At Anorak: Back from the Dead - The Five Lamest Monster Movie Resurrections

My latest post is up at Anorak, a look at five very lame attempts to bring iconic boogeymen back to life in sequels.

Here's a snippet:

THROUGHOUT cinematic history, our most beloved monsters — from Dracula and The Wolf Man to Freddy Krueger and King Kong — have returned again and again to haunt our nightmares, and our movie screens.

In any horror movie or monster movie sequel, the primary challenge is thus always quite specific: how do we get our beloved monster back after so thoroughly and completely defeating him at the end of the previous movie?  How do we snatch defeat from what seemed like victory?

Some movie franchises have proven cleverer than others at threading this particular needle, finding fresh and inventive ways to get our beloved monsters stalking again.

Other methods of resurrection, however, leave something to be desired.  In fact, many on-screen resurrections have been downright ridiculous.

Below are the five lamest monster movie resurrections. Some are terrible in concept, and some in execution. A few unlucky movies — like A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master (1988) — can check off boxes in both those categories.