12 Baffling Movie Sequels

Flop follow-ups that should never have been…

By Josh WinningMay 26th 2010
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The Birds II: Land’s End (1994)

The Sequel: TV movie directed by Halloweens II and 8’s Rick Rosenthal. Which pretty much says everything you need to know.

The plot such as it is takes a big seagull’s dump on the original film by copying it almost note for note – this time a flock of birds start attacking a summer house on an island. Tippi Hedren apparently only took a role to spite Mr Hitchcock (clearly forgetting he’d been dead for nigh on a decade by then).

What We Would Have Preferred Instead: How about leaving Hitch’s classic be and making a different kind of nature gone wild actioner. Attack Of The Ladybugs anyone?

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    • Toursiveu

      May 27th 2010, 11:25

      Rick Rosenthal directed Halloweens 2 and 8, not 9! Worst sequels in my opinion : Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever / Batman & Robin, The Howling 2 to 7, Basic Instinct 2, Blade Trinity, Candyman 3, The Rage : Carrie 2, The Crow Salvation, Fortress 2, More American Graffiti and the godawful An American Werewolf In Paris!

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    • Hadouken76

      May 27th 2010, 15:08

      Escape from LA, from gruff cult hero to surfin Lava? Thanks John!

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    • metalgatesolid

      May 27th 2010, 22:32

      What the hell is going on in Exorcist 2???? Totally random. Ill tell you one franchise where the sequel totally rocked dudes...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Seceret of the Ooze was brilliant.

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    • Jambon

      May 27th 2010, 23:57

      I thought the Mortal Kombat 2 clip was a London Boys video from the 80s what with all the loud keyboards and backflips...

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    • Toursiveu

      May 28th 2010, 4:22

      I don't agree with Hadouken76 : Escape From L.A.'s got a lot of flaws : some horrible CGI from 1996 (the underwater sequence, the bike jump, the surfin scene), some truly terrible acting (George Corraface, Cliff Robertson, Peter Fonda, Valeria Golino), an uneven tone (is it supposed to be a parody of the original film?) but it is 100 % a John Carpenter film : the ending of Escape From L.A. is incredibly ballsy, one of the best endings ever made for a summer blockbuster. And you can't deny that the film is incredibly fun! Plus it has a great score! And as always, Kurt Russell rules!

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    • irish

      Mar 4th 2011, 19:40

      I like the third matrix movie, and psycho 2.

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