Category: Sequels

• The Exorcist III (1990)

  September 27, 2019

  1990s, Horror, Sequels

  I remember when I was younger seeing a video ad for The Exorcist III (1990) where the eyes of a Jesus statue slowly opened, which spooked me to no end as an image – now, that moment seemed weird and a bit silly. William Peter Blatty (author of the original Exorcist novel) wrote and directed… Read.

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  Sanjuro (1962)

  September 26, 2019

  1960s, Action, Japanese Cinema, Sequels

  I didn’t realise there was a sequel to Yojimbo, which reunites director Akira Kurosawa with actor Toshiro Mifune as the wandering hero. So I was in the mood for the 90 minute samurai movie, Sanjuro (1962; Tsubaki Sanjūrō) where Mifune’s character gets mixed up with helping nine younger samurai trying to release their uncle from… Read.

• F/X2 (1991)

  September 19, 2019

  1990s, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sequels

  I used to watch F/X2 (1991) so much when I was a teenager, taped off TV on VHS, more than the first one which starred “our” Bryan Brown as a special effects technician caught up in a criminal plot with Brian Dennehy as the cop after him. The sequel is more upbeat and cartoonish with… Read.