I'm not saying that "Temple of Doom" is bad, but you're right, it's not as good as the other two. If I want a good laugh, I'll watch "Temple of Doom"
Blair Witch 2 was odd. It's not filmed like the first one, it's filmed like a normal movie. Five kids go into the woods on "The Blair Witch Tour". They get possesed, then kill each other. It may sound freaky, but it's not. Not even for a second. It was a huge letdown.
Blair Witch is not everyone's sort of film, or even everyone;s sort of horror movie, but it was superbly done, nonetheless.
BW2 was a curious spin-off idea; a film more parodying the reaction to the original rather than being a direct sequal in of itself, with the possibility that the people in it were just nuts rather than anything supernatural happening. Interesting and with some good ideas, but it didn't hang together well.
Evil Dead 1 & 2 (not Army of Darkness because it's an action-comedy, not a horror or horror-comedy) Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn (AKA 'Return of the Alien: The Deadly Spawn'😉, the 1989 version of Night of the Living Dead, Leviathan, and John Carpenter's The Thing are some of my faves.
😈 Is it just a part of growing old or have scary movies become extremely "unscary"? I guess growing up in the early 80's has given me the notion that unless there are 10,000 gallons of fake blood and a guy with a mask, it ain't scary. What about the little horrors that ran around in the 80's? Puppet Master, Chucky, Goulies, The Leprechaun.? What happened to those great flicks? I think we've become too cool to watch that which isn't close enough to home.
Some great examples, past and present:
Legend. Was that demon guy (Darkness, aka the head cheese of evil) the freakiest and most surreal satan or what?
13 Ghosts. Granted it was an extremely crappy film, however if I was to meet anyone in my bedroom at 2:am, the Juggernaut would pretty much make me spill my bowels and cry blood. (ewe gross)
What Lies Beneath. Ok, the dead chick grabbing Ford's leg, the face in the tub...come on people! 😱
Crybaby. Remember Hatchetface? My brother tried to get with a girl just like her while in a drunken stupor at a bar one night...
Nightmare on Elm Street. The first one was the only scary one. Don't argue with me on this one. I won't listen. 😛
IT. Pennywise the clown. EVERYONE covered their eyes at least once. Until the spider that is...what a frickin' stupid addition.
Jaws. Damn fish. I'm sure by now he's been packed in a tuna can and shipped to your local grocery store. Does that make us cannabals? Hmm...
The Shining. I love Jack. Redrum. 😄
Evil Dead/Army of Darkness. I'll have to add that to my favorite movies. I'm thinking Evil Dead 2 is the only one that was scary.
And of course the Exorcist...well maybe Poltergiest too..that clown under the bed scene ruined me for life.