scene with both of them -- the "I'm only beautiful because you love me so much", "No, I'm beautiful because I love *you* so much!" business -- it had me wishing I had a pen with me so I could stab out my eyes and eardrums.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

And HOWLIING II is nowhere listed. This film is so bad the clip of Sybil Danning pulling off her top is rerun about nine times in the end titles almost as a reward for sitting through this dreck.

[JRios1968]

Three words (make that 2 words and a number):

BLUES

BROTHERS

2000


WTF was up with that?? Most horrifying dreck ever!

[JRios1968]

Anything to do with the Police Academy series was horrifying, too.

[JRios1968]

On the other hand, Airplane II was almost as good as the original, and Austin Powers seemed to get funnier with each passing movie...IMHO.

[Oztrich Boy]

The Madness of George III was superb (I never saw the first two)

[youngjim]

The Madness of George III was superb (I never saw the first two)

That's a good one. ROFLMAO!

[Allegra]

HOW BAD IS IT REALLY: Did we mention the bean-eating campfire scene that comes explosively close to sounding like an outtake from Blazing Saddles?

I don't know about you, but I have yet to watch this scene without laughing to the point of tears.

I guess I have a somewhat juvenile sense of humor. ;-)

[lesser_satan]

I actually like Mad Max better than RW. The dialog was awesome.

I am the Nightrider! I am a fuel-injected suicide machine! I am a rocker! I am a roller! I am an out-of-controller! I am the Chosen One! The mighty hand of Vengeance! Sent down to strike the unroadworthy! I'm hotter than a rolling dice! Step right up, chum, and watch the kid lay down a rubber road right to freedom!