> > overall it did what a horror flick should do. It made me laugh, it scared me, and it left itself open for a sequel.
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> >This is a horror flick, and so obviously should remain open for a sequel
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> Noooooooo!!!! Bad! What *is* it about movies these days that HAVING TO REMAIN OPEN FOR A SEQUEL has become some universal law of filmmaking, such that nobody else in this thread even found this an unusual comment? Or am I weird or something?

Nah, you're not weird. It was kind of a sarcastic remark. I don't know that I've seen a horror flick that didn't have a sequel. Everything from Friday the 13th, to Halloween, to Scream and beyond. I would hope that someday it would stop. But I doubt it.

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