I've started watching the first one on Sci Fi Channel a couple of times, a few years back. I never get past the point where the dad finds the kid and goes to the person for the spell or whatever he goes for...
The movies are kind of slow, I'll give you that. I'm just a big fan of horror in general. I think they're better than Friday the 13th though.
sk8er- I love all the classics, but Friday The 13th is just... I don't know something about it makes me just not not care. lol.
The only way I would watch it is if they kept the same people in it. Unlike I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, though I do give props to Brooke Nevin, because I love her, but in order to do a sequel, you pretty much need the same people from the first movies in it, you know?