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Popverse Picks: My favorite horror movie franchises besides Scream

Of course my favorite horror franchise is Scream - everyone's favorite horror franchise is Scream. What we're going for here is my favorite you *don't* already know

Features by Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer

Published on Mon Apr 28 2025

Even if Scream isn't your favorite horror movie franchise - yes it is. Sure, you may point to the originality of Season of the Witch or the new life New Nightmare breathed into the genre, but do either the Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street franchises as a whole compare to the median quality of the combined Screams? Folks, they do not.

That's exactly what I told my editors when they requested I write up a list of my favorite horror movie franchises (ask me to pick a favorite child, why don't you?), to which they responded by reminding me of the scarcity of the job market these days. Eventually, we compromised.

What I present to you now, rabid reader, is a list of my favorite horror franchises minus the still-undefeated masterwork of the

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Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. As Popverse's Staff Writer, he criss-crosses the pop culture landscape bringing you the news and opinions about the big things (and the next big things). In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.

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