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It Came From Part 2 the best and worst sequel ever.

Sequels, from the Latin sequela which means "the crap that follows", or something like that. The very word sends shivers through the spines of movie lovers everywhere. All things considered I began to wonder, what are the best and worst sequels ever made. To began with we have to understand why Hollywood makes such lousy sequels. It all has to do with the almighty dollar. Despite conservative claims of liberal Hollywood, movie studios are a business and when it comes to making movies they are only interested in the bottom line. So studios don't want to take a big risk on a large financial investments. When a writer approaches a studio with a script, and the storyline is new and untested, the producers are naturally wary. Imagine that same writer trying to convince a studio to make multiple movies based upon a single story, any producer would think twice about investing in an untested story, if the first part flops they are stuck with the next film or two. So Hollywood pre...