They should have stopped making Halloween movies at part 2
They should have stopped making NOES movies at part 1
They should have stopped making Friday 13th movies at part 1
The search for money via sequels has watered down every single franchise mentioned above............all pale in comparison to the original stories of the first movies. All are just as guilty of watering down the story simply to stretch it out into sequels and make money off of them...........
Atleast Halloween 2 was needed to finish off the story of Halloween 1.......that sequel was actually called for. There was no need for NOES 2-7 as Nancy had already learned the secret of how to defeat Freddy and done so..........and ofcourse the killer, Pamela Voorhies, was killed at the end of Friday 1 making a sequel totally uncalled for.
All halloween sequels past 2 are uncalled for as he died at the end of part 2..........he was blown up.
They didn't make a "must kill entire family" story untill later on in the sequels......which ofcourse was the excuse they used to keep making movies, each one watering down the story more than the previous. As a fan of horror, I think the original story (part 1 and 2) was just fine......there was no need to start adding crap to it, watering it down simply to make more money.