While rewatching the S&M-flavoured horror franchise I came to a realization about half-way through the fifth film that, "oh jeez, these movies are kinda garbage".
Of course, I should have probably realized that the fifth and beyond movie in a horror franchise wouldn't be very good(direct to DVD will do that), but even a quick search on Google will reveal that the entire franchise - some nine movies - have made less than 90 million dollars all together.
The general consensus seems to be that while the first is a classic and the second isn't awful, the rest of the films to get exponentially more awful. So I ask, what can be done to save the series (which I really want to like more than I do) from being a cheap Asylum-tier joke?