I love the Friday the 13th series. But part 4 is my favorite. The first established the mythos. 2 introduced us to Jason. 3 added the hockey mask. But 4 is where the series became a franchise. We got one of the best plots of the series. Some of the best acting,Crispen Glover and others. Plus Tom Savini returned to do the FX work. Plus Jason dies. Sure he has come back many times. But when this came out it really felt like he was gone for good.
4.Nightmare on Elm Street part 3 the Dream Warriors
I was never a huge Freddy fan. But this one film captured my attention. It is the peak of the series.After this it was pretty much all downhill. And what a cast. Laurence Fishburne,Patricia Arquette and Heather Langencamp coming back. And it was the perfect mix of funny and scary Freddy,.
3.Phantasm Oblivion
Now this film,well either you love it or hate it. I love it. Been a fan of the Phantasm series since I saw the first one as a small child. And Oblivion wrapped up the storyline perfectly. The people I have talked to that hate the ending seem to not understand it. Spoilers,I believe the ending says that all 4 films are a dream that the lead Mike has been having.
2.X-men First class
Kind of a cheat,yeah I know. Because some sources claim this isn't a sequel/prequel to the previous 3 X-men films. I count it as a prequel. It took what I had wanted from an X-men film since 1980 ,when I started reading Uncanny X-men regularly,and put it all up on the screen. So I am very excited for the upcoming X-men Days of Future past film.
1.Empire Strikes Back
Growing up I was a huge Star Wars fan. And this film was my favorite. Over the years my fandom of the Star Wars franchise has died. But I still love this film. As a kid it was rare that I saw any film more than once in a theater. Empire I saw at least 10 times. I can remember begging older cousins,Aunts and Uncles to take me to see it again. There has been 6 Star wars films and currently this is the only one I own on DVD.