There’s no end in sight to the spate of legacy sequels (TheDial of Destiny and the Ellen Burstyn-featured Exorcist: Believer being the most recent), so why not list the success stories?

Twin Peaks: The Return — No explanation, needed. This didn’t merely equal the first two seasons; it exceeded them, wherein the Tragedy of Laura Palmer evolves into the Tragedy of Dale Cooper.

Blade Runner: 2049 — My hot take: Villeneuve’s sequel is superior to Scott’s. This unsung masterpiece exudes all the transporting beauty of the original, only with a stronger narrative and fleshed-out characters.

Doctor Sleep (Director’s Cut) — Flanagan achieved the impossible: tethering Kubrick to King. The stuff with the True Knot is serviceable, but everything involving Danny is as haunting, resonant and true as anything I’ve seen in horror.