Return of the Revenge Movie Titles

You know the ones I’m talking about. Titles such as Batman Returns, The Return of the Living Dead, The Return of the Pink Panther, Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (yep, the title actually has an exclamation mark – did they really think that would make it more exciting?), Return to the Blue Lagoon (why?), and A Return to Salem’s Lot (once again, why? Didn’t we burn it down the first time around?).

Now, I have a couple of questions. If they’re all returning, where did they go in the first place? And, where are they returning from? And, WHY are they returning? I mean, sometimes the story’s over, and there’s no need to return. Sometimes they overstayed their welcome in the first place, and we’re glad to see them go. And, sometimes, they never really left in the first place. Take Batman Returns. At the end of the first Batman movie, he’s whacked the Joker, and Bats is still living in Gotham City. So, shouldn’t the title be something like, oh, I don’t know, Batman’s Still Here, or Batman Never Left?

Here’s another question. For The Lost Skeleton Returns Again, did the lost skeleton, did the lost skeleton go away, come back, go away, and finally come back. And, if the lost skeleton returned, wouldn’t it be found?

Then, there’s the revenge movies. Revenge of the Jedi (which morphed into Return of the Jedi – guess they had to return before they could do some revengin’), Revenge of the Nerds, Revenge of the Pink Panther (wait… didn’t it already return? Now, it’s revengin’? I’m confused.), Revenge of the Creature, Pinocchio’s Revenge (huh?), and just plain Revenge.

Wonder if there are any movies out there that Return and Revenge in the same film? Just curious.

‘til next time… Adios.