Binge watching is not exclusive to TV series. Oh no. Horror movies have spawned some of the longest running franchises in movie history. Get your snacks & supplies (and maybe adult diapers if you're binge-watching Friday the 13th) ready for the long haul - you're going to be stuck to your sofa for a while.
Franchise Binge Watch: Tremors
Tremors
Year: 1990
Released: 19 Jan 1990 |
Director: Ron Underwood

7.2

7.0

65

3.3
The plot
Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
Tremors II: Aftershocks
Year: 1996
Released: 09 Apr 1996 |
Director: S.S. Wilson

5.9

2.7

4

5
The plot
Battling a life depression, Earl Bassett is offered a job as a mercenary to help a Mexican oil company with a Graboid... [read more]
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Year: 2001
Released: 02 Oct 2001 |
Director: Brent Maddock

5.4

1.6

2.4

2
The plot
The now famous Burt Gummer returns to his hometown of Perfection, Nevada for the first time in years, but the deadliest... [read more]
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
Year: 2004
Released: 02 Jan 2004 |
Director: S.S. Wilson

5.3

2.3

3.3

4
The plot
A prequel to Tremors (1990), this movie tells us about how the town of Perfection, Nevada became founded and how they... [read more]
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Year: 2015
Released: 06 Oct 2015 |
Director: Don Michael Paul

5.3

2.3

3.3

4
The plot
The giant, man-eating Graboids are back and even deadlier than before, terrorizing the inhabitants of a South African... [read more]
- Binge: Tremors (1990 - 2015)
- Full Runtime: 8 hours, 29 minutes
- Difficulty: As difficult as building an entire underground bunker only to have it destroyed by giant underground sandworms.
- Drinks (Required): Not as many as you would think.
- Terror Inspired: Fortunately none of us live in the fictional town of Perfection, Nevada, so the terror inspired can be kept to a minimum.
Franchise Binge Watch: Phantasm
Phantasm
Year: 1979
Released: 28 Mar 1979 |
Director: Don Coscarelli

6.9

6.3

3.4

3.4
The plot
A young boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious... [read more]
Phantasm II
Year: 1988
Released: 08 Jul 1988 |
Director: Don Coscarelli

6.5

4.2

3.6

4.3
The plot
Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Year: 1994
Released: 06 May 1994 |
Director: Don Coscarelli

6.0

4.6

3.1

3.1
The plot
Mike and Reggie continue to hunt the mysterious Tall Man.
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Year: 1998
Released: 2000-08-01 |
Director: Don Coscarelli

5.7

2.4

3.5

4.1
The plot
Mike travels through time and dimensions to find the Tall Man's origins.
Phantasm: Ravager
Year: 2016
Released: 07 Oct 2016 |
Director: David Hartman

5.3

5.0

48

5
The plot
The final installment of the long-running Phantasm series.
- Binge: Phantasm (1979 - 2016)
- Full Runtime: 7 hours and thirty-odd glorious minutes.
- Difficulty: So easy and so hard. It depends on your, er, frame of mind.
- Drinks (Required): None. Or a lot. It's kinda on you, but we found a mind-altering substance or three to be pretty helpful on this one.
- Terror Inspired: A creeping, all-encompassing sense of Lovecraftian dread, -- if Cthulhu were wearing a Foxy Grandpa hat and couldn't stop farting.
Franchise Binge Watch: Final Destination
Final Destination
Year: 2000
Released: 17 Mar 2000 |
Director: James Wong

6.7

4.7

36

4
The plot
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to... [read more]
Final Destination 2
Year: 2003
Released: 31 Jan 2003 |
Director: David R. Ellis

6.2

5.0

38

3.9
The plot
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die,... [read more]
Final Destination 3
Year: 2006
Released: 2010-01-05 |
Director: James Wong

5.8

3

41

4
The plot
In this third installment of the Final Destination series, a student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her... [read more]
The Final Destination
Year: 2009
Released: 2015-04-09 |
Director: David R. Ellis

5.2

2.7

30

3.9
The plot
After a young man's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect... [read more]
Final Destination 5
Year: 2011
Released: 12 Aug 2011 |
Director: Steven Quale

5.9

5.8

50

4.2
The plot
Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there's no way you can cheat Death.
- Binge: Final Destination (2000 - 2011)
- Full Runtime: 7 hours, 34 minutes and fifty-nine seconds you can never get back.
- Difficulty: As easy as walking down the street, casually talking to your friend when suddenly wham! - surprise bus to the face and you're dead, you're freakin’ dead and that's it man. Life is so fragile.
- Drinks (Required): All of the drinks.
- Terror Inspired: Mortal
Franchise Binge Watch: Scream
Scream
Year: 1996
Released: 20 Dec 1996 |
Director: Wes Craven

7.2

7.0

65

4.2
The plot
Attempting to cope with her mother's murder, Sydney and her horror movie-obsessed friends are stalked by a murderer who... [read more]
Scream 2
Year: 1997
Released: 12 Dec 1997 |
Director: Wes Craven

6.1

6.8

63

3.9
The plot
Two years after the first series of murders, a new psychopath dons the Ghostface costume and a new string of killings... [read more]
Scream 3
Year: 2000
Released: 04 Feb 2000 |
Director: Wes Craven

5.5

5.2

56

3.9
The plot
While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, a new... [read more]
Scream 4
Year: 2011
Released: 15 Apr 2011 |
Director: Wes Craven

6.2

5.8

52

4.1
The plot
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by... [read more]
- Binge: Scream (1996-2011)
- Full Runtime: 7 hours, 39 minutes
- Difficulty: About as difficult as going to a party with that one friend that always quotes the same movies over and over again. You love them but sometimes it just needs to stop.
- Drinks (Required): This series requires multiple viewings and also multiple cases of beer.
- Terror Inspired: The realization that this series lives on as a TV show on MTV.
Franchise Binge Watch: Critters
Critters
Year: 1986
Released: 11 Apr 1986 |
Director: Stephen Herek

6.0

5.5

3.3

4.3
The plot
A race of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town.
Critters 2
Year: 1988
Released: 29 Apr 1988 |
Director: Mick Garris

5.3

4.1

3.1

3.8
The plot
Eggs of the small, furry alien carnivores are left behind on Earth and, after hatching, set their appetites on the town of... [read more]
Critters 3
Year: 1991
Released: N/A |
Director: Kristine Peterson

4.3

2.8

2.8

3.5
The plot
The tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower.
Critters 4
Year: 1992
Released: 14 Oct 1992 |
Director: Rupert Harvey

4.0

2.4

2.7

3.6
The plot
N/A
- Binge: Critters (1986 - 1992)
- Full Runtime: 5hrs 54mins
- Difficulty: Depends on how much beer you can drink
- Drinks (required): Minimum 4 beers
- Terror Inspired: Realizing there may not be enough beer in the fridge to get through this