Sequels-Do They Ruin The Original?

Jaws, Saw, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Jurassic Park, Alien, Scream, Final Destination, Resident Evil, Frankenstein, The Grudge, Predator, Jeepers Creepers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Ring, Blairwitch Project, Children of The Corn, The Excorcist, Carrie, Candyman, Lawnmower Man, Leprachaun, Godzilla, Anaconda, King Kong, and the list goes on. Each one of these movies mentioned above has a sequel. My question is, do the sequels ruin the original movie? Take Jaws, for example. This movie can only give you that terrifying, spine-tingling, adrenaline rush once; you can't get back the first time you see this monster claim his first victim in the movie, its priceless. After watching two hours of bloody horror and hearing scream after blood-curdling scream, could you really bring yourself to watch more? Many will say yes without any hesitation; but ask yourself, can you really perfect a masterpiece? When you put this film which took months to tape up against a film such as Saw, which took literally two weeks to put together, and ask the audience which sequel they would rather watch, what do you think the response would be? Everyone loves a scary movie and they usually don't want the movie to end because anyone watching a scary movie is usually very in to the gore and graphic nature of the film. Having said this, I would only assume that the majority of an audience asked whether they would like to watch the sequel of Jaws versus Saw would ultimately choose both.. This is true, though. I would say the same thing about these movies because I enjoyed watching them both. Unfortunately most of the time the sequels fall to the lashings of the critics and the audience as well. The reason for this? If you pay close attention to the critics or the cast of the sequel (or just pay attention in class), you will see that the director is a different person which means right there that the whole plot and storyline will be different from the original director. The cast also makes it difficult to fall into the mood you were in during the original. With theses two very important factors in play, the chances of the sequel to any horror movie being successful are slim to none in most cases. People just start to run out of ideas and they just put garbage up on the screen to make some money out of it. I have seen many, many horror movies and I can say one thing about sequels-they are nothing like the original and just get rather boring to be quite honest. So, my advice to anyone who has just recently seen a particularly good horror movie-don't watch the sequel! Chances are, there will be one within the year..