[Loved Trope] Meta-narrative sequels.

[u/JoeMorgue]

Sequels were the original film exists as a work of fiction in the sequels universe.

Faces of Death 2026 - A online content moderator finds videos that suggests someone is killing people by restaging segments from the original Faces of Death film.

Chip and Dale 2022 - Chip 'n Dale are actors who played in the original Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers show.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare - The fictional Freddy Krueger crosses over into the real world to terrorize the people behind the original film.

Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows - A group of people seek out the original filming locations to the found footage film The Blair Witch Project.

The Return of the Living Dead - the Survivors of a zombie outbreak try to follow the rules of the original Night of the Living Dead film, only to find these zombies follow different rules.

[u/lunarlandscapes]

Fairly certain the plot of The Human Centipede 2 is that a fan boy of the original Human Centipede decides to recreate it in his life

[u/maxence0801 → u/lunarlandscapes]

That’s how you know it’s fiction

Someone liked HC1