What is the best horror movie franchise?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Especially the remake. Brrrrrrrr. Finally a good horror remake and "all" it took was some dizzy broad hacking her own face off. Nice. Nice.

Yeah, the Evil Dead remake went for straight up scary and bloody.

Originally Posted by neatoman

So since there was some discussion about Amityville being Public Domain, would you consider Night of the Living Dead to be as well?

Not the real Night of the Living Dead movie series (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, Survival of the Dead). Even if The Matrix became public domain tomorrow and I made a new edit of it and shot new footage for it... that doesn't mean the original version by the Wachowskis ceases being the original version.

The first movie is quite literally considered Public Domain and Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn, Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection as well as Zombi 2 are all derivative movies that don't involve Romero or anyone else from the original production staff nor under license by anyone.

The Return of the Living Dead movie series (which I think goes up to 5?) would count and would be on the list if it "made the cut." Those other movies are just their own things.