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Actually, pretty sure they were talking about movie franchises as far back as the 90s...

posted 4 months ago by Zarkoff (1899)
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contrary to what the horror expert in this entry in the franchise says. She says something along the lines of, these days it's all about the franchises, like it's a recent development.

Of course, movie franchises were around long before that (the Universal Frankenstein movies come to mind), but I'm not sure whether they were being called franchises back then.

I guess you could argue she's young, but she's supposed to be this huge movie buff, especially when it comes to horror.

[–] DoctorThirteen (14182) 4 months ago

Hammer did it in the 60s/early 70s with Frankenstein, Dracula, the 'Karnstein trilogy'; mid 70s to the mid 80s Universal did it with Jaws; early 80s to the early 90s there were the Prom Night movies. Away from horror, The Magnificent Seven (1960) had three sequels, a TV show in 1998, and a 2016 movie remake. Hell, look at Bond.

Edit: The Carry On series has got to be a candidate for the biggest. 1958 - 1992; 31 films, four Christmas specials, a TV series and three stage shows.