it’s hard enough to create one
terrifyingly successful horror flick but
a whole series I wouldn’t miss it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
best modern horror movie franchises for
this list we’re focusing on horror
franchises that began in the year 2000
or later and are basing our choices on
their popularity box-office success and
how effectively they scare the bejesus
out of us before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content we should also
mention that some of these things are
about to seeare pretty disturbing while
others might even feature spoilers so
spit warm on both count number 10
Hachette franchise
starting off with the most basic of
killing implements hatchet chops into
the number 10 spot with all the gore
you’d expect from such a title
what’s more and features some of your
favorite horror trope deformed and
bullied child’s turned psycho killer
plus tragic deaths and a group of
fun-loving teens all add up to your
standard horror franchise mayhem with a
modern twist of course see their heads
would whose would Victor Crowley end up
with the stories already huh with Shara
icon Kane Hodder starring at the
wielding psychopath Victor Crowley
butchery ensues in the Louisiana swamps
near his haunted family shack all right
it might not be the most original plot
line but the victim disposal methods do
get more inventive as the trilogy
progresses
number nine
VHS franchise VHS technology might be
out of date but don’t think that means
the scares in this series are obsolete
with a POV approach this anthology
horror trilogy takes the viewer through
a series of what looks like found
footage home movies which as you can
expect eventually lead to a variety of
nasty demises with several shorter tales
in each film there’s sure to be
something in there to freak you out
while jump scares and general creepiness
will keep you on the edge of your seat
although the hand-held camera work can
be a little hard on the senses the
filmmakers did find a new and
interesting way to bring together a
scuffle a small vignette into a
franchise of entertaining film are you
seeing weird stuff like people who look
dead
you should really open the door number 8
wreck franchise it’s our people munakata
park in the spanish zombie horror
franchise upon which the american
quarantine period faced the original
wreck also uses the hand-held camera
method of telling the story
the series of four films begins by
following a reporter and her cameraman
as they enter a building with an
emergency response team and get our
spawn fake could have lived without
literally great I got it
you’re good I have is between illegality
solo
the claustrophobic settings and
religious undertones of attention in
these film as we’re treated to a
first-person experience of a zombie
infected nightmare dark lighting jerky
camera movement and maniacs try not to
be stunned your throat makes for four
films of terrifying intensity
[Music]
number seven final destination franchise
is an accident death there are no
accidents no coincidences no mishaps
No prophetic visions and state are the
topics of choice in this franchise
throughout the five films so far in the
series precognitive teens trying to
cheat death and save themselves from
their own untimely and predicted demises
there’s going to be a huge pileup I saw
it
everybody’s everywhere the Grim Reaper
however has other plans and attempts to
force their efforts with series after
series of outlandish coincidences that’s
when successful we just over the top
gore and met the end the series brings
the horror to the viewer in a way that
may be beyond bloody but it is also
extremely entertaining in a gross way
you’ll never listen to John Denver the
same way again
[Music]
number six the purge franchise
commencing at the siren any and all
crime including murder will be legal for
12 continuous hours imagine a country
where any and all crime is legal for a
12 hour period once a year now imagine
that a murderous gang has targeted your
house specifically now imagine what your
next 12 hours will be like you’re ready
to please because the design timer
that’s the basic premise of the first
film in the purge franchise which
grossed over eighty nine point three
million on a three million dollar budget
and believe it or not the film’s only
got more successful from there with each
new entry exploring the concepts through
an ever widening Lynn with tension you
can take this dystopian action franchise
forces you’ll ask yourself what would
you do we will know courage we will
torture you inviolate just where remove
your skin and share in your blood
this is the American Way five twenty
eight days later slash twenty eight
weeks later franchise this is the film
series that made running from zombie
like creatures much tougher than it used
to be as the two-part franchise hit
humanity against some pretty speedy
infected beings and a race to survive
[Applause]
some well-meaning animal activists
accidentally released the rage virus
upon mankind and when the first film’s
protagonist awakes from a coma for weeks
after the event he finds the world
deserted with the minor exception of he
craves infected horse Court ah
well-developed characters and a fresh
approach to the zombie Shara helped
bring the viewer into the film which do
not fail to deliver on the zombie gore
and post-apocalyptic scared
[Music]
[Applause]
number four Paranormal Activity
franchise hi – welcome readings if
things going bump in tonight is your
scare of choice you’ll want to check out
the films in this supernatural horror
series what is your quest what is your
favorite color the Paranormal Activity
franchise had six films to its credit to
date and each one has its fair share of
chills thrills and jump scares of course
captured in a found footage style by
whole movie and security cameras the
seemingly normal surroundings in the
bill instantly become frightening as
decidedly nasty presences making
themselves known can be serious how the
hapless victims become aware of the evil
is a step-by-step lessons in terror and
how they deal with that evil will scare
your pants off with tension number three
insidious franchise it’s not the house
that’s haunted it’s your style things
start to get really nasty as the
insidious series does its very best to
keep you scared
[Music]
and
and the barrier between our reality and
the spirit world maybe there than you
think
and these films show us just how close
they really are yes there are plenty of
jump scares to keep the popcorn flying
but it’s the quieter moments in between
when you’re waiting and thinking and
dreading what will come next that will
really get to you with four films as of
2017 the insidious series will get under
your skin just as effectively as any
Dimas please have number two Saw
franchise hello Amanda you don’t know me
but you don’t want to have to solve the
puzzles in our next franchise first
hitting the theaters in 2004 saw had
gone on to spawn six more movies so far
as well as countless sleepless nights
first viewer series original antagonist
jigsaw and his successor takes killing
in a creative direction as countless
victims are put into situations that
required gruesome solutions in order to
escape with their lives you think it’s
over just because I am dead it’s not
over the games have just begun you can
handle the gut-wrenching tension of
watching someone selling off his own
foot seeing someone split open like a
butterfly or extracting a pound of flesh
from him or herself then this grisly
modern war series will be one you
definitely want to check out
before we get to our topic here are a
few honorable mentions number one a
conjuring franchise you can’t beat the
scares that come from movies that claim
to be based on true events feature
characters based on actual paranormal
investigators and both enough shots to
keep you awake for a good long time
[Applause]
James 1 the same director who brought us
insidious applies his terrifying talents
2d films with great skill and the ghosts
demonic possessions and nasty surprises
around every corner are only the tip of
the iceberg if you’re looking for films
that will chill you to the bone in scare
you senseless then look no further
because the conjuring franchise and its
spin-off series Annabelle will deliver
everything you asked for and maybe a bit
more do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
terrifyingly successful horror flick but
a whole series I wouldn’t miss it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
best modern horror movie franchises for
this list we’re focusing on horror
franchises that began in the year 2000
or later and are basing our choices on
their popularity box-office success and
how effectively they scare the bejesus
out of us before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content we should also
mention that some of these things are
about to seeare pretty disturbing while
others might even feature spoilers so
spit warm on both count number 10
Hachette franchise
starting off with the most basic of
killing implements hatchet chops into
the number 10 spot with all the gore
you’d expect from such a title
what’s more and features some of your
favorite horror trope deformed and
bullied child’s turned psycho killer
plus tragic deaths and a group of
fun-loving teens all add up to your
standard horror franchise mayhem with a
modern twist of course see their heads
would whose would Victor Crowley end up
with the stories already huh with Shara
icon Kane Hodder starring at the
wielding psychopath Victor Crowley
butchery ensues in the Louisiana swamps
near his haunted family shack all right
it might not be the most original plot
line but the victim disposal methods do
get more inventive as the trilogy
progresses
number nine
VHS franchise VHS technology might be
out of date but don’t think that means
the scares in this series are obsolete
with a POV approach this anthology
horror trilogy takes the viewer through
a series of what looks like found
footage home movies which as you can
expect eventually lead to a variety of
nasty demises with several shorter tales
in each film there’s sure to be
something in there to freak you out
while jump scares and general creepiness
will keep you on the edge of your seat
although the hand-held camera work can
be a little hard on the senses the
filmmakers did find a new and
interesting way to bring together a
scuffle a small vignette into a
franchise of entertaining film are you
seeing weird stuff like people who look
dead
you should really open the door number 8
wreck franchise it’s our people munakata
park in the spanish zombie horror
franchise upon which the american
quarantine period faced the original
wreck also uses the hand-held camera
method of telling the story
the series of four films begins by
following a reporter and her cameraman
as they enter a building with an
emergency response team and get our
spawn fake could have lived without
literally great I got it
you’re good I have is between illegality
solo
the claustrophobic settings and
religious undertones of attention in
these film as we’re treated to a
first-person experience of a zombie
infected nightmare dark lighting jerky
camera movement and maniacs try not to
be stunned your throat makes for four
films of terrifying intensity
[Music]
number seven final destination franchise
is an accident death there are no
accidents no coincidences no mishaps
No prophetic visions and state are the
topics of choice in this franchise
throughout the five films so far in the
series precognitive teens trying to
cheat death and save themselves from
their own untimely and predicted demises
there’s going to be a huge pileup I saw
it
everybody’s everywhere the Grim Reaper
however has other plans and attempts to
force their efforts with series after
series of outlandish coincidences that’s
when successful we just over the top
gore and met the end the series brings
the horror to the viewer in a way that
may be beyond bloody but it is also
extremely entertaining in a gross way
you’ll never listen to John Denver the
same way again
[Music]
number six the purge franchise
commencing at the siren any and all
crime including murder will be legal for
12 continuous hours imagine a country
where any and all crime is legal for a
12 hour period once a year now imagine
that a murderous gang has targeted your
house specifically now imagine what your
next 12 hours will be like you’re ready
to please because the design timer
that’s the basic premise of the first
film in the purge franchise which
grossed over eighty nine point three
million on a three million dollar budget
and believe it or not the film’s only
got more successful from there with each
new entry exploring the concepts through
an ever widening Lynn with tension you
can take this dystopian action franchise
forces you’ll ask yourself what would
you do we will know courage we will
torture you inviolate just where remove
your skin and share in your blood
this is the American Way five twenty
eight days later slash twenty eight
weeks later franchise this is the film
series that made running from zombie
like creatures much tougher than it used
to be as the two-part franchise hit
humanity against some pretty speedy
infected beings and a race to survive
[Applause]
some well-meaning animal activists
accidentally released the rage virus
upon mankind and when the first film’s
protagonist awakes from a coma for weeks
after the event he finds the world
deserted with the minor exception of he
craves infected horse Court ah
well-developed characters and a fresh
approach to the zombie Shara helped
bring the viewer into the film which do
not fail to deliver on the zombie gore
and post-apocalyptic scared
[Music]
[Applause]
number four Paranormal Activity
franchise hi – welcome readings if
things going bump in tonight is your
scare of choice you’ll want to check out
the films in this supernatural horror
series what is your quest what is your
favorite color the Paranormal Activity
franchise had six films to its credit to
date and each one has its fair share of
chills thrills and jump scares of course
captured in a found footage style by
whole movie and security cameras the
seemingly normal surroundings in the
bill instantly become frightening as
decidedly nasty presences making
themselves known can be serious how the
hapless victims become aware of the evil
is a step-by-step lessons in terror and
how they deal with that evil will scare
your pants off with tension number three
insidious franchise it’s not the house
that’s haunted it’s your style things
start to get really nasty as the
insidious series does its very best to
keep you scared
[Music]
and
and the barrier between our reality and
the spirit world maybe there than you
think
and these films show us just how close
they really are yes there are plenty of
jump scares to keep the popcorn flying
but it’s the quieter moments in between
when you’re waiting and thinking and
dreading what will come next that will
really get to you with four films as of
2017 the insidious series will get under
your skin just as effectively as any
Dimas please have number two Saw
franchise hello Amanda you don’t know me
but you don’t want to have to solve the
puzzles in our next franchise first
hitting the theaters in 2004 saw had
gone on to spawn six more movies so far
as well as countless sleepless nights
first viewer series original antagonist
jigsaw and his successor takes killing
in a creative direction as countless
victims are put into situations that
required gruesome solutions in order to
escape with their lives you think it’s
over just because I am dead it’s not
over the games have just begun you can
handle the gut-wrenching tension of
watching someone selling off his own
foot seeing someone split open like a
butterfly or extracting a pound of flesh
from him or herself then this grisly
modern war series will be one you
definitely want to check out
before we get to our topic here are a
few honorable mentions number one a
conjuring franchise you can’t beat the
scares that come from movies that claim
to be based on true events feature
characters based on actual paranormal
investigators and both enough shots to
keep you awake for a good long time
[Applause]
James 1 the same director who brought us
insidious applies his terrifying talents
2d films with great skill and the ghosts
demonic possessions and nasty surprises
around every corner are only the tip of
the iceberg if you’re looking for films
that will chill you to the bone in scare
you senseless then look no further
because the conjuring franchise and its
spin-off series Annabelle will deliver
everything you asked for and maybe a bit
more do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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