HOLLYWOOD—It’s a given fact and I’m not going to argue it; many horror sequels suck, in some ways they are the worst movies made. I truly want you to think about this: name a horror sequel that was ABSOLUTELY HANDS DOWN better than the original? I’m waiting, you might name some movies, but in your heart of hearts it doesn’t outdo the original. I know the movie that comes to the top of mind for so many people is “Aliens,” the 1986 flick helmed by James Cameron, which is a follow-up to Ridley Scott’s iconic 1979 classic “Alien.”

Is “Aliens” a great movie? Absolutely, but it is a completely different movie from its predecessor that had a level of spine-tingling suspense, you cannot put it into words. The chest-bursting scene: unforgettable. That scene with Dallas and his hunt for ‘the alien’

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