13 Iconic Films With Bonkers Sequels We Forgot About

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13 Iconic Films With Bonkers Sequels We Forgot About

Some films are so iconic that they transcend time and genre. Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and The Shawshank Redemption are all examples of ground-breaking films that continue to be viewed and praised decades after their initial release. Each one tells a unique story while also capturing something essential about the human experience. Whether it's the emotional power of The Shawshank Redemption or the disturbing voyeurism of Gaslight, these iconic films have something important to say about who we are as people. They're worth watching over and over again.

Have you ever seen a movie and thought, "Wow, that was great! I can't wait to see what happens next!"? And then you go to see the sequel, and it's just complete garbage? You're not alone. In fact, there are quite a few films out there with sequels that are downright bonkers. Here today, we'll take a look at some of the worst offenders. Buckle up because it's going to be a bumpy ride.

The Exorcist CRACKED COM The Exorcist Il was about the cop from the end of the original movie hunting down the Zodiac Killer. It was based on a novel with exactly O exorcisms, so they had to sneak one into the third act of the film. The cop dreams his way
Jaws CRACKED COM This was actually somewhat of a remake. Peter Benchley, author of the bestselling novel that Jaws was based on, pretty much his angry shark a origin story. That book was made was into a TV movie called Creature.
Cinderella CRACKED COM In Cinderella IIl: A Twist In Time, her evil step-family finally catch wise to the Fairy Godmother. They get ahold of the magic wand, and use their newfound Thanos-level superpowers to go back in time and... change the size of the glass slipper. The prince simply falls in
American Psycho ANGRIER DEADUER SEXIER In American Psycho lI, Mila Kunis plays the all-grow'd-up version of a little girl who's tenuously connected to a Patrick Bateman victim. She kills Bateman right off the bat, and goes on to murder and snog her way into the FBI. Kunis said it
Evil Dead In Italy, Evil Dead was called La Casa, and spawned a wholly separate, bonkers horror franchise. In La Casa 4, David Hasselhoff gets crucified in a hotel that's haunted by a witch.
Frankenstein Franky Boy is public domain, SO there are lots of messed up sequels to choose from. Frankenstein Conquers The World may be the lowest-hanging of all that fruit. He fights a knockoff Godzilla, earning the respect of the people of Japan, before falling into an earthquake and, notably,
Lawnmower Man fotMwiwnsid fornMhplnAlat CRACKEDGON Jobe was recast in Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War, SO the first order of business is explaining that he got facial reconstructive surgery. He then has to help some guy finish some computer chip the size of a basketball, and Peter has to stop them.
Power Rangers Super Sentai, the Japanese series that Power Rangers borrows most of its footage from, put out a special in 2018 called Hero Mama League, wherein a bunch of the female team members reunite as a pack of-. you guessed it- hero mamas.
Anaconda CRACKED.COM In Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid, it's revealed that the size of the titular anacondas is due to a local magic flower, which a drug company claims will be bigger than Viagra. The magic flower thing goes on for three consecutive movies one of which features
Repo Man REPD CHICK ABYALEXCOX In Repo Chick, a spoiled rich girl loses her inheritance, needs to get a job, and ends up foiling a plot by eco-terrorists to ban golf and force people to be vegan. It's, uh, not quite as charming as the original.
Pinocchio CRACKED COM Pinocchio And The Emperor Of The Night is about ol' twignose's life as a real boy. What does he do with his new meat body? He falls in love with a puppet, gets his humanity rescinded, drinks absinthe at a rave, and then makes the Emperor of the
The Birds Repeating liselr. rS LSS CRACKED COM Ba 54 051 FOD BF'S BREEHATOR ENPEDES In The Birds II: Land's End, thirty years after the first movie, and in the same cinematic universe, a family moves to Gull Island and is attacked... by gulis! Who could have possibly seen this coming?! The
Beethoven Beethoven is basically the 90s' answer to Lassie... in that he's a one-trick pony who, like, should probably have died a while ago, right? In his 7th film, Beethoven's Christmas Adventure, we find out that Beethoven can talk, and he sounds strikingly like Tom Arnold. Weirder still, in
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