{"id":56830,"date":"2024-10-17T08:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T12:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=56830"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:26:30","slug":"whats-your-favorite-horror-franchise-of-the-2020s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=56830","title":{"rendered":"Poll: What&#8217;s Your Favorite Horror Franchise of the 2020s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56831 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Smile-2-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Smile-2-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Smile-2-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Smile-2-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Smile-2-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In the fall of \u201922, <em>Smile<\/em> opened in the U.S.\u2014and as writer-director Parker Finn\u2019s unheralded horror flick proceeded to gross $200 million above its $17 million budget, there was probably no shortage of grins breaking out at Paramount\u2019s front offices. A sequel was greenlit the following spring and <em>Smile 2<\/em> will be arriving at your neighborhood cineplex this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The follow-up, with Finn again at the helm, is headed by Naomi Scott as world tour-bound pop diva Skye Riley. Summoned to meet a high school classmate (Lukas Gage), Skye is stunned when the young man flies into a fit\u2026calmly, horribly smiles\u2026and then kills himself. Now seeing the terrifying rictus everywhere she goes, Skye is now the one faced with a battle for her sanity, if not her very life.<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Smile<\/em> now seemingly having spawned a series, we\u2019d like to ask you which of the film fear franchises that have emerged in the \u201820s is your favorite? We\u2019ve chosen several that have had sequels arrive this decade\u2014any notable omissions? If so, let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-735\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_735\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_735_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"fe8990f626\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"735\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<div id=\"polls-735-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9867\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9867\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9867\">Smile<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9868\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9868\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9868\">A Quiet Place<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9869\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9869\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9869\">Terrifier<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9870\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9870\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9870\">X\/Pearl\/MaXXXine<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9871\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9871\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9871\">The Boy<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9872\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9872\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9872\">Don't Breathe<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9873\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9873\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9873\">Escape Room<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9874\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9874\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9874\">Orphan<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9875\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9875\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9875\">Becky<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9876\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9876\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9876\">Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9877\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9877\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9877\">The Strangers<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9878\" name=\"poll_735\" value=\"9878\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9878\">Other (Name Your Pick in the Comments)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p class=\"leftmargin\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"Vote\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" onclick=\"poll_vote(735);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(735);\" \/> <a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(735); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(735); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\" class=\"btn btn\">View Results<\/a><\/p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fall of \u201922, Smile opened in the U.S.\u2014and as writer-director Parker Finn\u2019s unheralded horror flick proceeded to gross $200 million above its $17 million budget, there was probably no shortage of grins breaking out at Paramount\u2019s front offices&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9749,"featured_media":56832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1172],"tags":[6250,9555,9361],"coauthors":[11327],"class_list":["post-56830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-polls","tag-dont-breathe","tag-drew-barrymore","tag-naomi-scott"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poll: What&#039;s Your Favorite Horror Franchise of the 2020s? 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