Horror Franchise Tier List

[@hoodwinkedfool]

13:16 When I was a kid my dad would play “Wishmaster” with us. He would be the “Djinn” and we would try to wish and then he would monkey paw our wishes. He would do the voice from the movie and everything. Just a Wishmaster memory from my childhood I wanted to share.

[@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx]

G'RANTED!

[@fuzzycatbutts]

That's an awesome memory, thank you for sharing

[@SnowpawShaw]

Your dad sounds awesome 🥺

[@OctopusOwl]

Really good lesson to teach kids in a fun way.

[@mzthorn]

Totally off topic, but I was watching your videos from a few years ago recently and I just have to say, keep doing whatever you're doing. You look so much happier and healthier now.

[@ewnatatas]

the evil bong story is cracking me up. insane vibes from the movies and from that story.

[@ChannelSettingsTvcode]

🎉🎉🎉

[@JT-nk3sh]

two days

[@oktobemessy]

Elder genX lifelong horror aficionado pleased to see my personal faves in the top 2 tiers. I don't have many people in my life to share these films with so i always look forward to your videos so I can silently nerd out about them. Stay well, May ❤

[@OctopusOwl]

The best place I’ve found for sharing these loved movies is working at a Spirit Halloween. Lots of like minded folks

[@bruisedkneecap]

Ginger Snaps is probably one of my favorite movies ever. if you haven't seen this film, please watch it. i've shown it to friends three times now and have had the friends pass it along to others even, there's so much to appreciate about that movie. i haven't seen the third one yet (despite it being the only one i own on disc) but the second one was pretty weird/im not sure if i liked it edit to add: i can't wait to watch ju-on ! i have it on my christmas wishlist this year so lets hope

[@alexliddell3171]

I have a soft spot for the third ginger snaps film. The first film is fantastic, the second film is solid but not as good as the first, and the third one just completely disregards the first two films to do a completely different period piece. Is it good? Well, not really, but I have a lot of respect for them doing such a radical departure, it's memorable to me because it's so weird.

[@aegiswim]

the funniest thing is that it’s one of my favorite films too and i JUST recently showed it to a close friend of mine a few days ago, haha. it’s definitely a great movie, it’s equal parts scary yet hilarious. i really wish there was more like it

[@witchfynder_finder]

May your Alien franchise take was so spot-on, that's why you're the queen. Also WRT Saw: I will loudly proclaim how many issues I have with the Saw movies but when I was at Half-Price Books and saw an unrated 7-movie Blu-Ray collection for ten bucks I didn't think twice about buying it. They're like my favourite movies that suck ass.

[@dahannes6739]

When did we start saying Saw sucks ass? They are crazy good up until Saw 6

[@ApparentlyShane]

The nightclub sequence from Blade influenced by taste in music for a few years. that shit absolutely owns.

[@lefemalegamer]

Thanks for hanging out with me while I baked cookies for my students, your thoughts and feelings are now part of the recipe ❤

[@broceollomon]

You gotta see the 80s Blob. It's definitely your kind of movie. Absolutely incredible.

[@oweb7754]

Funny that we got three horror films (The Fly, The Thing, and The Blob) within six years of each other, all of which were remakes of schlocky 50s b-movies, and all three have some of the best practical effects in film, and are not only way better than they have any right to be but also some of the best horror films of the era.

[@dahannes6739]

And it has Shawtee...uhhh...Shawnee Smith in it

[@RideorDinosaur]

The 80's Blob movie is fantastic! The effects are so good. You don't have to watch the original Blob from the 50's, but I feel like it does improve the experience of watching the remake, because of how the remake plays with your expectations.

[@thedrugthatkilled]

​@@oweb7754there was also The Stuff 😅

[@fedoratheexplorar2143]

Anaconda is a pretty solid movie with good practical effects and some insane acting choices so sure you can throw it on and not regret your time

[@sarahherbison5419]

As a local I can't get into Blair Witch, had it taken place further west into Appalachia or even close to Harper's Ferry I could see it, but Burkettsville..how tf does one get lost on a town surrounded by fields right next to rt 15

[@jinkissaragna]

I had such a wide smile on my face at your reaction to the trailer for Terror Toons. Was also pleased to see it in the tier list at all? Anyway I hope you enjoy it in all it's gory, filthy, trashy glory.

[@SylvesterLazarus]

I'd love to see that Ju-On video, please! I saw the 2004 The Grudge which is the remake and found it pretty distressing, but I never saw the originals.

[@mek0626]

You should watch the tv show. One of the best horror series I’ve ever seen.

[@elliotf1029]

chiming in to add that the manga adaptation was also a lot of fun lol, no video on the series would be complete without it. has the art style of a 2000s shoujo drama except for a couple gruesomely intricate gore scenes, which made a big impression on me when i was an edgy middle schooler

[@cheyennecartwright7244]

@@mek0626 There's a tv show?! DOPE! Big thanks for that heads up!

[@qmonk5108]

id highly recommend the original, it's so insanely good!

[@RatQueer]

As a Ju-On stan I'm gonna need that video asap. I need those hot takes

[@geese5061]

The first Howling is so much better than American Werewolf for me. Funnier, scarier, smarter movie and not made by a prick

[@bonsaikittenmew]

NEW VID FROM MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME KZbinR? YAYAYAYAYAYYAYA

[@Arceus5555]

I feel like all of your takes are awesome and make sense and fr the praise to juon and fright night and ginger snaps are so well deserved. I must make clear though with my single disagreement that the room is forever goated. It blew up but that changes nothing about what all is going on and just the cinematography and soundtrack and the particular production of the adr it’s so perfect. I love bad movies with all my heart and still it is among the greatest to me

[@mikec4931]

Surprising but delightful hearing your thoughts on all these. Can’t believe u prefer Friday the 13th over Nightmare on Elm street, respect!

[@AllG98]

The 80s Blob is worth a revisit (and no, Rick Moranis is not in it, but he is in Little Shop of Horrors)

[@lilo19951995]

all of your tier list vids are my comfort vids 💕😭 also yes ju-on video!!!

[@cheyennecartwright7244]

oh thank gods she validates the hellraiser love. Absolutely fantastic. We NEED your take on the new one though by david bruckner tho

[@cheyennecartwright7244]

man ii'm just fucked up that this is how i learned tony todd died... goddamn it

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

My girlfriend and I are huge fans of the Phantasm movies. As such, I consider it my civic duty to explain what we think they’re about. At its core, the Phantasm franchise is about overcoming grief and the fear of death through found family. Not to mention that the movies themselves have pretty good vibes. You get the impression that they made the amount of movies they did because they could, and just threw whatever they wanted at the wall no matter how bizarre or confusing. Whether they’re cerebral tone-poems about existential dread, or action flicks about dudes fighting evil in their sweet muscle car, they rule.

[@Trivial-Dot]

Honey wake up! New May video!

[@insanemilkhotel]

exactly!!! it’s longer than an hour which is even better!

[@scapeagoat2520]

Exorcist III underrated

[@ajlikins]

Brad Dourif mentioned!!!!! Funny thing is, the biggest reason I love him is not horror movies - it's his role as Saavedro from the game Myst III: Exile. Everything else is secondary. Yes, even Grima Wormtongue.

[@aihf]

The first two Wishmasters are amazing.

[@KickinRadTopHat]

Such a fun series, iirc the third or fourth one is basically a romantic comedy

[@catherineescobar3123]

Thanks!

[@MrDeathproof5]

Hell yeah love seeing Fright Night up so high. It has been re-issued on not only blu ray by sony but also recently got a 4k. So it's much more available now. Speaking of movies on disc I would urge you to get the new Hitcher restoration from Second Sight. I was in a similar spot with it where I saw it when I was 12-13 years old and thought it was good but not memorable and this most recent rewatch once this new restoration came out totally blew me away. It could easily be in a top 10 best 80's horror movies.

[@LovecraftianToenail]

recently showed a friend sleepaway camp and she was completely bummed out by it, which was a weird moment for me because I've thought of the film for years in a pretty similar way that you have. the film I see it as supplanted the film itself.

[@moonverine]

"The Human Centipede is cursed." "That's bad." "But it comes with a free Frogurt." "That's good!" "The Frogurt was also made by Tom Six." "That's bad."

[@Leafpool2]

theres no potassium benzoate in it right? if theres not its fine

[@kiera2867]

Ah I’m so excited to hear you recreated a scene from ginger snaps! That’s so cool! It’s my favourite movie ever ❤️

[@AlysterJohnEstur]

Shake, Rattle, and Roll is a Filipino anthology horror movie. I was so surprised it got in there.

[@LiliVS9]

26:08 Eli Roth I find so fascinating and frustrating because the man has a VERY deep knowledge of horror (hell I even enjoyed his tv show about horror history alot) but when he tries his hand at horror it’s just so MEH

[@itsmesnacks]

i was watching his death wish remake without knowing who directed it and when bruce willis' character started talking about what's the most pain a human can endure without dying i thought to myself "yeahhh i think i know who might be familiar with that bit of trivia"

[@clearlakeproductions]

Great video. I think you're misremembering the Ginger Snaps sequels though. The 2nd one is a direct sequel of Brigitte trying to stop herself turning into a warewolf, with an addiction angle instead of the first movies puberty one. It's only the third one that's a remake in a different time period. The second ones great and the the third one feels like a little treat after wrapping the sisters story in the second movie.

[@caseycoyle8209]

Ginger snaps rips absolutely

[@punchincorporated]

the 80s blob remake actually goes hard as hell and the effects are crazy. but no it doesnt have rick moranis 💔

[@RatQueer]

The og One Missed Call goes so mf hard. I think about it all the time and you're so valid for telling people to leave the vid to watch that movie specifically

[@stoppropaganda2573]

I saw the first Hellraiser in the theater and thought it slapped. A few years later my niece rented it on a weekend I had the kids and she was 11. I caught so much crap because I wouldn't let her and her younger brother watch it. You have to admit that Clive Barker can put out some adult stuff. And to this day, I'm on her shit list for not being responsible for allowing her to watch it under my watch. In retrospect her mother told me that she was not to see it till she was older ... I think I made the right call. Brutal themes for an 11 year old!

[@LittleFryHouse]

I think Candyman would be an S tier as a series because it is the only series I know of that has an original that is an all time classic, then 2 sequels that are bad, and then a reboot that actually managed to do something new and amazing and rewrite the concept without being a soulless copy of the original. Most series that get rebooted have nothing original to say and just feel terrible so Candyman is pretty unique.

[@Skullkan6]

More insane, it's technically just another sequel

[@mothmanghost983]

I would watch you make tierlists for anything movie related and I do NOT say that lightly. RARELY am I so engaged by a teirlist ranking!

[@Skullkan6]

1:25:25 lady in black is famous for the original 1989 British teleplay adaption by Herbert Wise. I haven't seen it yet, but I have heard multiple times that it has one of the most effective and earned jumpscares in horror

[@elvisneedsboatsbennett2455]

I was 24 when Blair Witch came out and just the tv mockumentary that came out about it on SciFi freaked me out so bad when I watched it home alone one afternoon, I had to go sit outside in the daylight to calm down, lol

[@rotarydial7517]

would LOVE a ju-on video from you :D also, really surprised u havent watched bride of reanimator, that movie is awesome!!! theres little body part frankencreatures and a flying head!!! heavy recommend if yr in the mood for more funky 80s body silly stuff

[@Leafpool2]

was kind surprised to see killjoy on there but its a really good time.

[@Sarx1]

While the first Prom Night is bad, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 is absolutely wild and I would bet totally up your alley. It has nothing to do with the first movie or the remake.

[@ProfessD]

80s blob was written by Frank Darabont, you’ll love it . Thanks for the video! Inspired as usual

[@ZimMan2]

Judging things as a franchise and not just based on the best movie from a given franchise, Evil Dead is far and away the best horror franchise of all time. There are no bad Evil Dead movies. Even a lot of the spinoff media is good. Also Unfriended (the first one) is Good, Actually.

[@TheCMWProductions1]

I haven't finished the video yet and I'm at 14:42 but I hope she talks about the Child's Play/Chucky franchise. That's probably my favorite besides Evil Dead. Even the show of Evil Dead is amazing.

[@kyootkitteh]

So good to see someone actually properly using the A/S tiers! Too often now I see people treating ‘S’ tier like an ‘A’ tier in ranking videos.

[@insaynnecrazey4634]

I cheered maybe a bit too much when texas chainsaw massacre was top of s tier EXACTLY EXACTLY!!!!👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ConvincingPeople]

16:18 I feel like the original Phantasm might be one of the most genuinely Surrealist of the big '80s US horror movies. It actually feels like a child's nightmare in a way that few other movies of its type do, and part of that is that it operates on nonsense childhood nightmare logic.

[@EmoAnimeFanGirlLOL]

I'd love a video where you share a list of your favourite movies you throw on to laugh at and pitch their most absurd qualities 😂

[@gracewinchester-baggins4205]

Fantasm super inspired some things I’m currently working on, but your statement of not really understanding what it’s about is fair. I love it for being obtuse and bazaar.

[@sundaymorning9699]

so happy to see fright night love!! i was skeptical about the remake, but it actually became a favorite of mine

[@jogeller5731]

My favorite Insidious movie is the second one specifically because it’s a movie split in two, and one of them is my platonic ideal of an Insidious movie. It’s just a bunch of idiots in a Scooby Doo ass movie. Peak.

[@dahannes6739]

And then they jumpscare you with Jenna Ortega at the end only for her to never come back😂😂

[@jogeller5731]

@@dahannes6739 I am still upset that Chapter 3 wasn’t a continuation of Chapter 2. We have the same setup and all! We have the girl left in a wheelchair from a mysterious accident! I’m wondering if something happened mid production so they decided to make it a prequel, because with a name like Chapter 3 you’d think they’d make it a sequel. Plus, I love the idea of an already dead paranormal researcher, and I love Elise. They really killed her in the first movie and spent the rest of the franchise going “shit. we should not have done that this was the best character in the whole movie”. Actually? My platonic ideal of an Insidious movie in concept, not in execution, is The Last Key. The execution was so bad though. Even when they had great ideas. The pacing is shot to shit and I wanted to smack the director in the face for doing a damn panty shot as a woman is bludgeoned to death. Like. Damn.

[@lynnanderson1538]

There is a movie called Boogieman I saw as a kid. A.The bad guy with black fish net over his face terrified me. And the bathtub scene 😮

[@harpy5629]

i had my first ever parasocial dream like a week ago that you moved onto the street i live on and i passed you on my way to get the mail once. that was the whole dream. anyway

[@ActionYakPolice]

I once bought a copy of Evil Bong from a $5 DVD bin at Walmart and gave it to my brother as a gag gift. I would only watch it at gunpoint

[@itwasnotthat]

Wishmaster and Wishmaster 2 are delightful, maybe the best mainstream horror of the ‘90s

[@Chronoplague]

1:12:45 I watched Troll 2 for the first time this Halloween and was surprised how watchable it was. It was the type of bad movie you can show to friends and family, and you don't have to explain to them why you think it's funny.

[@rafaelaguilar2950]

queen is back

[@the-birbo]

i really appreciate this list. now i have a list of movies to watch. also if you like ju-on you might like my crappy fan edit of the ju-on short films and ju-on: the curse 1 and 2 together. or it might make you want me to leave 🎉 my sister hates it which is always the goal

[@Piiavc]

13:13 LUM MENTION

[@the-birbo]

In my fan-edit of the Paranormal Activity series, cutting out all the nonsense brought the runtime of the first movie down from around an hour and a half to around 30 minutes. But when I put the first two together it turned out actually not terrible. The series is a decent concept that was just executed really terribly. It wouldn't have even done well as a short film because it really is a nothing story without the context of the second one. I did the same for Marked Ones and 3 and it turned out to be really fun to watch the two stories merge and then come back to the first two in the end.

[@sullyofphilly]

What the hell??? Where's Hell House???????

[@fuzzycatbutts]

LLC !!! 😭

[@eewahnah]

I would love both a Charles Band deepdive as well as maybe an Alice Maio Mackay filmography review? No obligations, just a thought

[@SecretSocietyofGoths]

exorcist 2 is awesome and im sick of the slander

[@lynnanderson1538]

"I'm ranking my favorite turds" 😂❤

[@ElaineClush]

35:50 we have the same top 5 omg

[@mc.gemstone]

I haven't seen a lot of the mainstream horror stuff but I do fw stuff like Evil Dead, Re-Animator, The Lost Boys and Blade. I need to watch more weirder Horrors movie as I was kinda surprised Tetsuo The Iron Man wasn't on there or any recent ones of this year but oh well what it's impossible to have them all on there.

[@wolfdesk]

I am with you on Reanimator, its way underappreciated !

[@emilyb.8222]

you gotta see the one where the ghoulies go to college (real)

[@thepunkrocketeer1939]

My mom DOES say the Exorcist is the scariest movie she's ever seen!

[@MrTheShane]

I did the Wishmaster series this year. The best I can say is “the first two films don’t entirely suck thanks to Andrew Divoff”, but yeah - you can easily go your entire life without them.

[@quatermass1326]

May you gotta check out Funny Man (1994) for some absolutely unhinged nonsense. Christopher Lee wanted his name taken off it because it was too gory. There's a character in it dressed exactly like Velma from Scooby Doo whose name is 'Velma Fudd'. The titular Funny Man is like a fucked up evil trickster jester - his accent changes constantly, running the gamut of regional British dialects. There's a psychic with a dreadful Jamaican accent who manifests a Videodrome-esque gun arm at one point. It's like The Mask if they let Jim Carrey eviscerate people. I also recommend Prom Night II, an underrated weird offbeat horror sequel if you ask me! The locker scene lives rent free in my mind

[@WhatRobodoom]

honestly bride of the re-animator is everything that went off in the first movie cranked up to 12. it's deeply silly but it commits very hard to its own bit and honestly i definitely recommend at least watching that one. the third re-animator is........... i'll put it this way. the first two movies would get put into S tier for me without hesitation. but the third one i just try not to think about at all, ever

[@sarkos220]

The original Woman in Black is pretty good, it's got the vibes of The Stone Tape and Ghost Stories (2017). The Blob 1988 is a fun watch, and The Dentist is one of the few Brian Yuzna films I haven't seen

[@circuitousImpulse]

i’m only a few minutes into the video but i’m so surprised she put resident evil in E tier 😭😭 it’s deeply beloved by my friend group to the point where i straight up don’t know anyone who dislikes them

[@markalexander3659]

"Scream is not for me. I don't like Scream very much" - YESSS! *cheers*. I 100% agree.

[@GuamoKun]

Some of these franchise sequels have some neat moments. Children of the Corn III has a terrifying moment with a Virgin Mary statue.

[@blue278]

Please please please make a Ju-On video, i will beg on my hands and knees in the middle of a Kwik Trip parking lot for this

[@morbatol]

the ways in which may recited a direct quote of my mother showing me the exorcist bc it's the scariest movie she's ever seen

[@regretroulette1463]

Since so many people hate horror and think it’s an artless genre its just super gratifying to be validated by another horror loving gal with similar tastes.

[@silentverity4975]

Pumpkinhead is pretty good! Simple theme executed well, lots of Lance Henriksen

[@Catfish3rs]

The theme song for Return of the Living Dead is elite.

[@Muraki]

My pitch for watching The Hitcher: it's hella gay, the soundtrack is fire, and Rutger Hauer is incredible in it

[@Concreteowl]

Amityville 2 is a blast. The made for TV movies got sillier and sillier.

[@deja3963]

My partner and I recently marathoned the Saw franchise, and I was angry the entire time. Great movies lmao

[@lingusdingua4889]

Why is it problematic to watch the shining? I genuinely cannot keep up.

[@horse_renoir]

I just went from "what the hell is Terror Toons" to "holy shit I need to see Terror Toons" so quickly

[@jasonrhome710]

I think I may like the Hellraiser reboot more than OG if only because it feels like a tighter story. So Reboot>Hellraiser>II>Bloodlines>III... and there's one of the later sequels that almost got there for me. Don't remember which one.

[@joshuabarrera2386]

I agree 100% with your Alien Romulus take. Those moments just kinda take you out of the film.

[@basehead617]

where are friday the 13th and nightmare on elm street? i’m not seeing them in the tiers lol

[@jackburch3662]

Hellraiser and Saw are my favorites, so I feel. Very vindicated. :D

[@TheCraftyWitchUK]

What you said about the saw movies 100% yes!

[@ameliamarie5513]

I personally believe night of the living dead is the best out of all of them specifically for the 1985 Day of the Dead's soundtrack. It slaps

[@AtomicTopher]

time for a Spookablast movie tier list

[@Concreteowl]

The remake of the Blob is really good and directed by the same guy as your favorite Elm Street movie., Chuck Russell .

[@gstut1]

yay!!! new video!!!

[@Sarx1]

Here I am, in the comment section, telling you the first Pumpkinhead is cool. Stan Winston's directorial debut with Lance Henriksen before his "couldn't give a shit" era... what's not to love?