The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
Feb 3, 2008Alternate Timelines
The Butterfly Effect was not a film set up for a sequel but we get one here anyway with a different person flipping back in time to change his rather dull and uninteresting life
Gina Holden
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Jun 21, 2006Precognition/Doomed Rollercoaster Crash Survivors
The original creative team behind the Final Destination series, James Wong and Glen Morgan, return for this sequel but only provide a routine series of bizarre novelty deaths following the premonition of a rollercoaster disaster
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator Requiem (2007)
Jan 19, 2008Alien/Predator Series' Crossover
Second of the Alien/Predator crossovers and the absolute nadir of either series. Gone is the suspense of either series' earlier entries and the creatures are now no more than standard monsters in a teen horror film
Screamers: The Hunting (2009)
Jul 17, 2010Evolved Androids/Planetary Survival
Disappointing sequel to the modest original that does little but revisit and re-run the first film's scenario with little to add to it
Saw 3D (2010)
Mar 1, 2011Killer's Sadistic Games
Supposedly the final chapter of the Saw saga – where the sole novelty on offer is gore and body parts coming out the screen in 3D. This is conducted with a tired lack of effort that makes for tedium-inducing watching
Messages Deleted (2010)
Dec 22, 2020Screenwriter Taunted by a Killer
The last script from Larry Cohen, a playful work with Matthew Lillard as a screenwriting lecturer harassed by a killer only to find real-life doesn't obey the same rules that screenplays do
The Mysterious Island (2012)
Dec 29, 2013Desert Island Survival/Time Warp
About the ninth film version of Jules Verne's desert island survival story. This doesn't add the giant animals/insects other versions do, although we still get a number of wild sf elements the original book never had. Problem though is that the film never adds enough to make proceedings very interesting
The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)
Jun 4, 2013Time Travel Experiment Amok
This Syfy Channel production can't seem to decide if it is a sequel or a remake of the 1984 film. Michael Paré turn up in both versions but goes from being the hero to a menacing heavy. The original had its moments but this is generic and routine in all ways
Sand Sharks (2012)
Jan 27, 2022Gonzo Killer Shark Film
This was made just before Sharknado turned the killer shark film into something deliberately ridiculous and is an entertainingly tongue-in-cheek B movie that has a perfect sense of its own limitations
Avalanche Sharks (2013)
Mar 2, 2014Sharks Attack a Mountainside Ski Resort
In the same vein as Sharknado, another absurdly entertaining gonzo shark attack film concerning sharks that swim through the snow to attack skiers at a mountainside resort