Bloodbath (film franchise)

== Films ==
=== Original trilogy (1976 - 1984) ===
==== Bloodbath (1976) ====
Five high school teenagers named Hailey, Frankie, Michelle, Dean and Jason have found a place to stay over for the week – an old camp site. Suddenly, a person known by the name of Bloodbath attempts to kill all of them before they return the next week.
==== Bloodbath 2: New Blood (1979) ====
It is now December 1977, and the two survivors of the 1975 Schwartzman Camp House incident – Michelle and Jason – now live in downtown New York. Meanwhile, a group of four new victims named Amanda, Morgan, Layla and Sean discover the same camp site as last time. Now, Bloodbath is out to hunt for blood...once again.
==== Bloodbath: The Final Chapter (1984) ====
Bloodbath has now presumably died, thanks to Layla, Sean, Michelle and Jason, whom managed to survive the 1977 attacks of the mysterious killer. Later on in 1983, a group of five teenagers – Marco, David, Mike, Lewis and Chad – are taping the newest episode of their syndicated TV show, Beyond the Paranormal. But things go haywire when Bloodbath is revived and hunts each of the members down, meaning the ill-fated end of the Paranormal Club. 
=== Reboot trilogy (1993 - 2001) ===
==== Bloodbath: The Next Generation (1993) ====
It is now 1992, nine years since the disbanded Paranornal Club taped their final episode of Beyond the Paranormal. When Bronx teenager Benson Woods finds a tape of the show, Bloodbath immediately summons from his gravestone, searching for bodies to kill in a new neighborhood. It may be the end for Benson if he does not find a solution to end Bloodbath's legacy forever.
==== Bloodbath: Bloody Brawl (1998) ====
Angry at all of the plans Benson Woods attempted five years ago, Bloodbath's next victims are the new members of a high school sports team – Cynthia, Lauren, Erin, Stephanie, Dallas, Roger, Zach and William. After the school's sports training camp comes to a close, two familiar faces, Michelle and Jason, reunite with the serial killer that found them twenty-two years ago.
==== Bloodbath 3D (2001) ====
The survivors of the 1997 Harringfield High School massacre – Erin, Dallas, Roger and Lauren – have now lived with survivor Benson Woods and his wife Jansen Sullivan. Meanwhile, Bloodbath mysteriously summons once again, out for more deadly bodies. 
=== Prequel trilogy (2007 - 2015) ===
==== The Bloodbath (2007) ====
In October 1961, Todd Manson, the son of former serial killer David Manson, passes on his father's legacy by gaining an alter-ego whom he names "The Bloodbath". Manson's first targets are a group of five best friends: Alexander, Jansen, Harry, Sandra and Wendell.
==== The Bloodbath 2 (2011) ====
Exactly a year after Todd Manson (a.k.a. Bloodbath) murdered three out of a group of five high school friends, he continues the dreaded murdering spree by searching for his relatives in order to "cancel" an upcoming family reunion.
==== The Bloodbath 3 (2015) ====
It is the spring of 1975, and Todd Manson has gotten word that his childhood enemy Frankie Hughes is among one of the five attending the Schwartzman Camp House for a week in July. Before Hughes' graduation comes near, he secretly becomes Bloodbath to hunt for the employees of a company in Mexico that will fund for the trip.
=== Second reboot duology (2019 - 2022) ===
==== Bloodbath (2019) ====
Twenty-one years after the deceased Todd Manson killed four high school sports athletes, his son Reginald finds an old video game along with his five neighborhood friends Catalina, Valerie, Allyson, Daniel and Iggy. Once activating the game, the five witness Reginald becoming Bloodbath himself, causing drama around the neighborhood.
==== Bloodbath II (2022) ====
One year has passed since Reginald Manson's friends Catalina and Daniel survived a murderous killing spree in the rural town of Wood Village. However, despite his so-called "erase" from existence, Manson re-gains the mask and knife of Bloodbath and travels to Parker High School to search for the now-disbanded members of Team Thirteen, the school's TV production club.
==== Bloodbath III (2024) ====
Bloodbath III was announced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in January 2023, and principal photography for the film began in March 2023. An official trailer for the film was released on September 22nd, 2023. 
The film is set for release on June 7th, 2024, and will be distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Orion Pictures.