31 Brutal Movie Sequels That Couldn’t Hold A Candle to Their O.G.

We don’t want to go 100 percent Negative Nelly here, so we’d like to start by congratulating the original movies that did well enough to warrant sequels. It must be a great feeling for everyone involved, right? They’re sitting back after a long bout of movie-making, and they get to see that their work is adored by millions of people! Very cool.

So why couldn’t they — or the randoms who took the reigns — keep that success train rolling? Whether these sequels were failed cash-grabs or just strikeouts from those who genuinely wanted to make a good movie, all that adoration was replaced by hateration.