The 7 movie sequels that should never have been made

The occurrence of a movie does not warrant a sequel volition bring successful the large bucks – conscionable inquire the unit down Joker: 2.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie á Deux got disconnected to a unspeakable commencement arsenic fans and critics alike dubbed it the ‘worst movie of 2024’ portion it had a meagre opening weekend.

Meanwhile, Terrifier 3 has received rave reviews arsenic it hits cinemas this weekend, pursuing successful the footsteps of the eagerly-anticipated Beetlejuice Beetlejuice past month.

Not each sequel tin beryllium The Godfather Part II, Mad Max: Fury Road, oregon Star Wars: Episode 5 – The Empire Strikes Back – immoderate simply neglect to link with audiences and garner the occurrence of the original.

Here, we circular up 7 of the worst sequels of each clip that flopped astatine the container bureau and were derided by audiences.

Grease 2

Following the roaring occurrence of romanticist philharmonic Grease, starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, a standalone sequel was released successful 1982.

The 2nd movie returns to Rydell High and tells the communicative of Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer), the person of Rydell High School’s Pink Ladies, and apical T-Bird Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed) arsenic they interruption up, with Johnny trying to triumph her back.

Rather than being the 1 that fans wanted, Grease 2 was slammed by critics and fans alike, garnering a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards information for Worst Picture.

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Space Jam: A New Legacy

Space Jam was a smash deed erstwhile it was released successful 1996, and filmmakers were evidently hoping occurrence would onslaught doubly erstwhile a sequel followed successful 2021.

Starring LeBron James arsenic himself, the movie follows the hoops subordinate and his lad Dom (Cedric Joe) who get trapped successful integer abstraction by a rogue AI, forcing them to squad up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the remainder of the Looney Tunes pack for a high-stakes hoops game.

Space Jam: A New Legacy not lone flopped astatine the container office, but it won a chapeau instrumentality of accolades astatine the Golden Raspberry Awards, aka the Razzies, for worst histrion (LeBron James), worst surface mates and worst remake, rip-off oregon sequel.

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Exorcist II: The Heretic

The Exorcist has gone down successful past arsenic 1 of the astir terrifying fearfulness films of each clip – but its sequel became known for thing overmuch different.

Exorcist II: The Heretic, released successful 1977, takes spot pursuing the events of The Exorcist successful which Father Lamont (Richard Burton) investigates the decease of Father Merrin, visiting Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) for answers portion she is nether the psychiatric attraction of Dr Tuskin (Louise Fletcher).

Exorcist II is wide considered 1 of the worst fearfulness sequels of each time, and so 1 of the worst movie sequels ever made, with The Exorcist manager William Friedkin once scathingly saying: ‘I did spot a large woody of Exorcist II. I sat done possibly 40 minutes of it. It’s the worst portion of s**t I’ve ever seen. It’s a f*****g disgrace. That’s the worst forty minutes of movie I person ever seen, and that’s saying a lot.’

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Staying Alive

While John Travolta stunned audiences successful Saturday Night Fever, the aforesaid can’t beryllium said for its 1983 sequel Staying Alive.

Travolta returns to the relation of Tony Manero successful this Sylvester Stallone-directed flick which sees Tony moving arsenic a creation teacher six years aft the archetypal film, but his beingness turns upside down erstwhile helium is changeable and falls backmost into aged habits.

Far from having cinemagoers hitting the dancefloor, Staying Alice was dubbed the ‘Worst Sequel Ever’ by Entertainment Weekly successful 2006, but it was besides listed successful The Official Razzie Movie Guide, arsenic 1 of the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made…So that’s something.

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Son Of The Mask

One of drama icon Jim Carrey’s finest roles is successful the 1994 deed The Mask, but Son Of The Mask didn’t tickle our comic bones successful the aforesaid way.

Starring Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, and Mary Mouser, the 2005 movie follows Tim Avery (Kennedy), an aspiring animator whose kid is calved with the powers of the Mask.

It was deemed a container bureau flop and a captious nonaccomplishment upon its release, inspiring Kennedy to co-create the documentary Heckler which examines movie critics and hecklers astatine drama shows – a movie which besides received mixed reviews.

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Speed 2: Cruise Control

With an all-star formed featuring Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, and Willem Dafoe, Speed 2: Cruise Control had each the ingredients to beryllium a large movie.

Following the events of the Oscar-winning archetypal film, Speed 2 sees Bullock reprise her relation arsenic Annie whose romanticist Caribbean cruise turns unsafe erstwhile an detonation disables the ship’s connection system.

It is often cited arsenic 1 of the worst sequels and enactment films ever made, wide panned owed to Keanu Reeves not returning to the movie arsenic good arsenic its alteration successful direction.

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Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws 2 was not arsenic well-received arsenic the ground-breaking archetypal shark film – but the 3rd movie successful the franchise was perfectly panned.

Jaws: The Revenge, released successful 1987, saw Lorraine Gray reprise her relation arsenic the now-widowed Ellen Brody who is convinced a large achromatic shark is actively hunting members of her household pursuing the decease of her youngest son.

It was the lowest-grossing Jaws movie and Michael Caine, who played Hoagie Newcombe, perfectly savaged it: ‘I person ne'er seen it [the film], but by each accounts it is terrible. However, I person seen the location that it built, and it is terrific!’

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