Franchise additions are nothing new to the big screen.
Franchise conclusions, on the other
hand, not so much. Sure, if we’re talking about adaptations of pre-existing
works, there has to be an end point.
However, studios are savvy enough to milk the cash cows while they are still
standing, and even long after they drop dead, which means that they usually
don’t have the guts to kill off the potential for future sequels. This seems to
ring especially true when it comes to horror franchises: Friday The 13thand Saw's respective series went through a handful of 'final chapters' in their
time, and even now there’s talk about continuing the saga that Jigsaw built;
the Amityville series didn’t even let the story about a possessed lamp stop
them; and the Witchcraft films still haunt the nightmares of video rental
junkies for all the wrong reasons (all 13 of them). With all this in mind,
despite how they’re touting this as the finale of the Paranormal Activity
story, I’m not holding my breath on that front.
