these frightening films are a cut above
the rest
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 horror movie franchises just to be
clear we’re only including movies with
more than one sequel and balancing
iconic status popularity and box office
might there are certain rules that one
must abide by in order to successfully
survive a horror movie
number 10 scream kicking off our list is
the West craving creation that spanned
four installments and even played
foundation to a scary movie parody
focusing on various psychopathic serial
killers taking turns with the ghost base
identity it made an impact with its
self-reflexive style that played with
horror conventions and kept viewers
guessing until the very end there’s a
formula to it a very simple formula
everybody’s a suspect before films
together managed over six hundred and
four million at the box office
Chucky’s a dump
he’s made up of plastic and stuffy
number-9 child’s play hi me chuckle what
do you think everyone knows that dolls
could be creepy as hell and this is
perhaps the franchise that started all
that I said talk to me dammit or else
I’m gonna throw you in the fire
you stupid with me in the child’s play
movies this particular doll has become
possessed with the soul of Chucky a
voodoo practicing serial killer
making us fear inanimate objects and
children’s playthings the series and
it’s terrifying little good guy doll
hello Andy remains a horror staple
raking up 182 million over several
installments whoo laughs do you hear me
get me the fly there are no accidents no
coincidences no mishaps and no escapes
memory final destination if you want to
waste your life beating shit out of Alex
every time you see him then you can just
drop and dead a relatively new horror
draw this one is unique for having no
masked killer but instead focuses on the
unseen influence of death itself that
singles out those who have escaped his
master schemes it’s all part of death
sadistic design leading to the gray a
series known for its over-the-top
creativity how the characters will die
is often more important than if and
there’s hardly ever an if
death has been busy because its box
office has been making a killing
currently sitting at over 665 million
you’re dead you’re dead
anyone can give me window
number seven Paranormal Activity if
there ever was proof that psychological
scares are more effective than buckets
of gore this would be it a phenomenon
when released this found-footage
sensation has gone on to spur sequels in
rapid succession oh it can be anywhere
here’s what we’re saying right now hey
how do you know you are absolutely
powerless a 714 million dollar box
office pole isn’t bad for a b-movie
ghost series that makes people wet
themselves by shaking lamps and slamming
doors
number six The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
this war series didn’t just challenge
you to guess who would survive but what
would be left of them when they did
it’s plot is centered on victims coming
across a family of cannibals and they’re
aptly named chainsaw wielding son
Leatherface while it was marketed as
based on a true story that was
thankfully a bit of a stretch
seven films later it’s pulled in over
235 million from sadistic movie goers
how much blood will you shed to stay
alive
number five saw well if you imagined
that the inventive torture porn original
would even get one sequel it quickly
triggered seven installments making
another killing at the box office at 873
million you don’t know me but I want to
play game here’s what happens
moviegoers are really twisted as they
couldn’t seem to get enough of jigsaw
his apprentices and the harrowing traps
in which he places his ungrateful
victims congratulation you are still
alive most people are so ungrateful to
be alive anymore
number four George Romero’s dead series
next up are the influential and
definitive zombie films written and
directed by the master himself they prey
on each other with the night going into
dawn day and so forth this horror
franchise is especially noteworthy for
the social commentary that’s sewn into
each shambling bite fest all these
windows you’re like I’m strong enough to
keep these things out huh I told you
those things don’t have any strength I
smashed three of them and pushed another
one out the door they would really be no
zombie genre without Romero’s dead
series and they’ve resurrected 170
million dollars to show for it
number three a Nightmare on Elm Street
horror films are meant to affect their
viewers on the subconscious level and
Wes Craven’s nightmare franchise does
that in a literal sense
you really shouldn’t fall asleep in
class rather than having a killer that
stalks by night Freddy Krueger tormented
his victims whenever they closed their
eyes sealing the legendary status of the
franchise was the killer’s iconic look
from his horrific burns to his claws
striped sweater and fedora
with eight installments plus a remake
it’s pulled in 457 million to date my
god you’re bleeding
number two Halloween this slasher is a
favorite for focusing on the horrors
committed by a notably simple mass
growing psychopath
with a blade institutionalized as a
child Michael Myers escaped to hunt down
his sister and whoever is unlucky enough
to be around at the time while being
pursued by his psychiatrist through
Hayden field Illinois
while the series tried transitioning
into a more general holiday themed
franchise in number three John
Carpenter’s iconic villain returned for
another five installments for reboot
itis set in the box office currently
sits at nearly 367 million
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
sounds like we go it looks like we go
it smells like we go to box you opened
it we know it is a means to summon our
explorers in the further regions of
experienced demons to some angels to
others number one Friday the 13th was
there any doubt taking the top spot on
our list is the franchise centered on
the undead killer from Crystal Lake with
major mommy issues who has made it an
annual tradition to stab horny teenagers
you’ve done your job well mommy is
pleased
with ten movies plus a freddy crossover
and a reboot the franchise hasn’t just
raked in over four hundred and
sixty-five million but made hockey masks
fair game as Halloween costumes for
decades agree with our list which horror
franchise made you afraid to be alone
for more frightening top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
the rest
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 horror movie franchises just to be
clear we’re only including movies with
more than one sequel and balancing
iconic status popularity and box office
might there are certain rules that one
must abide by in order to successfully
survive a horror movie
number 10 scream kicking off our list is
the West craving creation that spanned
four installments and even played
foundation to a scary movie parody
focusing on various psychopathic serial
killers taking turns with the ghost base
identity it made an impact with its
self-reflexive style that played with
horror conventions and kept viewers
guessing until the very end there’s a
formula to it a very simple formula
everybody’s a suspect before films
together managed over six hundred and
four million at the box office
Chucky’s a dump
he’s made up of plastic and stuffy
number-9 child’s play hi me chuckle what
do you think everyone knows that dolls
could be creepy as hell and this is
perhaps the franchise that started all
that I said talk to me dammit or else
I’m gonna throw you in the fire
you stupid with me in the child’s play
movies this particular doll has become
possessed with the soul of Chucky a
voodoo practicing serial killer
making us fear inanimate objects and
children’s playthings the series and
it’s terrifying little good guy doll
hello Andy remains a horror staple
raking up 182 million over several
installments whoo laughs do you hear me
get me the fly there are no accidents no
coincidences no mishaps and no escapes
memory final destination if you want to
waste your life beating shit out of Alex
every time you see him then you can just
drop and dead a relatively new horror
draw this one is unique for having no
masked killer but instead focuses on the
unseen influence of death itself that
singles out those who have escaped his
master schemes it’s all part of death
sadistic design leading to the gray a
series known for its over-the-top
creativity how the characters will die
is often more important than if and
there’s hardly ever an if
death has been busy because its box
office has been making a killing
currently sitting at over 665 million
you’re dead you’re dead
anyone can give me window
number seven Paranormal Activity if
there ever was proof that psychological
scares are more effective than buckets
of gore this would be it a phenomenon
when released this found-footage
sensation has gone on to spur sequels in
rapid succession oh it can be anywhere
here’s what we’re saying right now hey
how do you know you are absolutely
powerless a 714 million dollar box
office pole isn’t bad for a b-movie
ghost series that makes people wet
themselves by shaking lamps and slamming
doors
number six The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
this war series didn’t just challenge
you to guess who would survive but what
would be left of them when they did
it’s plot is centered on victims coming
across a family of cannibals and they’re
aptly named chainsaw wielding son
Leatherface while it was marketed as
based on a true story that was
thankfully a bit of a stretch
seven films later it’s pulled in over
235 million from sadistic movie goers
how much blood will you shed to stay
alive
number five saw well if you imagined
that the inventive torture porn original
would even get one sequel it quickly
triggered seven installments making
another killing at the box office at 873
million you don’t know me but I want to
play game here’s what happens
moviegoers are really twisted as they
couldn’t seem to get enough of jigsaw
his apprentices and the harrowing traps
in which he places his ungrateful
victims congratulation you are still
alive most people are so ungrateful to
be alive anymore
number four George Romero’s dead series
next up are the influential and
definitive zombie films written and
directed by the master himself they prey
on each other with the night going into
dawn day and so forth this horror
franchise is especially noteworthy for
the social commentary that’s sewn into
each shambling bite fest all these
windows you’re like I’m strong enough to
keep these things out huh I told you
those things don’t have any strength I
smashed three of them and pushed another
one out the door they would really be no
zombie genre without Romero’s dead
series and they’ve resurrected 170
million dollars to show for it
number three a Nightmare on Elm Street
horror films are meant to affect their
viewers on the subconscious level and
Wes Craven’s nightmare franchise does
that in a literal sense
you really shouldn’t fall asleep in
class rather than having a killer that
stalks by night Freddy Krueger tormented
his victims whenever they closed their
eyes sealing the legendary status of the
franchise was the killer’s iconic look
from his horrific burns to his claws
striped sweater and fedora
with eight installments plus a remake
it’s pulled in 457 million to date my
god you’re bleeding
number two Halloween this slasher is a
favorite for focusing on the horrors
committed by a notably simple mass
growing psychopath
with a blade institutionalized as a
child Michael Myers escaped to hunt down
his sister and whoever is unlucky enough
to be around at the time while being
pursued by his psychiatrist through
Hayden field Illinois
while the series tried transitioning
into a more general holiday themed
franchise in number three John
Carpenter’s iconic villain returned for
another five installments for reboot
itis set in the box office currently
sits at nearly 367 million
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
sounds like we go it looks like we go
it smells like we go to box you opened
it we know it is a means to summon our
explorers in the further regions of
experienced demons to some angels to
others number one Friday the 13th was
there any doubt taking the top spot on
our list is the franchise centered on
the undead killer from Crystal Lake with
major mommy issues who has made it an
annual tradition to stab horny teenagers
you’ve done your job well mommy is
pleased
with ten movies plus a freddy crossover
and a reboot the franchise hasn’t just
raked in over four hundred and
sixty-five million but made hockey masks
fair game as Halloween costumes for
decades agree with our list which horror
franchise made you afraid to be alone
for more frightening top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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