1 00:00:07,746 --> 00:00:10,053 - Everyone knows that sequels suck. 2 00:00:10,097 --> 00:00:13,883 [cat roars] 3 00:00:13,926 --> 00:00:16,059 - By definition alone, they're inferior films. 4 00:00:16,103 --> 00:00:17,756 - Or do they? 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,671 - What I love about sequels is 6 00:00:19,715 --> 00:00:21,456 the characters are all established, 7 00:00:21,499 --> 00:00:22,631 we know who they are. 8 00:00:22,674 --> 00:00:25,460 So let's just get into it. 9 00:00:25,503 --> 00:00:27,723 - As great as Anthony Perkins is in "Psycho," 10 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:29,986 I think he's even better in "Psycho 2." 11 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:32,989 - I'm Norman. Norman Bates. 12 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,860 - "Nightmare on Elm Street 3" is my favorite one. 13 00:00:34,904 --> 00:00:37,298 - Man, it's so good. - It wasn't just scary 14 00:00:37,341 --> 00:00:38,908 it was funny. - This is it, Jennifer, 15 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:41,258 your big break in TV. - [screams] 16 00:00:41,302 --> 00:00:43,695 - I think people know when they see the Chucky movie, 17 00:00:43,739 --> 00:00:46,220 you know what you're going to get. 18 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:49,484 - I love "The Purge" franchise. 19 00:00:49,527 --> 00:00:53,270 You want to understand how this even all started. 20 00:00:53,314 --> 00:00:55,751 - "Gremlins 2," I think 21 00:00:55,794 --> 00:00:58,232 might possibly be the best sequel of all time. 22 00:00:58,275 --> 00:01:00,234 - [laughs] - It takes everything 23 00:01:00,277 --> 00:01:02,975 that you love about the first film, 24 00:01:03,019 --> 00:01:05,891 and it cranks it up to a whole other level. 25 00:01:05,935 --> 00:01:08,894 - Horror movie sequels do not suck. 26 00:01:08,938 --> 00:01:12,115 Horror movie sequels are actually fantastic. 27 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:15,684 And sometimes they're even better than the originals. 28 00:01:15,727 --> 00:01:18,687 [eerie music] 29 00:01:18,730 --> 00:01:25,563 ♪ 30 00:01:35,921 --> 00:01:37,706 [chainsaw roars] 31 00:01:37,749 --> 00:01:41,275 ♪ 32 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:46,062 - Damien. 33 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,934 - Horror sequels. 34 00:01:48,978 --> 00:01:53,374 They can be fun. 35 00:01:53,417 --> 00:01:58,118 But usually, they're a long way from being great. 36 00:01:58,161 --> 00:02:00,250 It's really hard to pull off a good horror sequel. 37 00:02:00,294 --> 00:02:02,731 There's so many of them that suck. 38 00:02:02,774 --> 00:02:05,560 - [screaming] 39 00:02:05,603 --> 00:02:08,258 - But then there are a few that actually really don't suck. 40 00:02:08,302 --> 00:02:09,999 And it's all the more impressive when you can go 41 00:02:10,042 --> 00:02:13,045 from "Alien," which is one of the most iconic 42 00:02:13,089 --> 00:02:15,178 movies in cinema, and come out with "Aliens." 43 00:02:15,222 --> 00:02:17,572 - Come on, come on! 44 00:02:17,615 --> 00:02:22,011 - Sometimes sequels fall far short of the original. 45 00:02:22,054 --> 00:02:24,361 And sometimes they amp up the body count 46 00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:26,972 and are even better. 47 00:02:27,016 --> 00:02:28,974 The tradition of the great horror sequel 48 00:02:29,018 --> 00:02:30,367 goes all the way back 49 00:02:30,411 --> 00:02:33,588 to James Wales' "Bride of Frankenstein." 50 00:02:33,631 --> 00:02:37,026 - I always loved "Bride of Frankenstein," you know, 51 00:02:37,069 --> 00:02:40,203 just the fact that it picks up right where the original movie 52 00:02:40,247 --> 00:02:43,424 left off, I think really has a lot of power. 53 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:46,383 Like wait a minute, so okay, so the windmill burns down 54 00:02:46,427 --> 00:02:48,211 and then what happens? 55 00:02:48,255 --> 00:02:51,432 So you feel like you're getting a continuing saga. 56 00:02:51,475 --> 00:02:53,695 - Well, you can use a sequel to enhance and-- 57 00:02:53,738 --> 00:02:54,826 and build on something 58 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:57,525 that you did in the first one. 59 00:02:57,568 --> 00:02:59,222 - Groovy. - Or you can take it 60 00:02:59,266 --> 00:03:00,876 in a different direction. There's a million things you 61 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,834 can do if you got some good piece of material 62 00:03:02,878 --> 00:03:06,360 that warrants being revisited. - I've got to remain logical. 63 00:03:06,403 --> 00:03:08,405 - I like making sequels because 64 00:03:08,449 --> 00:03:09,754 I don't have to explain anything. 65 00:03:09,798 --> 00:03:11,669 I can just start from the get-go 66 00:03:11,713 --> 00:03:15,064 and do some new adventure. 67 00:03:15,107 --> 00:03:18,067 - For a sequel that delivers on all levels, 68 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:21,418 there's no better example than the greatest slasher sequel 69 00:03:21,462 --> 00:03:22,593 of all time. 70 00:03:22,637 --> 00:03:24,421 [eerie music] 71 00:03:24,465 --> 00:03:26,728 - "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors" 72 00:03:26,771 --> 00:03:28,382 is like the peak 73 00:03:28,425 --> 00:03:29,818 of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. 74 00:03:29,861 --> 00:03:32,560 - It's just jam-packed with cool stuff. 75 00:03:32,603 --> 00:03:35,345 - There's certain films that it's almost like 76 00:03:35,389 --> 00:03:38,435 the second movie wasn't so great or wasn't as good 77 00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:40,872 as the first one, and then the third one reinvents 78 00:03:40,916 --> 00:03:42,396 the franchise and becomes a masterpiece. 79 00:03:42,439 --> 00:03:43,658 - Well, you're right. 80 00:03:43,701 --> 00:03:45,181 Now "Dream Warriors" managed to click 81 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:46,878 into the mythology of the first one-- 82 00:03:46,922 --> 00:03:50,230 - Freddy's home. - In a way that was exciting 83 00:03:50,273 --> 00:03:53,058 for audiences, but it also seemed on a slightly bigger 84 00:03:53,102 --> 00:03:55,365 canvas and you were surprised by the bigness 85 00:03:55,409 --> 00:03:57,846 and the sense of fun. 86 00:03:57,889 --> 00:04:00,240 - For "Dream Warriors," 87 00:04:00,283 --> 00:04:02,633 series creator Wes Craven returned 88 00:04:02,677 --> 00:04:05,288 as producer and co-writer. 89 00:04:05,332 --> 00:04:09,597 He brought back his beloved heroine, Nancy Thompson. 90 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,861 - [screams] 91 00:04:12,904 --> 00:04:15,429 - You. - Oh, my God. 92 00:04:15,472 --> 00:04:17,605 - I think Wes really believed 93 00:04:17,648 --> 00:04:19,650 that Nancy was kind of the best aspect 94 00:04:19,694 --> 00:04:21,696 that we all have inside of us. 95 00:04:21,739 --> 00:04:27,528 That she is the kind of person who faces fear head on 96 00:04:27,571 --> 00:04:31,923 and doesn't avoid the thing that's endangering their lives. 97 00:04:31,967 --> 00:04:34,491 But just goes straight at it. - Krueger's back. 98 00:04:34,535 --> 00:04:37,146 - Fred Krueger is dead. 99 00:04:37,189 --> 00:04:38,974 - I loved that they brought her back. 100 00:04:39,017 --> 00:04:41,237 I loved how they brought her back and that she was there 101 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,934 to sort of help the children. 102 00:04:42,978 --> 00:04:46,373 And in a sense, she's there to save them. 103 00:04:46,416 --> 00:04:49,506 - Now a grad student studying dream psychology... 104 00:04:49,550 --> 00:04:52,553 - I have had some experience with pattern nightmares. 105 00:04:52,596 --> 00:04:55,469 - Nancy comes home to help a new generation of teens 106 00:04:55,512 --> 00:04:58,689 targeted by the dream killer, Freddy Krueger. 107 00:04:58,733 --> 00:05:00,169 ♪ 108 00:05:00,212 --> 00:05:02,780 The Elm Street parents, clueless as ever, 109 00:05:02,824 --> 00:05:05,696 have put the tormented teens in a mental institution. 110 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:08,351 - You're killing us! - Ah. 111 00:05:08,395 --> 00:05:10,440 - But they have a secret weapon, 112 00:05:10,484 --> 00:05:13,487 newcomer Kristen, played by Patricia Arquette, 113 00:05:13,530 --> 00:05:16,925 has the power to bring people into her dreams. 114 00:05:16,968 --> 00:05:19,144 - Nancy. [chuckles] 115 00:05:19,188 --> 00:05:20,755 - For the first time, 116 00:05:20,798 --> 00:05:22,757 Freddy's victims have safety in numbers. 117 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,845 ♪ 118 00:05:23,888 --> 00:05:25,542 - [grunting] 119 00:05:25,586 --> 00:05:29,764 Led by Nancy, they form a gang of freedom fighters. 120 00:05:29,807 --> 00:05:33,028 - They're able to take on these, like, superhero personas 121 00:05:33,071 --> 00:05:35,117 in their dreams and fight back against Freddy. 122 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,728 So like one of the them becomes this super cool punk chick. 123 00:05:37,772 --> 00:05:39,208 - Let's dance. 124 00:05:39,251 --> 00:05:40,165 - The kid who's in the wheelchair is, like, 125 00:05:40,209 --> 00:05:41,776 able to walk. 126 00:05:41,819 --> 00:05:45,170 It's about wish fulfillment as well as, you know, 127 00:05:45,214 --> 00:05:48,565 being murdered. 128 00:05:48,609 --> 00:05:51,176 - But the teens soon discover Freddy has his own bag 129 00:05:51,220 --> 00:05:52,569 of new tricks. 130 00:05:52,613 --> 00:05:55,137 ♪ 131 00:05:55,180 --> 00:05:59,271 - Freddy is in the imagination of the person he's haunting. 132 00:05:59,315 --> 00:06:01,796 And the imagination is larger than life, it's kicked up, 133 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,408 it's surreal. [screams] 134 00:06:05,452 --> 00:06:09,978 - There's a massive worm-like creature that is gruesome 135 00:06:10,021 --> 00:06:11,806 but also perverted. 136 00:06:11,849 --> 00:06:14,635 And I think that's just what makes it all the better. 137 00:06:14,678 --> 00:06:16,637 It's horror, like, be weird. 138 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,727 - This film has some of the more spectacular 139 00:06:19,770 --> 00:06:21,598 and memorable deaths. 140 00:06:21,642 --> 00:06:23,861 - The scene where the guy's veins are being ripped out 141 00:06:23,905 --> 00:06:26,734 with Freddy playing him like a little puppet 142 00:06:26,777 --> 00:06:28,823 and then slicing those veins, 143 00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:30,999 and he falls to his death; 144 00:06:31,042 --> 00:06:33,567 that's an amazing kill. 145 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:35,743 - [screaming] 146 00:06:35,786 --> 00:06:38,485 - The thing that made "Nightmare on Elm Street 3" stick out 147 00:06:38,528 --> 00:06:42,750 so much is that it was the first entry into fun Freddy 148 00:06:42,793 --> 00:06:44,969 before he became silly Freddy. 149 00:06:45,013 --> 00:06:47,058 So he was still scary in this, 150 00:06:47,102 --> 00:06:49,626 but having a bit more time to quip. 151 00:06:49,670 --> 00:06:51,759 - What a rush. 152 00:06:51,802 --> 00:06:55,719 There were scenes in 3 where I would be really bad, 153 00:06:55,763 --> 00:06:57,068 really evil. 154 00:06:57,112 --> 00:06:59,462 And then they would add a one-liner. 155 00:06:59,506 --> 00:07:03,161 Sorry, kid, I don't believe in fairy tales. 156 00:07:03,205 --> 00:07:04,772 - [screaming] 157 00:07:04,815 --> 00:07:06,600 - That, all of a sudden, becomes scarier, 158 00:07:06,643 --> 00:07:08,645 of this guy just like, not only is he gonna kill you, 159 00:07:08,689 --> 00:07:10,952 but he's gonna have a little too much fun doing it. 160 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:14,651 - [screaming] 161 00:07:14,695 --> 00:07:18,438 - I altered one line to play a little better as Freddy. 162 00:07:18,481 --> 00:07:21,092 And it's become a fan favorite. 163 00:07:21,136 --> 00:07:22,746 Welcome to prime time, bitch. 164 00:07:22,790 --> 00:07:25,793 - [screaming] 165 00:07:27,969 --> 00:07:30,101 - Wes would tell you that he's a little upset 166 00:07:30,145 --> 00:07:33,017 with the exploitation of the humorous part 167 00:07:33,061 --> 00:07:34,497 of Freddy's personality. 168 00:07:34,541 --> 00:07:36,804 And I back him on that. 169 00:07:36,847 --> 00:07:38,675 But Wes is responsible for that. 170 00:07:38,719 --> 00:07:43,288 Wes created a character that cracked wise. 171 00:07:43,332 --> 00:07:46,509 I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy. 172 00:07:46,553 --> 00:07:49,947 But the fans loved that, and that's one reason we exploited 173 00:07:49,991 --> 00:07:52,297 the humor so much is because the fans, 174 00:07:52,341 --> 00:07:55,257 you know were just crazy for Freddy's personality. 175 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:58,521 - Great sequels make bold choices. 176 00:07:58,565 --> 00:08:02,090 "Nightmare 3" saves its biggest shock for last. 177 00:08:02,133 --> 00:08:04,353 - Whatever happens, stay together. 178 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:07,399 - It's so heartbreaking because he--he tricks Nancy 179 00:08:07,443 --> 00:08:09,576 after he's already wreaked havoc on her dad 180 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:11,882 in the real world, and he reenters the dream world 181 00:08:11,926 --> 00:08:13,144 in the form of her dad. 182 00:08:13,188 --> 00:08:15,320 Then he lulls her into this 183 00:08:15,364 --> 00:08:18,889 state of, like, comfort and familiarity. 184 00:08:18,933 --> 00:08:22,066 - I'll always love you. 185 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:24,547 - And then Freddy Krueger's there again. 186 00:08:24,591 --> 00:08:26,114 [laughs] He'll get ya. 187 00:08:26,157 --> 00:08:29,117 [scary music] 188 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,771 ♪ 189 00:08:30,814 --> 00:08:33,164 - Die. - [screams] 190 00:08:33,208 --> 00:08:35,819 - Nancy dying in part 3 was hard to take. 191 00:08:35,863 --> 00:08:37,952 I mean she was the O.G. 192 00:08:37,995 --> 00:08:40,563 So you never want the O.G. to be killed off. 193 00:08:40,607 --> 00:08:43,305 But I didn't see it coming. I didn't think--I thought 194 00:08:43,348 --> 00:08:44,959 for sure Nancy would never die. 195 00:08:45,002 --> 00:08:46,569 - And I think that's something that the fans needed 196 00:08:46,613 --> 00:08:49,180 and the story needed, and I think that bringing her back 197 00:08:49,224 --> 00:08:51,182 and bringing that story full circle, 198 00:08:51,226 --> 00:08:54,534 helped make Freddy Krueger who he is today. 199 00:08:54,577 --> 00:08:57,319 - Some sequels reinvent the franchise. 200 00:08:57,362 --> 00:08:58,363 And some-- 201 00:08:58,407 --> 00:09:00,801 [phone rings] 202 00:09:00,844 --> 00:09:03,978 Dig even deeper into the formula. 203 00:09:04,021 --> 00:09:05,109 - It's happening again, isn't it? 204 00:09:05,153 --> 00:09:07,329 - Hello? - [screams] 205 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,772 - [screams] 206 00:09:15,816 --> 00:09:17,644 - For a sequel to be great, you have to give the audience 207 00:09:17,687 --> 00:09:19,384 what they're expecting, just not in the way they think 208 00:09:19,428 --> 00:09:21,343 they're gonna get it. You gotta be like a magician. 209 00:09:21,386 --> 00:09:22,779 You know the trick's coming, I'm telling you the trick's 210 00:09:22,823 --> 00:09:24,215 coming, I'm telling you the trick's coming, 211 00:09:24,259 --> 00:09:25,434 and then you still do it, and they go "Wow. 212 00:09:25,477 --> 00:09:27,610 I didn't see that coming." - [screams] 213 00:09:27,654 --> 00:09:30,221 ♪ 214 00:09:30,265 --> 00:09:33,050 After the massive success of "Scream," 215 00:09:33,094 --> 00:09:36,140 the pressure was on director Wes Craven, and writer 216 00:09:36,184 --> 00:09:39,579 Kevin Williamson to come up with another magic trick. 217 00:09:39,622 --> 00:09:41,058 - How do you make a sequel to a horror movie 218 00:09:41,102 --> 00:09:42,407 that's about horror movies? 219 00:09:42,451 --> 00:09:43,844 It's a film commenting on itself essentially 220 00:09:43,887 --> 00:09:45,628 all the way through. And the answer is, 221 00:09:45,672 --> 00:09:46,803 of course, you make a sequel that's about sequels 222 00:09:46,847 --> 00:09:49,153 to horror movies. - Sequels suck. 223 00:09:49,197 --> 00:09:50,502 - No. [indistinct arguing] 224 00:09:50,546 --> 00:09:52,548 - By definition alone, they're inferior films. 225 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:55,029 - So it does a good job of honoring the first movie, 226 00:09:55,072 --> 00:09:59,511 but also having its own identity making fun of sequels. 227 00:09:59,555 --> 00:10:02,471 - It's been two years since the Woodsboro murders, 228 00:10:02,514 --> 00:10:04,821 Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott, 229 00:10:04,865 --> 00:10:06,040 now in college. 230 00:10:06,083 --> 00:10:09,260 - Hello? - Hello, Sidney. 231 00:10:09,304 --> 00:10:11,219 - Sidney really starts the movie 232 00:10:11,262 --> 00:10:12,699 with some post-traumatic stress. 233 00:10:12,742 --> 00:10:14,439 - Who is this? 234 00:10:14,483 --> 00:10:16,267 - You tell me. 235 00:10:16,311 --> 00:10:18,835 ♪ 236 00:10:18,879 --> 00:10:21,751 - Cory Gillis. [beep] 237 00:10:21,795 --> 00:10:23,405 - Sidney seems to be coping 238 00:10:23,448 --> 00:10:25,494 until a sneak preview of "Stab," 239 00:10:25,537 --> 00:10:28,279 a movie based on the events of the first "Scream," 240 00:10:28,323 --> 00:10:30,673 ends when someone dressed as Ghostface 241 00:10:30,717 --> 00:10:33,023 goes on a killing spree. 242 00:10:33,067 --> 00:10:35,112 - One of the things I think horror does really well 243 00:10:35,156 --> 00:10:38,072 is when an old nightmare comes back. 244 00:10:38,115 --> 00:10:39,682 And it comes back in a worse way. 245 00:10:39,726 --> 00:10:41,815 And that's what happens to Sidney. 246 00:10:41,858 --> 00:10:43,599 - The two Windsor College students were murdered 247 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,688 last night during a sneak preview 248 00:10:45,732 --> 00:10:47,690 of the new movie "Stab." 249 00:10:47,734 --> 00:10:51,346 - To survive, Sidney and her friends have to ask, 250 00:10:51,389 --> 00:10:54,523 "What would the killer in a sequel do?" 251 00:10:54,566 --> 00:10:56,003 - In "Scream," they've set out the rules. 252 00:10:56,046 --> 00:10:58,266 How to survive a horror movie. Well, by "Scream 2," 253 00:10:58,309 --> 00:10:59,702 there are rules for sequels. 254 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,225 - [shouts] 255 00:11:01,269 --> 00:11:03,924 - The kills are more elaborate, 256 00:11:03,967 --> 00:11:06,274 the body count is always bigger. 257 00:11:06,317 --> 00:11:07,710 Never assume the killer is dead. 258 00:11:07,754 --> 00:11:09,930 - Remember me? - Why don't you show your face 259 00:11:09,973 --> 00:11:11,845 you [bleep] coward. 260 00:11:11,888 --> 00:11:13,934 - My pleasure. 261 00:11:13,977 --> 00:11:15,457 - The return of Ghostface 262 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:17,720 throws the audience off balance. 263 00:11:17,764 --> 00:11:20,331 The film disorients its audience even more 264 00:11:20,375 --> 00:11:23,117 by intercutting pieces of "Stab." 265 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,164 Perhaps the first-ever remake inside of a sequel. 266 00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:29,340 - The "Stab" franchise comes into its own in this film. 267 00:11:29,384 --> 00:11:32,735 So "Scream 2" gets to comment on, you know, the history 268 00:11:32,779 --> 00:11:35,956 not only of slasher films and that, but its own legacy. 269 00:11:35,999 --> 00:11:38,393 Because you get a recreation of the original Scream in there 270 00:11:38,436 --> 00:11:41,352 that's hysterically funny. - Really? 271 00:11:41,396 --> 00:11:43,354 - You still think it's me? - No. 272 00:11:43,398 --> 00:11:45,443 - Said I didn't do it. I'm innocent. 273 00:11:45,487 --> 00:11:48,142 - I know. - So it becomes this strange 274 00:11:48,185 --> 00:11:49,709 sort of hall of mirrors thing. - I've been going through 275 00:11:49,752 --> 00:11:51,754 a lot lately, Billy. - Someone tried to kill me. 276 00:11:51,798 --> 00:11:53,538 - I know, I know. - Sid, I think you need 277 00:11:53,582 --> 00:11:54,975 to just move on. I mean... 278 00:11:55,018 --> 00:11:57,368 both: When my mom left my dad, I accepted it. 279 00:11:57,412 --> 00:11:58,543 - Yeah. both: Your mom left town. 280 00:11:58,587 --> 00:12:00,502 - She's not lying in a coffin somewhere. 281 00:12:00,545 --> 00:12:02,939 - My mom's dead and she's never coming back, ever. 282 00:12:02,983 --> 00:12:04,767 - Stupid. 283 00:12:04,811 --> 00:12:06,203 - Stupid. 284 00:12:06,247 --> 00:12:07,770 - So tell us about this part 285 00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:09,293 you're getting rave reviews for. 286 00:12:09,337 --> 00:12:12,383 - Well, I play this young girl, Sidney Prescott. 287 00:12:12,427 --> 00:12:15,212 - "Scream 1," my agent sent me the script 288 00:12:15,256 --> 00:12:18,085 and I got to the part where they were like, "You know, 289 00:12:18,128 --> 00:12:19,129 they might make a movie of your life." 290 00:12:19,173 --> 00:12:20,565 And she's like, "Yeah." 291 00:12:20,609 --> 00:12:22,567 - With my luck, they'd cast Tori Spelling. 292 00:12:22,611 --> 00:12:26,397 - And I was like--[gasps] But because, um, 293 00:12:26,441 --> 00:12:29,749 she says that, when they make "Scream 2" they were like, 294 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:31,707 "Oh, we'll cast Tori Spelling," which was kind of brilliant. 295 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:34,405 I was like, "I'm in. Perfect." 296 00:12:34,449 --> 00:12:36,190 - But beneath the self-aware jokes... 297 00:12:36,233 --> 00:12:37,582 - When'd she start smoking? 298 00:12:37,626 --> 00:12:39,628 - Ever since those nude pictures on the internet. 299 00:12:39,671 --> 00:12:40,803 - It was just my head. 300 00:12:40,847 --> 00:12:42,196 It was Jennifer Anniston's body. 301 00:12:42,239 --> 00:12:44,415 - "Scream 2" asks 302 00:12:44,459 --> 00:12:46,374 "What is the real emotional impact 303 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:50,117 on slasher film characters who make it to the sequel?" 304 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,815 - Look, Sid, if there is some freaked out psycho 305 00:12:52,859 --> 00:12:54,904 trying follow in Billy Loomis's footsteps, 306 00:12:54,948 --> 00:12:58,212 they're probably already in your life. 307 00:12:58,255 --> 00:13:00,736 - As Neve Campbell's character learns about life, 308 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:02,433 we're learning with her. 309 00:13:02,477 --> 00:13:03,652 And part two is, "Guess what. It's not over. 310 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:05,567 "You thought it was over? 311 00:13:05,610 --> 00:13:07,351 "You thought only one bad thing would happen to you? 312 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:09,136 "No, things can get much worse. 313 00:13:09,179 --> 00:13:10,790 "This horrible thing happened 314 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:14,054 and you have to deal with that trauma forever." 315 00:13:14,097 --> 00:13:16,578 - I don't want to see you get hurt. 316 00:13:16,621 --> 00:13:19,450 - She can't trust anyone around her. 317 00:13:19,494 --> 00:13:21,017 That's a big theme in these movies. 318 00:13:21,061 --> 00:13:22,410 Who can you trust? 319 00:13:22,453 --> 00:13:23,585 Because you got to know the killer. 320 00:13:23,628 --> 00:13:26,153 - I need to be alone right now, okay? 321 00:13:26,196 --> 00:13:28,982 - Sidney goes up against Ghostface again, 322 00:13:29,025 --> 00:13:32,550 but as we know, the original killers are no more. 323 00:13:32,594 --> 00:13:33,856 - [screams] 324 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:36,685 - So we have no idea who it could possibly be. 325 00:13:36,728 --> 00:13:38,165 Could it be Gale Weathers 326 00:13:38,208 --> 00:13:39,862 trying to get another book deal? 327 00:13:39,906 --> 00:13:42,473 Could it be Dewey? Does he really have that limp? 328 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:44,388 Is he faking it? - You have a point. 329 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:48,523 - And I think that was the main point of part two. 330 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:52,440 It was removing all trust so that the audience 331 00:13:52,483 --> 00:13:54,094 is just completely nervous and on edge, 332 00:13:54,137 --> 00:13:55,965 trying to figure out what's going on. 333 00:13:56,009 --> 00:13:58,489 - [screams] 334 00:13:58,533 --> 00:14:01,231 - The twist-filled climax reveals the Ghostfaces 335 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:03,799 are two new characters; 336 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,584 psychopathic film student-- 337 00:14:06,628 --> 00:14:09,326 - Mickey? - I'm gonna blame the movies. 338 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:12,329 - And the mother of the murderer Sidney defeated 339 00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:14,723 in the original film. - Mrs. Loomis? 340 00:14:14,766 --> 00:14:18,509 - You killed my son. 341 00:14:18,553 --> 00:14:20,685 - The killers' identity has a purpose, 342 00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:23,253 to deepen the series' exploration 343 00:14:23,297 --> 00:14:25,690 of the nature of violence. 344 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,518 - "Scream 1" basically asked the question, 345 00:14:27,562 --> 00:14:30,434 "If you can't blame the movies, who can you blame?" 346 00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:32,349 - Movies don't create psychos! 347 00:14:32,393 --> 00:14:33,960 Movies make psychos more creative! 348 00:14:34,003 --> 00:14:35,526 - [screams] 349 00:14:35,570 --> 00:14:38,312 - "Scream 2" suggested who you can blame. 350 00:14:38,355 --> 00:14:40,096 And look who the killer was. 351 00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:41,663 It was the mother. 352 00:14:41,706 --> 00:14:43,491 So "Scream 2," in a weird way, is saying 353 00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:45,362 we can blame the parents. 354 00:14:45,406 --> 00:14:47,147 Bad parenting creates psychos. 355 00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:49,671 - And it sets up for the other sequels. 356 00:14:49,714 --> 00:14:53,544 Now you know it can be anybody. 357 00:14:53,588 --> 00:14:55,938 - Another way to make an old franchise new again, 358 00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:59,159 is to turn the clock back to the very beginning. 359 00:14:59,202 --> 00:15:00,508 - Let's purge, y'all! 360 00:15:00,551 --> 00:15:02,510 [siren blaring] 361 00:15:07,471 --> 00:15:09,734 - This is not a test. 362 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:11,736 This is your Emergency Broadcast System 363 00:15:11,780 --> 00:15:14,522 announcing the commencement of The Annual Purge. 364 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:16,480 [tense music] 365 00:15:16,524 --> 00:15:21,529 - 2013 saw the release of "The Purge." 366 00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:23,357 A film about a near-future America 367 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,490 in which all violent crime is legal for 12 hours. 368 00:15:26,534 --> 00:15:27,970 - [screams] 369 00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:32,409 - The violence and brutality of "The Purge" 370 00:15:32,453 --> 00:15:35,151 was intended to reflect the rising tensions 371 00:15:35,195 --> 00:15:37,327 writer/director, James DeMonaco, 372 00:15:37,371 --> 00:15:40,113 and his collaborators saw growing in America. 373 00:15:40,156 --> 00:15:42,158 ♪ 374 00:15:42,202 --> 00:15:44,378 - Working in the horror genre allows you 375 00:15:44,421 --> 00:15:46,902 to not necessarily explore themes that are different 376 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:50,210 than would be in a drama, but it allows those themes 377 00:15:50,253 --> 00:15:53,735 to reach a much broader audience. 378 00:15:53,778 --> 00:15:55,171 "The Purge" is a great example of that. 379 00:15:55,215 --> 00:15:59,219 - Didn't you hear what I said? No more killing tonight. 380 00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:02,918 - I think this country has gone off the rails 381 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:04,180 with its relationship to guns, 382 00:16:04,224 --> 00:16:05,877 and "The Purge" is about 383 00:16:05,921 --> 00:16:08,184 if that keeps going where we might wind up. 384 00:16:08,228 --> 00:16:09,620 Kind of a cautionary tale. 385 00:16:09,664 --> 00:16:12,710 - Is it that hard to understand? 386 00:16:12,754 --> 00:16:15,017 - "The Purge" was an enormous success, 387 00:16:15,061 --> 00:16:17,585 so inevitably, sequels followed. 388 00:16:17,628 --> 00:16:20,327 [siren blares] 389 00:16:20,370 --> 00:16:22,633 For the fourth film in the franchise 390 00:16:22,677 --> 00:16:26,986 DeMonaco decided to explore the origins of Purge night, 391 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:30,859 turn the focus from the privileged to the poor. 392 00:16:30,902 --> 00:16:33,470 He brought in Gerard McMurray to direct. 393 00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:37,431 - You can't purge me, man. I purge you. 394 00:16:37,474 --> 00:16:39,650 - It was centered around these inner-city communities 395 00:16:39,694 --> 00:16:42,175 which was very heavily within our Black communities. 396 00:16:42,218 --> 00:16:45,656 You needed a Black filmmaker and Gerard was able to really 397 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:47,441 bring home the honesty and the truth. 398 00:16:47,484 --> 00:16:49,965 - What they're doing to us, what they're doing 399 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:53,055 to this country--I am worried about this country. 400 00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:54,665 ♪ 401 00:16:54,709 --> 00:16:57,146 - The result was "The First Purge," 402 00:16:57,190 --> 00:17:00,454 an action/horror film that's also a scathing indictment 403 00:17:00,497 --> 00:17:03,674 of race, class, and power in America. 404 00:17:03,718 --> 00:17:06,677 - The American dream is dead. 405 00:17:06,721 --> 00:17:09,202 We will do whatever it takes to let you dream again. 406 00:17:09,245 --> 00:17:11,813 [chanting] USA! 407 00:17:11,856 --> 00:17:14,729 - In the near future, the NFFA, 408 00:17:14,772 --> 00:17:17,427 America's neo-fascist ruling party, 409 00:17:17,471 --> 00:17:20,691 runs a test of the Purge in the New York borough 410 00:17:20,735 --> 00:17:23,303 of Staten Island. - Staten Island, 411 00:17:23,346 --> 00:17:27,959 the chosen site, has become the focus for the entire world. 412 00:17:28,003 --> 00:17:32,529 - The FFA offers money to people who need it, 413 00:17:32,573 --> 00:17:35,750 and this is how they incentivize murder. 414 00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:37,839 - The benefit of acting violently without worry 415 00:17:37,882 --> 00:17:42,191 of consequence, that's a freeing violence. 416 00:17:42,235 --> 00:17:46,108 - They have their reasoning for it, which is, you know, 417 00:17:46,152 --> 00:17:50,330 if we give one night of access and freedom to commit 418 00:17:50,373 --> 00:17:53,811 any crime you want to do, then that would lower the crime rate 419 00:17:53,855 --> 00:17:55,291 for the rest of the year. 420 00:17:55,335 --> 00:17:56,988 That's what they say. 421 00:17:57,032 --> 00:18:00,557 - This bull[bleep] experiment really happening tonight? 422 00:18:00,601 --> 00:18:04,126 - Community activist Nya is against the Purge. 423 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:06,476 But her younger brother Isaiah sees it as a way out 424 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,436 of poverty. 425 00:18:09,479 --> 00:18:13,309 - I think Isaiah's anger is relatable to everyone. 426 00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:16,660 I think everyone feels, you know, a responsibility 427 00:18:16,704 --> 00:18:19,750 to feed, look after their family, 428 00:18:19,794 --> 00:18:21,665 and the frustration of the opportunity 429 00:18:21,709 --> 00:18:22,666 that might not be there. 430 00:18:22,710 --> 00:18:24,755 - This is wrong! 431 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:27,976 - The sister wants to help her community survive, 432 00:18:28,019 --> 00:18:30,761 and learns some unsettling truths along the way. 433 00:18:30,805 --> 00:18:33,547 - Nya discovers that this is deeply rooted 434 00:18:33,590 --> 00:18:36,680 in something bigger than just a crime rate. 435 00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:40,336 This is rooted in classism, racism. 436 00:18:40,380 --> 00:18:42,164 - You really think these regular folk 437 00:18:42,208 --> 00:18:44,558 gonna pop each other like gangsters when the time comes? 438 00:18:44,601 --> 00:18:46,951 - Yeah, people pissed. They ain't got no money. 439 00:18:46,995 --> 00:18:48,475 [bombastic rap music] 440 00:18:48,518 --> 00:18:49,954 - But at least at the beginning, 441 00:18:49,998 --> 00:18:53,262 it's not all darkness. 442 00:18:53,306 --> 00:18:55,177 - What would Black people do when it comes to the Purge? 443 00:18:55,221 --> 00:18:56,700 Right, like, we gonna have a party. 444 00:18:56,744 --> 00:18:57,701 We gonna be out on the estate. 445 00:18:57,745 --> 00:18:59,355 We gonna be doing what we doing. 446 00:18:59,399 --> 00:19:01,183 We gonna be having some fun and it's a Purge party. 447 00:19:01,227 --> 00:19:02,445 ♪ 448 00:19:02,489 --> 00:19:03,968 - There's no law. 449 00:19:04,012 --> 00:19:05,448 We can have a street party all night long 450 00:19:05,492 --> 00:19:07,015 and nobody will stop it. 451 00:19:07,058 --> 00:19:08,495 That's kind of what I think would really happen 452 00:19:08,538 --> 00:19:09,539 if there were a Purge. 453 00:19:09,583 --> 00:19:11,541 - Some kind of block party. 454 00:19:11,585 --> 00:19:13,369 - The FFA saw that-- 455 00:19:13,413 --> 00:19:16,633 they were confused. - Parties? 456 00:19:16,677 --> 00:19:18,983 - They're watching, like why are they just having fun? 457 00:19:19,027 --> 00:19:20,159 We mean business. 458 00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:22,813 [motors roaring] 459 00:19:22,857 --> 00:19:25,294 - But, of course, in the film, and also maybe this would also 460 00:19:25,338 --> 00:19:28,863 really happen, people came from outside of this community 461 00:19:28,906 --> 00:19:30,386 and they're wearing clan outfits. 462 00:19:30,430 --> 00:19:32,345 And they're wearing neo-Nazi outfits. 463 00:19:32,388 --> 00:19:35,609 [eerie music] 464 00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,220 - By the end, a ruthless drug dealer, 465 00:19:38,264 --> 00:19:40,483 who in virtually any other movie would be a villain, 466 00:19:40,527 --> 00:19:42,181 almost singlehandedly 467 00:19:42,224 --> 00:19:46,837 fights off the government assassins. 468 00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:49,579 - You know, he's the community "thug" so to speak, 469 00:19:49,623 --> 00:19:51,625 who has to sort of rise up 470 00:19:51,668 --> 00:19:55,237 and fight off these outsiders... 471 00:19:55,281 --> 00:19:57,892 [rapid gunfire] 472 00:19:57,935 --> 00:20:00,764 Who have literally flooded this poor community 473 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:03,202 to try to just kill as many Black and brown people 474 00:20:03,245 --> 00:20:04,942 as they can. 475 00:20:04,986 --> 00:20:06,379 And it's tough. It's tough to watch. 476 00:20:06,422 --> 00:20:09,382 [gunfire] 477 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,305 - That's the truth. 478 00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:21,872 What do we do and how are we supposed to remain optimistic? 479 00:20:21,916 --> 00:20:24,397 Which they do, which is a beautiful ending. 480 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,659 It's very optimistic. 481 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:27,704 And "We're gonna fight this thing." 482 00:20:27,748 --> 00:20:31,665 But honestly, where do you go after that moment? 483 00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:33,406 - So what to do we do now? 484 00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:37,236 - Now...we fight. 485 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:39,281 - When I spoke to a lot of my friends about it, 486 00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:42,284 "The First Purge" felt the most truest to real life 487 00:20:42,328 --> 00:20:45,505 and people felt like "Yo, wow. This--this feels 488 00:20:45,548 --> 00:20:47,202 like it could actually happen. 489 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,900 [siren blares] 490 00:20:49,944 --> 00:20:52,642 And if we don't actually come together as a people, 491 00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:55,428 then nothing's going to change. 492 00:20:55,471 --> 00:20:58,082 - It's over? 493 00:20:58,126 --> 00:20:59,301 - For now. 494 00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:02,043 [tense music] 495 00:21:02,086 --> 00:21:03,610 - There is another way to breathe life 496 00:21:03,653 --> 00:21:05,612 into a horror sequel. 497 00:21:05,655 --> 00:21:06,917 - Awake! Awake! Awake! 498 00:21:06,961 --> 00:21:08,049 - Go for the laughs. 499 00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:10,747 - [laughing] 500 00:21:12,662 --> 00:21:15,535 - Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play? - [screams] 501 00:21:15,578 --> 00:21:17,014 - Hey, wanna play? 502 00:21:17,058 --> 00:21:19,321 Hi, I'm your friend to the end. 503 00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:21,062 [eerie music] 504 00:21:21,105 --> 00:21:24,152 - What do you do when your iconic horror franchise... 505 00:21:24,195 --> 00:21:26,502 - I'm your friend to the end. [laughs] 506 00:21:26,546 --> 00:21:29,940 - Feels tapped out? 507 00:21:29,984 --> 00:21:32,552 - There had been three Chucky movies, 508 00:21:32,595 --> 00:21:35,119 "Child's Play" 1, 2, and 3. 509 00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:38,340 "But Child's Play 3" was not very successful. 510 00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:39,907 - You got me. 511 00:21:39,950 --> 00:21:41,517 I'm bad. 512 00:21:41,561 --> 00:21:44,346 - And I felt that we had fallen into a rut of kind of 513 00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:45,956 remaking the same movie. 514 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,091 All: Ade due Damballa. 515 00:21:50,134 --> 00:21:52,876 - And that was something I didn't want to do again. 516 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,705 - So Chucky creator Don Mancini threw away 517 00:21:55,749 --> 00:22:00,144 the slasher formula and went in a very different direction. 518 00:22:00,188 --> 00:22:01,929 [thunder booming] 519 00:22:01,972 --> 00:22:04,758 Horror comedy. 520 00:22:04,801 --> 00:22:08,936 The result was "Bride of Chucky." 521 00:22:08,979 --> 00:22:11,634 - I felt that if we embraced the absurdity 522 00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:13,332 inherent in the premise 523 00:22:13,375 --> 00:22:15,377 of a two-foot killer doll who swears 524 00:22:15,421 --> 00:22:18,075 and wields a knife and chases you down and kills you, 525 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,035 we could revive the franchise. 526 00:22:21,078 --> 00:22:23,820 - "Bride of Chucky" introduces Tiffany, 527 00:22:23,864 --> 00:22:25,605 girlfriend of the serial killer 528 00:22:25,648 --> 00:22:26,867 trapped in Chucky's body. 529 00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:29,260 - Well, hello, dolly. 530 00:22:29,304 --> 00:22:32,394 - She's determined to bring her lover back to life 531 00:22:32,438 --> 00:22:35,354 and she will stop at nothing to get her way. 532 00:22:35,397 --> 00:22:38,400 - Awake! 533 00:22:38,444 --> 00:22:41,925 - In a stroke of genius, Jennifer Tilly was cast 534 00:22:41,969 --> 00:22:45,799 opposite Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky. 535 00:22:45,842 --> 00:22:49,280 - She's the perfect person for this in so many ways. 536 00:22:49,324 --> 00:22:52,109 She's an Oscar nominee, just as Brad Dourif is, 537 00:22:52,153 --> 00:22:56,375 she has incredible comedic charisma, 538 00:22:56,418 --> 00:23:00,727 physical beauty, sexiness, and a wonderful voice. 539 00:23:00,770 --> 00:23:03,512 - Thanks, sweet face, I owe ya one. 540 00:23:03,556 --> 00:23:05,732 - Tiffany has a certain insouciance 541 00:23:05,775 --> 00:23:07,603 that people are attracted to. 542 00:23:07,647 --> 00:23:09,605 I mean she's just like the super cool girl. 543 00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:12,173 You know, she just doesn't give a [bleep]. 544 00:23:12,216 --> 00:23:13,827 - Let me in, huh? I'll catch my death out here. 545 00:23:13,870 --> 00:23:15,872 - Promises, promises. 546 00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:17,439 - But she's also a dichotomy 547 00:23:17,483 --> 00:23:19,223 because she loves Martha Stewart, 548 00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:20,834 she likes to make Swedish meatballs 549 00:23:20,877 --> 00:23:22,618 and chocolate chip cookies. 550 00:23:22,662 --> 00:23:24,577 - Who the [bleep] is Martha Stewart? 551 00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:26,274 - My idol. 552 00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:28,450 - Whoa! 553 00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:31,627 - To be Chucky's soulmate, of course, she had to be 554 00:23:31,671 --> 00:23:34,064 a remorseless killer, 555 00:23:34,108 --> 00:23:37,067 but on the other hand, she's also very sentimental 556 00:23:37,111 --> 00:23:40,244 and romantic and kind of sweet. 557 00:23:40,288 --> 00:23:43,247 - We belong dead. 558 00:23:43,291 --> 00:23:45,249 - That's not Chucky at all. 559 00:23:45,293 --> 00:23:50,907 So it created a combustible relationship. 560 00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:52,605 - Tiffany resurrects Chucky 561 00:23:52,648 --> 00:23:54,824 but their reunion quickly turns sour. 562 00:23:54,868 --> 00:23:59,046 - [screaming] 563 00:23:59,089 --> 00:24:02,092 [screams] 564 00:24:02,136 --> 00:24:04,486 - After a fatal lover's quarrel, 565 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:08,316 Tiffany's spirit is also trapped in plastic. 566 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:13,147 - You son of bitch! What have you done to me? 567 00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:15,845 When she suddenly finds herself in a doll's body, 568 00:24:15,889 --> 00:24:17,717 she's kind--she's mad. 569 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,675 I mean, but she doesn't fall into depression. 570 00:24:19,719 --> 00:24:21,372 She gets out the hair dye 571 00:24:21,416 --> 00:24:24,245 and the black nail polish and tries to approximate a look 572 00:24:24,288 --> 00:24:26,726 that she is comfortable with. 573 00:24:26,769 --> 00:24:30,077 - To regain human form, the couple needs to get across 574 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,907 the country to steal a magical amulet. 575 00:24:33,950 --> 00:24:37,301 They hitch a ride with two unsuspecting teenage runaways. 576 00:24:37,345 --> 00:24:39,521 - Oh, my God. 577 00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:42,568 - A road trip that quickly turns into a bloodbath. 578 00:24:42,611 --> 00:24:44,700 [horn blares] 579 00:24:44,744 --> 00:24:47,137 - There is so much more gore 580 00:24:47,181 --> 00:24:48,704 in this movie than the other films. 581 00:24:48,748 --> 00:24:51,751 - It's a measure of how much respect Don has for you 582 00:24:51,794 --> 00:24:53,709 if he kills you in a really horrible way. 583 00:24:53,753 --> 00:24:55,668 - Now! - [gasps] 584 00:24:55,711 --> 00:24:58,932 - Ah! 585 00:24:58,975 --> 00:25:01,151 - Killing together helps Chucky and Tiffany 586 00:25:01,195 --> 00:25:04,546 revive their love and lust. 587 00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:07,244 - All couples have something that brings them together 588 00:25:07,288 --> 00:25:08,855 in the first place. 589 00:25:08,898 --> 00:25:10,683 In Chucky and Tiffany's case, of course, 590 00:25:10,726 --> 00:25:12,859 it's murder and sex. 591 00:25:12,902 --> 00:25:14,556 - Well, at least you haven't forgotten 592 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,211 how to show a girl a good time. 593 00:25:17,254 --> 00:25:19,169 - So they have their honeymoon period 594 00:25:19,213 --> 00:25:23,913 which climaxes in their big night in Niagara Falls. 595 00:25:23,957 --> 00:25:26,786 - One of the bloodiest scenes in the movie 596 00:25:26,829 --> 00:25:30,920 leads into one of the most strange and ridiculous scenes 597 00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:32,574 in the whole film. 598 00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:34,968 Which is when they're in the love motel. 599 00:25:35,011 --> 00:25:36,752 And that couple's in the bed. 600 00:25:36,796 --> 00:25:38,319 Tiffany has the champagne bottle 601 00:25:38,362 --> 00:25:40,016 and throws it up into the mirror. 602 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:43,498 And it just shatters into hundreds of pieces 603 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,282 and impales them on the waterbed. 604 00:25:45,326 --> 00:25:48,895 And blood and water explodes everywhere, 605 00:25:48,938 --> 00:25:50,679 which then leads into... 606 00:25:50,723 --> 00:25:54,378 a very bizarre sex scene. 607 00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:57,033 - Oh. 608 00:25:57,077 --> 00:26:00,733 - Which is so weird, but so fantastic. 609 00:26:00,776 --> 00:26:02,735 But again, really weird. 610 00:26:02,778 --> 00:26:05,041 [laughs] 611 00:26:05,085 --> 00:26:07,000 - We were the first people to do doll sex. 612 00:26:07,043 --> 00:26:10,046 After that, "South Park" did a movie where they had doll sex. 613 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:14,529 Our doll sex I thought was a little bit more charming. 614 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,313 - But like many love stories, 615 00:26:16,357 --> 00:26:19,403 this one takes a tragic turn. 616 00:26:19,447 --> 00:26:23,233 - She so wants to be loved by Chucky, 617 00:26:23,277 --> 00:26:25,148 and does so much stuff for Chucky, 618 00:26:25,192 --> 00:26:27,586 like cooking and making his favorite dish 619 00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:29,588 and trying to make him happy. 620 00:26:29,631 --> 00:26:32,808 And he does a thing where he's critical or puts her down. 621 00:26:32,852 --> 00:26:35,289 And then every once in a while, she snaps. 622 00:26:35,332 --> 00:26:38,509 - Those dishes aren't gonna wash themselves, you know. 623 00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:41,251 - The Tiffany character is an abused woman. 624 00:26:41,295 --> 00:26:43,253 You know, she's an abused spouse. 625 00:26:43,297 --> 00:26:46,605 The movie's throwing in its sympathies 626 00:26:46,648 --> 00:26:49,042 with the woman victim. 627 00:26:49,085 --> 00:26:51,174 - [grunting] 628 00:26:51,218 --> 00:26:53,786 - [screams] 629 00:26:53,829 --> 00:26:56,440 - I feel like the "Bride of Chucky" is a romantic tragedy 630 00:26:56,484 --> 00:26:59,269 because it's almost Romeo and Juliet. 631 00:26:59,313 --> 00:27:02,229 It's almost like a love that was never meant to be. 632 00:27:02,272 --> 00:27:04,274 I love you, Chucky. 633 00:27:04,318 --> 00:27:08,148 We belong together, forever. 634 00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:09,671 - And at the end, 635 00:27:09,715 --> 00:27:14,067 she turns the tables on her abuser. 636 00:27:14,110 --> 00:27:17,810 - [grunts] - [screams] 637 00:27:17,853 --> 00:27:20,247 - We belong dead. 638 00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:22,989 Goodbye, darling. 639 00:27:23,032 --> 00:27:24,947 I'll see you in hell. 640 00:27:24,991 --> 00:27:26,427 - [groans] 641 00:27:28,472 --> 00:27:30,039 - Following up a hit is difficult. 642 00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:31,432 [eerie music] 643 00:27:31,475 --> 00:27:34,174 - [screams] 644 00:27:34,217 --> 00:27:36,524 - Now imagine making a sequel 645 00:27:36,567 --> 00:27:39,222 to an all-time horror classic. 646 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:47,230 - In 1960 Alfred Hitchcock directed 647 00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:50,843 one of the most famous and influential films of all time, 648 00:27:50,886 --> 00:27:52,279 "Psycho." 649 00:27:52,322 --> 00:27:53,976 - We all go a little mad sometimes. 650 00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:56,718 Haven't you? 651 00:27:56,762 --> 00:28:00,809 - 23 years later came the sequel no one asked for. 652 00:28:00,853 --> 00:28:02,202 [dramatic musical sting] 653 00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:04,334 "Psycho II." 654 00:28:04,378 --> 00:28:07,294 - By the '80s, Hitchcock was treated like some sort of 655 00:28:07,337 --> 00:28:09,688 cinematic saint. - Mm-hmm. 656 00:28:09,731 --> 00:28:14,867 - So the idea of remaking a Hitchcock film-- 657 00:28:14,910 --> 00:28:18,348 - The idea of sequelizing a Hitchcock icon was unthinkable. 658 00:28:18,392 --> 00:28:21,003 - People talked about it like sacrilege. 659 00:28:21,047 --> 00:28:22,309 - I'm sorry. 660 00:28:22,352 --> 00:28:25,355 I didn't mean it to sound uncaring. 661 00:28:25,399 --> 00:28:28,315 - What do you know about caring? 662 00:28:28,358 --> 00:28:31,057 - But "Psycho 2" proved everyone wrong. 663 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:34,625 Richard Franklin, director of the Australian thriller 664 00:28:34,669 --> 00:28:37,933 "Road Games," was convinced he could make a sequel 665 00:28:37,977 --> 00:28:39,848 that paid tribute to the original 666 00:28:39,892 --> 00:28:42,764 but was strong enough to stand on its own. 667 00:28:42,808 --> 00:28:46,768 Franklin hired Tom Holland, another Hitchcock disciple, 668 00:28:46,812 --> 00:28:48,378 to write the screenplay. 669 00:28:48,422 --> 00:28:50,772 - I was desperate for a job, 670 00:28:50,816 --> 00:28:54,080 and I thought, "Well, that's really the end of my career." 671 00:28:54,123 --> 00:28:58,606 Because I--you just knew that the critics were gonna savage 672 00:28:58,649 --> 00:29:01,348 you for having the temerity to do it. 673 00:29:01,391 --> 00:29:03,002 - Holland and Franklin knew 674 00:29:03,045 --> 00:29:04,786 that they couldn't give "Psycho" the sequel 675 00:29:04,830 --> 00:29:08,921 it deserved without one essential element. 676 00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,401 - The only way that we could do it 677 00:29:11,445 --> 00:29:15,144 was to get Tony Perkins back as Norman Bates. 678 00:29:15,188 --> 00:29:17,190 ♪ 679 00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:20,759 Tony had felt that the Norman Bates was a curse. 680 00:29:20,802 --> 00:29:23,239 And so he didn't want to do a sequel. 681 00:29:23,283 --> 00:29:26,112 So I had to figure out how to write a script 682 00:29:26,155 --> 00:29:29,550 that would be so terrific for the actor 683 00:29:29,593 --> 00:29:32,031 that he'd have to do it. 684 00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:34,773 And so it was how to give him a character arc, 685 00:29:34,816 --> 00:29:38,298 how to make it into an acting piece. 686 00:29:38,341 --> 00:29:40,213 And that's how I came up with, 687 00:29:40,256 --> 00:29:43,825 well, you just ask logically, if it's 22 years later-- 688 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:46,262 which is what the time had been since the original-- 689 00:29:46,306 --> 00:29:48,482 where would Norman have been? 690 00:29:48,525 --> 00:29:51,050 - The film opens as Norman Bates is released 691 00:29:51,093 --> 00:29:54,053 from a mental facility and returns home. 692 00:29:54,096 --> 00:29:56,229 His doctor says he is cured. 693 00:29:56,272 --> 00:29:58,405 Others have their doubts. 694 00:29:58,448 --> 00:30:00,450 Norman's redemption is threatened 695 00:30:00,494 --> 00:30:04,019 by a vengeful figure from his past, Lila Loomis. 696 00:30:04,063 --> 00:30:07,066 The sister of the woman Norman killed in the shower. 697 00:30:07,109 --> 00:30:10,243 Once again, Lila is played by Vera Miles. 698 00:30:10,286 --> 00:30:12,462 - And when he murders again, 699 00:30:12,506 --> 00:30:14,682 you will be directly responsible. 700 00:30:14,725 --> 00:30:18,164 - I think we identify with Norman in a different way 701 00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:21,341 in "Psycho 2" than we did in "Psycho 1." 702 00:30:21,384 --> 00:30:24,474 "Psycho 2" is about, you know, 703 00:30:24,518 --> 00:30:28,000 a misfit trying to find his way back to the world. 704 00:30:28,043 --> 00:30:29,697 - Can I help you? 705 00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:32,613 - I'm Norman. Norman Bates. 706 00:30:32,656 --> 00:30:35,485 The new cook's helper. 707 00:30:35,529 --> 00:30:38,445 - Norman gets a job at a diner and begins a relationship 708 00:30:38,488 --> 00:30:42,797 with a sympathetic coworker, Mary, played by Meg Tilly. 709 00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,233 They move in together. 710 00:30:44,277 --> 00:30:46,801 - Is this room where you had your troubles? 711 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,195 - One of them, yeah. 712 00:30:49,238 --> 00:30:50,674 - Well, I don't know what happened to you in the past, 713 00:30:50,718 --> 00:30:51,893 Norman, but you're never gonna get over it. 714 00:30:51,937 --> 00:30:54,635 Not unless you face it. 715 00:30:54,678 --> 00:30:57,464 - Then he starts getting messages from Mother. 716 00:30:57,507 --> 00:30:59,683 [tense music] 717 00:30:59,727 --> 00:31:02,469 Is Norman back to his old ways, 718 00:31:02,512 --> 00:31:04,471 or is someone trying to frame him? 719 00:31:04,514 --> 00:31:07,778 - I'm becoming... confused again. 720 00:31:07,822 --> 00:31:09,693 - You're rooting for Norman to keep it together. 721 00:31:09,737 --> 00:31:12,479 You're rooting for Norman to be a--to be sane. 722 00:31:12,522 --> 00:31:14,916 To be happy. 723 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,658 And now you don't want any of the horror stuff to happen. 724 00:31:17,701 --> 00:31:19,747 - To stay true to Hitchcock's style 725 00:31:19,790 --> 00:31:22,141 while updating it for 1983, 726 00:31:22,184 --> 00:31:25,666 Richard Franklin hired cinematographer Dean Cundey, 727 00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:28,669 then known for "Halloween" and "The Thing." 728 00:31:28,712 --> 00:31:32,107 - Originally, we wanted to do it in black and white 729 00:31:32,151 --> 00:31:35,502 so that it looked like the original. 730 00:31:35,545 --> 00:31:37,939 But Universal was pretty adamant, 731 00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:39,680 no black and white. 732 00:31:39,723 --> 00:31:43,336 Richard was very, very specific about how he wanted to, 733 00:31:43,379 --> 00:31:47,079 you know, make sure that visually our version 734 00:31:47,122 --> 00:31:48,515 was a continuation. 735 00:31:48,558 --> 00:31:51,126 Nothing unusual. 736 00:31:51,170 --> 00:31:54,260 And to me, that was a great sort of challenge, 737 00:31:54,303 --> 00:31:57,263 but fun thing to look at. 738 00:31:57,306 --> 00:31:59,961 - The filmmakers also modernized the sequel 739 00:32:00,005 --> 00:32:01,876 with graphic violence Hitchcock wouldn't have 740 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,401 been allowed to show in 1960. 741 00:32:05,445 --> 00:32:07,360 - This is very post "Friday the 13," post "Halloween," 742 00:32:07,403 --> 00:32:08,883 so you do get some nods to that. 743 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:09,971 You get to Dennis Franz, for example, 744 00:32:10,015 --> 00:32:12,017 getting his face slashed. 745 00:32:12,060 --> 00:32:13,322 - [groans] 746 00:32:13,366 --> 00:32:15,368 [eerie music] 747 00:32:15,411 --> 00:32:16,978 - Which is kind of a full color version of what happens 748 00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:18,980 to Martin Balsam in the original one, but you know, 749 00:32:19,024 --> 00:32:21,591 to see it in color makes a big difference, obviously. 750 00:32:21,635 --> 00:32:24,159 - "Psycho 2" ends with a series of twists 751 00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:26,292 that would make Hitchcock proud. 752 00:32:26,335 --> 00:32:28,424 - Why did you lie to that sheriff and say Bates 753 00:32:28,468 --> 00:32:30,992 was with you this afternoon? - Mother. 754 00:32:31,036 --> 00:32:33,603 - The Meg Tilly character is the daughter of Vera Miles. 755 00:32:33,647 --> 00:32:35,649 They start to torture him and drive him mad. 756 00:32:35,692 --> 00:32:38,565 And then Mary, who's wormed her way 757 00:32:38,608 --> 00:32:41,002 into living in the house with Norman, 758 00:32:41,046 --> 00:32:43,613 starts to feel sorry for Norman. 759 00:32:43,657 --> 00:32:45,180 - I've been to all your meetings, 760 00:32:45,224 --> 00:32:46,834 I've done everything you've asked me for years, 761 00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:49,054 but I am not going to hurt Norman anymore. 762 00:32:49,097 --> 00:32:51,926 - And she realizes that Norman really is a good person 763 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,364 at that moment and trying to hold on to his sanity. 764 00:32:55,408 --> 00:32:58,019 - Norman, do you recognize me? 765 00:32:58,063 --> 00:32:59,412 It's me, your mother. 766 00:32:59,455 --> 00:33:02,415 - And eventually, it costs her life 767 00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:05,026 because Norman has gone crazy. 768 00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:07,811 - Let me help you. - You killed them all! 769 00:33:07,855 --> 00:33:09,378 - Freeze! 770 00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:11,641 [gunshot] 771 00:33:11,685 --> 00:33:13,252 - Well, this is why the sequel doesn't suck 772 00:33:13,295 --> 00:33:15,994 is because the ending makes sense. 773 00:33:16,037 --> 00:33:18,474 Typically in good sequels, the rules of that movie 774 00:33:18,518 --> 00:33:21,042 then change what happened in the first movie. 775 00:33:21,086 --> 00:33:23,218 [tense music] 776 00:33:23,262 --> 00:33:25,612 Here in "Psycho 2" you find out that Norman's mother 777 00:33:25,655 --> 00:33:27,005 really wasn't his mother. 778 00:33:27,048 --> 00:33:28,528 - So... 779 00:33:28,571 --> 00:33:29,746 are you really my mother? 780 00:33:29,790 --> 00:33:31,661 - That his real mother is still around. 781 00:33:31,705 --> 00:33:35,056 - The woman you thought was your mother was my sister. 782 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:38,146 - And that she's the one that's been killing everybody, 783 00:33:38,190 --> 00:33:40,844 punishing them for what they did to Norman, 784 00:33:40,888 --> 00:33:43,804 putting him away. 785 00:33:43,847 --> 00:33:46,589 And he whacks her over the head with a shovel. 786 00:33:46,633 --> 00:33:48,417 And then he's back to being Norman Bates again. 787 00:33:48,461 --> 00:33:50,854 [dramatic music] 788 00:33:50,898 --> 00:33:52,682 He carries her up the stairs 789 00:33:52,726 --> 00:33:54,206 and you hear that creepy voice again. 790 00:33:54,249 --> 00:33:56,860 - I'm not sleepy. 791 00:33:56,904 --> 00:33:59,080 Put me in my chair. 792 00:33:59,124 --> 00:34:00,603 - Yes, Mother. 793 00:34:00,647 --> 00:34:02,475 - So the arc of the movie 794 00:34:02,518 --> 00:34:06,261 is really Norman losing his mind 795 00:34:06,305 --> 00:34:08,089 a second time 796 00:34:08,133 --> 00:34:09,917 and the irony is, 797 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:14,313 he ends up at the end of the movie as crazy as a loon 798 00:34:14,356 --> 00:34:16,097 and nobody knows it. 799 00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:18,056 It's a tragedy, in a way. 800 00:34:18,099 --> 00:34:20,406 - Don't let them take me back to the institution. 801 00:34:20,449 --> 00:34:23,539 - Anthony Perkins is even be-- as great as he is in "Psycho," 802 00:34:23,583 --> 00:34:25,976 I think he's even better in "Psycho 2." 803 00:34:26,020 --> 00:34:28,544 I think it's one of the great lead performances 804 00:34:28,588 --> 00:34:30,459 in any horror film ever made. 805 00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:35,116 - You can't make me... 806 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,249 kill her. 807 00:34:37,292 --> 00:34:40,426 - You don't know the effect that a film's gonna have. 808 00:34:40,469 --> 00:34:42,558 I went to a dinner, oh, I don't know, 809 00:34:42,602 --> 00:34:45,126 seven or eight years ago with all the big horror directors 810 00:34:45,170 --> 00:34:49,261 and they voted "Psycho 2" the best horror sequel ever. 811 00:34:49,304 --> 00:34:52,264 [dramatic music] 812 00:34:52,307 --> 00:34:56,094 ♪ 813 00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:57,747 [screaming] 814 00:34:57,791 --> 00:34:59,532 - What do you call a sequel that ups the ante 815 00:34:59,575 --> 00:35:01,360 on everything in the original 816 00:35:01,403 --> 00:35:03,144 then gleefully tears it apart? 817 00:35:03,188 --> 00:35:06,408 ♪ 818 00:35:06,452 --> 00:35:09,237 "Gremlins 2: The New Batch." 819 00:35:12,501 --> 00:35:13,981 - In 1984, the horror comedy "Gremlins" 820 00:35:17,419 --> 00:35:20,030 was set loose on the world. 821 00:35:20,074 --> 00:35:23,599 It was a critical and financial success. 822 00:35:23,643 --> 00:35:26,559 Warner Brothers wanted a sequel. 823 00:35:26,602 --> 00:35:29,301 Director Joe Dante did not. 824 00:35:29,344 --> 00:35:31,346 - When I was offered the opportunity 825 00:35:31,390 --> 00:35:33,696 to make a sequel to "Gremlins 1," I said no. 826 00:35:33,740 --> 00:35:35,176 I'm sorry, I'm tired. 827 00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:36,569 I just did this "Gremlins" movie. 828 00:35:36,612 --> 00:35:37,787 We had to make it up on the fly. 829 00:35:37,831 --> 00:35:38,875 We had to invent the technology. 830 00:35:38,919 --> 00:35:40,616 I'm exhausted, I'm sick of Gremlins 831 00:35:40,660 --> 00:35:42,270 I don't want to have anything to do with it, good luck. 832 00:35:42,314 --> 00:35:44,751 - Six years later, they made Dante 833 00:35:44,794 --> 00:35:47,014 an offer he could not refuse. 834 00:35:47,057 --> 00:35:48,581 - They said, "We really want this picture 835 00:35:48,624 --> 00:35:50,278 and we want it enough to let you do whatever you want." 836 00:35:50,322 --> 00:35:53,194 So I have never gotten an offer like that before or since, 837 00:35:53,238 --> 00:35:54,761 and I said "Okay." 838 00:35:54,804 --> 00:35:57,024 [laughter] 839 00:35:57,067 --> 00:35:59,200 - Dante and screenwriter Charles Haas 840 00:35:59,244 --> 00:36:01,811 turn "Gremlins 2" into a monster movie 841 00:36:01,855 --> 00:36:03,944 imbued with the establishment-baiting spirit 842 00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:06,947 of classic Warner Brother's cartoons. 843 00:36:06,990 --> 00:36:08,862 - You might as well just start the movie. 844 00:36:08,905 --> 00:36:12,213 - Roll 'em. 845 00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:14,607 - "Gremlins 2" seems like, 846 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:17,653 in the most glorious way possible, 847 00:36:17,697 --> 00:36:21,614 um, a filmmaker biting the hand that feeds him. 848 00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:23,920 [screaming] - Most sequels continue 849 00:36:23,964 --> 00:36:27,228 the story by expanding on the original premise. 850 00:36:27,272 --> 00:36:31,058 "Gremlins 2" took the premise and shredded it. 851 00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:32,973 Are you a fan of "Gremlins 2: The New Batch"? 852 00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:35,410 - I think Joe Dante became a director 853 00:36:35,454 --> 00:36:37,195 so he could do "Gremlins 2." 854 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:39,240 ♪ 855 00:36:39,284 --> 00:36:42,635 There always is a little bit of a "Mad Magazine" parody 856 00:36:42,678 --> 00:36:44,463 of his own movie running in the margin 857 00:36:44,506 --> 00:36:48,206 of a Joe Dante film. 858 00:36:48,249 --> 00:36:52,471 And with "Gremlins 2," he was able to do a "Mad Magazine" 859 00:36:52,514 --> 00:36:55,865 takeoff on the first "Gremlins" for the entire movie, 860 00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:58,128 for the length of the movie. 861 00:36:58,172 --> 00:36:59,521 - "Gremlins 2" trades the small town setting 862 00:36:59,565 --> 00:37:01,262 of the first film 863 00:37:01,306 --> 00:37:04,439 for a Manhattan office tower where returning stars 864 00:37:04,483 --> 00:37:08,269 Phoebe Cates and Zach Galligan once again become entangled 865 00:37:08,313 --> 00:37:11,403 with the loveable Mogwai, Gizmo. 866 00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:14,014 - Cute, isn't it? 867 00:37:14,057 --> 00:37:19,280 - Inevitably, Gizmo gets wet... 868 00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:21,282 - [screaming] 869 00:37:21,326 --> 00:37:24,111 Spawning a legion of evil gremlins who run riot 870 00:37:24,154 --> 00:37:27,636 through a building that's a microcosm of American society 871 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,072 in the early 1990s. 872 00:37:29,116 --> 00:37:31,771 - Now this week we have our special salute 873 00:37:31,814 --> 00:37:35,688 to luncheon meat. - [laughs] 874 00:37:35,731 --> 00:37:38,212 - Cultural satire goes hand in hand 875 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:41,476 with the satire of the movie itself. 876 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,086 - "Gremlins 2" is sort of a movie about how there didn't 877 00:37:43,130 --> 00:37:44,914 need to be a sequel to "Gremlins." 878 00:37:44,958 --> 00:37:47,221 I didn't expect that there would ever be a sequel to "Gremlins" 879 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,310 and much less that I would be making it. 880 00:37:49,354 --> 00:37:52,313 Uh, so I decided to make a movie about sequels 881 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:54,924 and what are they worth. 882 00:37:54,968 --> 00:37:58,145 - When they start goofing on every aspect 883 00:37:58,188 --> 00:38:01,496 of the original premise, in the movie, in the sequel, 884 00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:04,107 that was hysterical 885 00:38:04,151 --> 00:38:06,153 about, like, "Hey, don't eat after midnight." 886 00:38:06,196 --> 00:38:07,937 - Well, what if they're eating in an airplane 887 00:38:07,981 --> 00:38:09,417 and they cross a time zone? 888 00:38:09,461 --> 00:38:10,679 I mean, it's always midnight somewhere. 889 00:38:10,723 --> 00:38:12,638 [laughs] 890 00:38:12,681 --> 00:38:15,162 - Well, once Phoebe Cates started parodying 891 00:38:15,205 --> 00:38:16,903 the Santa Claus story-- - That's grea-- 892 00:38:16,946 --> 00:38:19,949 the--the Phoebe Cates parodying the Santa Claus monologue. 893 00:38:19,993 --> 00:38:21,690 - Something terrible happened to me 894 00:38:21,734 --> 00:38:23,126 on year on Lincoln's birthday. 895 00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:25,128 - I didn't know you were allowed to do that. 896 00:38:25,172 --> 00:38:27,740 I was like, "Are you allowed to make fun of your own movie?" 897 00:38:27,783 --> 00:38:29,350 - This man with this beard-- - Honey, um... 898 00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:30,960 - And a hat, looked just like Abe Lincoln-- 899 00:38:31,004 --> 00:38:33,180 - Honey, I really don't-- - Except for the raincoat. 900 00:38:33,223 --> 00:38:35,182 - It made fun of the first movie. 901 00:38:35,225 --> 00:38:38,141 It made fun of the concept of sequels. 902 00:38:38,185 --> 00:38:39,752 - This is worst than the first one. 903 00:38:39,795 --> 00:38:41,536 - We just show these movies, madam. 904 00:38:41,580 --> 00:38:43,190 We don't make them. 905 00:38:43,233 --> 00:38:44,974 - It made fun of capitalism. 906 00:38:45,018 --> 00:38:47,020 - I look at him, you know what I see? 907 00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:50,328 Dolls with suction cups staring out car windows. 908 00:38:50,371 --> 00:38:53,940 - Joe Dante just seemingly took everything he loved 909 00:38:53,983 --> 00:38:56,551 and then used it to make fun of everything he hated. 910 00:38:56,595 --> 00:38:58,771 - All the great horror movies are in black and white. 911 00:38:58,814 --> 00:39:02,209 Mr. Clamp only likes color. 912 00:39:02,252 --> 00:39:05,299 - It's got so many clever and original ideas. 913 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:08,171 Including having a film critic 914 00:39:08,215 --> 00:39:11,392 give the first film a bad review again 915 00:39:11,436 --> 00:39:15,265 in the second film before I'm killed by the Gremlins. 916 00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:18,573 Whoa, wait a minute. I was just kidding, ow. 917 00:39:18,617 --> 00:39:20,227 A ten, it's a-- 918 00:39:22,447 --> 00:39:24,666 - [guttural grunting] 919 00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:27,452 [laughing] 920 00:39:27,495 --> 00:39:29,454 - I'm sure some people in the audience are watching 921 00:39:29,497 --> 00:39:31,630 that movie with their popcorn in their hand thinking, 922 00:39:31,673 --> 00:39:33,545 "What is happening?" 923 00:39:33,588 --> 00:39:37,026 - "Gremlins" 2 also topped the first film by bringing in 924 00:39:37,070 --> 00:39:39,986 special effects maven Rick Baker to create a diverse 925 00:39:40,029 --> 00:39:41,640 new group of monsters. 926 00:39:41,683 --> 00:39:43,424 - It's eating my vegetable medley. 927 00:39:43,468 --> 00:39:45,513 - [burps] 928 00:39:45,557 --> 00:39:47,776 - Mutant products of gremlins running amok 929 00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:49,648 in the genetics lab. 930 00:39:49,691 --> 00:39:51,998 - There is a phenomenal Key and Peele sketch 931 00:39:52,041 --> 00:39:53,826 about the pitching of "Gremlins 2" 932 00:39:53,869 --> 00:39:55,741 that's so [bleep] funny. 933 00:39:55,784 --> 00:39:57,264 - What if we did this? 934 00:39:57,307 --> 00:40:01,486 Everybody here gets to design they own Gremlin. 935 00:40:01,529 --> 00:40:05,228 - They weren't just like cute and fluffy and then green. 936 00:40:05,272 --> 00:40:09,058 These were mutated Gremlins. 937 00:40:09,102 --> 00:40:13,149 So you get spider Gremlins, flying Gremlins. 938 00:40:13,193 --> 00:40:15,021 - [screeching] 939 00:40:15,064 --> 00:40:16,979 You got talking Gremlins. 940 00:40:17,023 --> 00:40:19,460 - Mind if I have a brief word with you? 941 00:40:19,504 --> 00:40:21,854 - You got my favorite, you got the bougie Gremlins 942 00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:23,986 with big red lips, 943 00:40:24,030 --> 00:40:27,076 super incredible dress and wig. 944 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,992 And of course the flashing Gremlin with the sick glasses. 945 00:40:30,036 --> 00:40:32,342 - [laughing] 946 00:40:32,386 --> 00:40:36,477 - You got ever single Gremlin you could want in the movie. 947 00:40:36,521 --> 00:40:39,088 - The madness builds until the spectacular finale 948 00:40:39,132 --> 00:40:42,831 when the heroes manage to prevent a Gremlin apocalypse. 949 00:40:42,875 --> 00:40:46,313 [electricity sparking] 950 00:40:46,356 --> 00:40:49,490 - I'm melting! I'm melting. 951 00:40:49,534 --> 00:40:51,971 - "Gremlins 2" just gets better every time you see it. 952 00:40:52,014 --> 00:40:54,669 - "Gremlins 2," I think, 953 00:40:54,713 --> 00:40:57,803 might possibly be the best sequel of all time. 954 00:40:57,846 --> 00:41:00,283 - Probably "Gremlins 2" is my most personal movie. 955 00:41:00,327 --> 00:41:03,809 Not in that it's personal to me, except that it's 956 00:41:03,852 --> 00:41:05,724 my most unfiltered movie. 957 00:41:05,767 --> 00:41:06,986 I had nobody looking over my shoulder, 958 00:41:07,029 --> 00:41:09,597 telling me what to do, 959 00:41:09,641 --> 00:41:11,251 and there's a lot of me in it. 960 00:41:11,294 --> 00:41:13,427 - And to this day, there's never been a "Gremlins 3." 961 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:16,778 'Cause it feels like "Gremlins 2" scorched the earth. 962 00:41:16,822 --> 00:41:20,173 - [groaning] 963 00:41:20,216 --> 00:41:23,350 - Horror sequels give us a way to return to the worlds 964 00:41:23,393 --> 00:41:27,180 that fascinated and frightened us the first time around. 965 00:41:27,223 --> 00:41:31,271 We get to see our favorite characters back in action. 966 00:41:31,314 --> 00:41:34,840 And we get more of everything. 967 00:41:34,883 --> 00:41:36,842 More monsters. More scares. 968 00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:39,061 - [screams] 969 00:41:39,105 --> 00:41:42,108 - Bigger and crazier kills. 970 00:41:42,151 --> 00:41:45,764 The best sequels give us what we want-- 971 00:41:45,807 --> 00:41:47,722 make the old seem new again. 972 00:41:47,766 --> 00:41:50,072 ♪