Today it is snowing in New York, which I hope will be the last snow storm of the season. So instead of working, we discussed bad movies and as usual our conversation digressed. Instead of talking about the worst movies of all time, we discussed the worst sequels.

Granted that most sequels tend to be worse than the original movies (with certain exceptions which I will talk about next week). The reason being is that movie studios invest a lot of money in the production of movies and want as much guarantee of success as possible. With a sequel, they believe that this movie already has a built in audience so it should have a better chance of making money than an untested concept.

What could happen is that a studio could pay little or no attention to writing or production, thereby creating a clunker like these 10 worst movie sequels:

Star Wars Phantom Menace

Jaws 3-D

Staying Alive

Speed 2:  Cruise Control

Another 48 Hours

Batman Forever

Rocky V

Look Who Talking Too

Grease 2

Caddyshack 2