Special Report
50 Worst Movie Sequels of All Time
November 11, 2019 1:10 pm
Last Updated: January 6, 2020 1:18 am
5. Troll 2 (1990)
> Directed by: Claudio Fragasso
> Starring: Michael Paul Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey
> Rotten Tomatoes critics rating: 2.3 out of 10
Horror flick “Troll 2” has developed a cult status for being “so bad it’s good.” A documentary titled “Best Worst Movie” (2009) about the making of the film was even produced. And while 44% of viewers on Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a positive rating, only 6% of professional critics could bring themselves to do the same.
4. King Kong Lives (1986)
> Directed by: John Guillermin
> Starring: Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, Peter Elliott
> Rotten Tomatoes critics rating: 1.6 out of 10
The original “King Kong” (1933) is a treasure of cinema, was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, and has garnered near-universal praise from critics. It was remade in 1976, for which the sequel “King Kong Lives” was released a decade later. This film, in which King Kong seeks out a female gorilla mate, does not have a single positive critic review on Rotten Tomatoes, with most finding it simply dull.
3. Son of the Mask (2005)
> Directed by: Lawrence Guterman
> Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard, Alan Cumming
> Rotten Tomatoes critics rating: 2.8 out of 10
This sequel to the cartoonish Jim Carrey-vehicle “The Mask” (1994) won over 6% of critics and 16% of audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie features both a baby and a dog wearing the titular mask. Rotten Tomatoes’ Critics Consensus refers to the flick as “painfully unfunny” and “sorely missing the presence of Jim Carrey.”
2. The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015)
> Directed by: Tom Six
> Starring: Dieter Laser, Laurence R. Harvey, Eric Roberts
> Rotten Tomatoes critics rating: 2.2 out of 10
The Human Centipede series hit its lowest point with its third and final entry, “The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence).” The movie centers around a prison warden who, inspired by the earlier Human Centipede films, sets out to connect 500 humans. The gross-out flick impressed 17% of critics and 11% of viewers on Rotten Tomatoes and reportedly made less than $15,000 at the domestic box office.
1. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
> Directed by: Bob Clark
> Starring: Jon Voight, Scott Baio, Vanessa Angel
> Rotten Tomatoes critics rating: 2.2 out of 10
Director Bob Clark’s original “Baby Geniuses” (1999) was not a critical hit, with just 2% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes giving it a good review. His follow-up, “Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2” (2004), managed to do even worse, receiving zero positive reviews. Audiences didn’t love it either — it currently holds a 1.9/10 rating on IMDb, making it the only film on this list to have a rating lower than 2.0. Writing for the Wall Street Journal, critic Joanne Kaufman called it “unspeakably ghastly.” The sequel managed to gross less than half of its $20 million production budget at the domestic box office, although this did not stop the production of a further three Baby Geniuses movies.
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