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But waseverymovie bearing theHalloweenname worth dismissing?
And did the sequels that follow the 2018 movie warrant that erasure?
Only a bottom-to-top ranking of the entire franchise can say.
13.Halloween: Resurrection(2002)
13.
Busta Rhymes quips, Trick or treat, muthafucka!
at Michael Myers, and punches him in the face.
12.Halloween(2007)
12.
But that didnt go so well.
(He also seems to believe that teenage girls discuss sex like 9-year-old boys.)
11.Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers(1995)
11.
Brandy and apparently a decade-plus older, giving birth.
Guess those were some tough years!
10.Halloween Kills(2021)
10.
9.Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers(1989)
9.
8.Halloween Ends(2022)
- and things get progressively sillier.
7.Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982)
7.
Frankly, the earworm Silver Shamrock jingle alone should send all parties involved to movie hell, forever.
6.Halloween II(2009)
6.
But this is nevertheless a decent entry, with a credible number of good scares and creepy moods.
5.Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)
5.
4.Halloween H20: 20 Years Later(1998)
4.
Too bad they couldnt have left it there!
3.Halloween II(1981)
3.
2.Halloween(2018)
2.
Theres nothing to learn, Laurie Strode insistsearly in the franchises 2018 entry.There are no new insights or discoveries.
And then director David Gordon Green proves her wrong.
Green, a journeyman director, isnt the kind of distinctive visual stylist Carpenter was.
Its an honest examination of genuine fear, just like its predecessor was all those years ago.
1.Halloween (1978)
1.
So he keeps doing things that make us think shes about to die, and then she doesnt.
And we sigh in relief.
And it turns out, thats harder than it looks.
