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Throughout the Halloween franchise, many have tried to kill Michael Myers with varying degrees of success. He’s been shot. Stabbed. Beaten. In 2009, Rob Zombie tried to kamikaze his entire career at him. But that white-faced bastard is still standing. No matter how many times Loomis screams into the void “Die, Michael, Die!” He always comes back for more. The good news is that all this madness has created an entire gallery of violent injury and death for us to peruse at our leisure. Today, we’ll be doing just that. Welcome to Best of the Bad Guys, where we celebrate the best of horror’s worst villains. Today, we’re ranking the many deaths of Michael Myers. Now, when I say “deaths,” I mean it loosely. Real loose. Like screws on a roller coaster in a Final Destination movie loose. Because as we know, evil never dies. Legend even...

Dimension Films gathered together a hell of a cast for their 1998 sci-fi horror film Phantoms, including Ben Affleck, Peter O’Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Nicky Katt, and Clifton Powell. And yet, even with all that star power, it didn’t turn out to be a very good movie. It has mostly faded into obscurity – but there’s one thing that still keeps it alive. A joke in the 2001 comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where it was said that “Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.” That’s a joke Affleck has heard repeated to him many times over the decades, and he referenced it himself when the film was mentioned during a conversation with GQ.

But Affleck didn’t just quote the joke while talking to GQ. He also reminisced about the experience of working on Phantoms. He said, “I was the bomb at Phantoms, everybody knows that.

Few franchises can say that they've endured the way that "Halloween" has. Directed by the horror master himself, John Carpenter, the 1978 classic that started it all remains one of the most beloved movies the genre has ever produced. It also resulted in a series of sequels and reboots that have allowed Michael Myers to endure for nearly 50 years in the larger pop culture consciousness.

Carpenter's original movie sets the tone right out of the gate, with a young Michael Myers killing his older sister, Judith Myers, in a brutal fashion. We see the whole thing in Pov before the gut-punch of a reveal that it was a young boy behind this cold-blooded murder. The rest of the film picks up years later, with Michael now an adult let loose on the town of Haddonfield, leaving quite a few more bodies in his wake.

But why did that young boy decide...

Paul Rudd might be best known for his role as Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a character he's set to portray once again in the upcoming movie Avengers: Doomsday. For many horror fans, however, he may forever be known as Tommy Doyle, the iconic character from the Halloween franchise Rudd once portrayed.

Per DiscussingFilm, Rudd recently discussed how he was able to balance comedy and horror with his latest movie role. He explained that it mostly comes down to focusing on the director, as he's always wanting to lean on the person at the helm to be sure he's nailing the tone of his performance. This is on display in Death of a Unicorn, Alex Scharfman's new comedy horror film featuring Rudd alongside Jenna Ortega. He compared the movie to his first horror role in 1995's Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, pointing out how that film may...

On Set Cinema is hosting screenings of 1988’s Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, 1989’s Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and 1995’s Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers at their original filming locations in Utah.

Halloween 5 will screen at The Myers House filming location in Salt Lake City, with an optional overnight stays inside the house, on August 8.

Halloween 6 will screen at The Myers/Strode House filming location in Salt Lake City, with special guest Devin Gardner (Danny Strode), on August 9.

Halloween 4 will screen at the Vincent Drug filming location in Midvale on August 10.

On Set Cinema’s other upcoming screenings include:

May 17-18 – Cabin Fever July 11-12 – Children of the Corn July 19 – Child’s Play 3 August 31-September 2 – Jason Lives September 13 – The Warriors October 3 – The Goonies October 4 – Dr. Giggles October 5 – The Shining October 11 – Scream November 9 – Curtains

Tickets for all events are on sale now.

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In addition to exciting new reveals for Jaws and Terrifier fans at Toy Fair this weekend, Neca has also brought along a tease of an upcoming treat for fans of the Halloween franchise.

Michael Myers from the Paul Rudd-starring sixth installment Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) is getting his own Ultimate Edition Action Figure from Neca!

It looks like the upcoming action figure will include two different heads, along with a jack-o’-lantern accessory and even a yard decoration that you probably remember from the film.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Halloween 6, with Neca’s upcoming figure coming along at the perfect time to celebrate the film’s birthday. Expect release information soon.

Head over to ToyArk.com to see more from Neca at Toy Fair 2025.

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In hindsight, 1978's "Halloween" was always destined to have a sequel. Co-writer/director John Carpenter and co-writer/producer Debra Hill even included a particularly prophetic line of dialogue in their tale of a supernaturally-charged maniac, Michael Myers, terrorizing his hometown on Halloween night: "You can't kill the bogeyman." Thanks to the film's massive success critically, commercially, and culturally, "Halloween II" was practically a given.

While "Halloween" concludes with the assertion that Myers has indeed not yet been killed, a trickier question for Carpenter and Hill concerned what to do with the other surviving supporting characters. Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) was established as the Van Helsing to Myers' Dracula, so his return was fairly natural. A bigger issue revolved around bringing back star Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, the babysitter who unfortunately crosses Myers' path and becomes the focus of his All Hallows' Eve rampage. Not wanting to kill...

Bradford English had a screen acting career that spanned from 1971 to 2010, and over those 39 years he racked up more than 70 credits – but for many of us, he’s best remembered for playing the drunk, abusive blowhard John Strode in the 1995 horror sequel Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Sadly, we lost English right before Halloween this year, as it has been reported that he passed away on October 25th in Pasadena, California at the age of 82.

English was born in South Orange, New Jersey on January 16, 1942. His obituary can be found online and says he “was a true force of life and was filled with love. He was a husband and a family man who was survived by his loving wife and high school sweetheart Cecelia Gail English. Together they created a beautiful family of four children: James Bradford English Jr., Jeffrey Brennan English, Kristin Lunney English and Colleen Margaret Theresa English.

The Halloween franchise's unstoppable bogeyman is possessed by an inhuman evil, but why is Michael Myers so strong? Given how Michael always comes back from death, even if Halloween Ends seemingly killed him forever, there's no definitive answer to this question since the franchise is divided across four different timelines, each of which has offered its own take on Michael Myers. Most recently, 2018's Halloween reset the timeline, ignoring everything from Halloween II onwards and positioning itself as a direct sequel to 1978's Halloween.

From Michael Myers' first appearance on theater screens, his psychiatrist, Dr. Samuel Loomis, maintained that Michael was not a man. When a distraught Laurie Strode calls Michael Myers the bogeyman, Dr. Loomis tells her that she is right. No matter what timeline he's in, Michael is a force of irrepressible evil. However, is Michael Myers immortal? Here's every possible answer to the looming specter of Michael Myers' origins.

It sounds crazy at first, but what if Halloween III: Season of the Witch really was part of the Michael Myers timeline?

Released in 1982, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is famously the only film in the Halloween franchise without Michael Myers. The movie shifted gears to tell a standalone story, one rooted in science fiction and folk horror rather than the slasher violence Myers embodies. But some fans have theorised that Season of the Witch could actually tie into Michael Myers’ story—if we imagine that the film’s Silver Shamrock corporation helped create the unkillable monster we know today. And it’s not as impossible as it might sound.

This theory, which emerged online in recent years, has reenergised fans of Season of the Witch and sparked discussions about how far the Halloween mythos could stretch. What if Michael’s superhuman resilience and relentless desire to kill had...

Halloweens villain Michael Myers has become a cinematic icon and a favorite among horror fans, and while many are aware that Michael Myers was originally named The Shape, they might not know why. The Halloween franchise has seen many ups and downs with multiple retcons, remakes, and reboots of the series. Though not all Halloween films have been successful, they have certainly helped maintain the popularity and reputation of Michael Myers, who is now part of pop culture, being referred to and parodied on multiple occasions in different films and TV shows from all genres.

Michael Myers is credited as "The Shape in the original Halloween before being officially credited as "Michael Myers" in the sequels, only for the most recent Halloween trilogy, including Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, to return to crediting him as The Shape. With the constant switching back and forth, and the fact that the name...

For a lot of horror fans, October is their favorite month of the year, giving us 31 full days to watch even more horror movies than we do throughout the rest of the year, including films that are set on the holiday that ends the month: Halloween. Of course, the Halloween-set horror movies that get the most views are the slasher movies that share their name with the holiday. So with fresh viewings of every Halloween movie taken in, we have assembled a list: Halloween Movies Ranked, from worst to best. Check it out:

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Director Rick Rosenthal did such a good job emulating the style of John Carpenter when he made Halloween II, bringing him back to direct the follow-up to H20 seemed like a great idea. It turned out to be a mistake. Rosenthal didn’t have great material to work with: the movie walks back the ending...

Halloween Franchise Films Ranked At The Worldwide Box Office(Photo Credit – Amazon Prime Video)

Halloween is almost upon us and just a few days away. It calls for scary decorations, a spiced pumpkin latte, a blanket fort, and spooky movies with family and friends. Nothing screams Halloween more than the Halloween film franchise. There are thirteen films in the series; Michael Myers is the prime character of this franchise and a very popular character in the world of movies. Myers is one of the Big Three Slashers – Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th Series, Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film franchise, and Michael Meyers.

The first film in the franchise was released in 1978, around a year before Ridley Scott’s Alien. It is also a successful franchise. The latest film in this slasher film series came out in 2022, taking the franchise total to an estimated...

The Halloween franchise has been terrifying audiences since Michael Myers’ masked menace was brought to the big screen in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. Four decades, 13 films, and a laundry list of rehashings, reboots, and remakes later, the franchise has become a slasher staple.

David Gordon Green’s reboots the Halloween franchise | Credits: Universal Pictures, TIFF

In the spirit of Spooktober – here’s a definitive ranking of all thirteen Halloween movies — from grisly goofs to the horrifying. Let’s slice through the clutter and get to the bloody best.

13. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Yeah, this is the lowest point without contention. Halloween: Resurrection sees Michael Myers in a reality TV setting, featuring Busta Rhymes’ kung-fu moves. This installment, directed by Rick Rosenthal (also responsible for Halloween II), attempts a “reality-tv-gone-wrong” trope that falls short on both scares and coherence. Even fans who appreciate so-bad-it’s-good films will not find something worthy of their time.

Paul Rudd made his big-screen debut in Amy Hecklering's high-profile modernization of Jane Austen's "Emma," "Clueless" in 1995. He immediately gained a great deal of attention because he was very handsome, and he was very funny. Fun trivia: Rudd was 25 when he filmed "Clueless" in 1995 and, in 2024, he somehow only looks 31. Before "Clueless," Rudd appeared in a Super Nintendo commercial, and he had a recurring role in later seasons of the soap opera "Sisters." He also starred in all six episodes of the short-lived 1994 Fox sitcom "Wild Oats." These days, Rudd is a massive movie star, having established himself as one of the better comedic actors of his generation, and becoming involved with the gigantic Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Ant-Man. 

But he wasn't always playing with power. Many actors make their way into the mainstream through the portal of horror, starting their careers in slasher movies and ghost stories. Adam Scott,...

The “Halloween” movie series has had quite a journey, spanning over four decades and presenting multiple timelines that can leave even the most devoted fans scratching their heads. With the release of each film, Michael Myers has become a horror icon, and Jamie Lee Curtis’ portrayal of Laurie Strode has cemented her as a symbol of survival and strength. Whether you’re new to the series or a long-time fan, knowing the correct order to watch them is essential to fully appreciate the intricate (and sometimes confusing) narrative threads. Here’s a guide on how to watch all the “Halloween” movies in both chronological and release order.

Halloween Movies in Release Date Order

If you prefer to watch the “Halloween” films based on when they were released, here’s how they line up:

Halloween (1978) Halloween II (1981) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) – (Unrelated to Michael Myers) Halloween 4: The Return...

When John Carpenter made the original “Halloween” in 1978, it was just another horror movie in a long line of horror movies. But the blockbuster success of this low-budget movie, about a masked killer murdering babysitters, made “Halloween” a cultural institution. The film spawned legions of imitators and codified the slasher genre as we still know it. And yet the official “Halloween” franchise has often struggled to meet the standard of the movie that inspired the craze. Let’s look back at all of these classic (and not so classic) horror movies, and see how they stack up.

Behold, all the “Halloween” movies ranked from worst to best.

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14. “Halloween: Resurrection” (2002)

The worst “Halloween” movie commits two cardinal sins. First, it nullifies the intense and satisfying finale of “Halloween H20” by striking Laurie Strode’s personal victory from the record; now, not only did she kill an innocent man instead of Michael Myers,...

Horror movies are closely associated with rapid succession sequels than they are legacy sequels. (How many years did we have a new “Saw” and/or “Paranormal Activity” sequel to look forward to?) But there are still a fair amount of legacy horror sequels – follow-ups that take much longer to marinate than the traditional sequel – and these are the ones that were definitely worth the wait.

Universal “Psycho II” (1983)

The first true legacy horror sequel was a follow-up to perhaps the most celebrated horror movie ever, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 shocker “Psycho.” “Psycho II” was directed by Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin, whose previous movie “Road Games” is one of the greatest Australian thrillers ever, and was written by Tom Holland, who would go on to direct future classics “Fright Night” and “Child’s Play.”

The sequel sees Norman Bates (once again played by Anthony Perkins) finally released from prison and attempting to enjoy a normal life,...

John Carpenter changed the face of horror forever with Halloween in 1978, but unless you're a huge slasher fan, most have mocked the silly sequels that came after. We're up to a whopping 11 of them now, but the silliest and most ridiculed is 1995's Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the sixth film in the franchise. This was the third film in the Cult of Thorn trilogy, with Michael Myers being reduced to a guy controlled by a mysterious man in black and his followers. Still, no matter how flawed Halloween 4 and Halloween 5 were, there were still reasons to enjoy them. Donald Pleasence was back as Dr. Loomis, and although Jamie Lee Curtis was no longer around, her character of Laurie Strode was given a daughter fittingly named Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris). She was the heart and strength of those two movies, but in the sixth film, Harris was recast for the cruelest of reasons.

When it comes to Halloween movie quotes, the best of them come from the moments in the franchise when the likes of Laurie Strode or Dr. Loomis speak about the horrors of Michael Myers. While there are no Michael Myers quotes in the entire series, as he remains a silent killer, the other characters expand on his legacy with many memorable lines that capture the horror of Halloween's villain. Halloween first arrived in 1978 and that one movie spawned three different timelines, each of which has provided some of the best Halloween quotes.

From David Gordon Green's trilogy to the Rob Zombie movies, there are a lot of characters in disconnected storylines who suffered and died through the legacy of Michael Myers. This offers plenty of characters to talk about the evil that this one man brought to Haddonfield, Illinois, and how these murders destroyed an entire community. From the...

The legendary Shelley Duvall sadly passed away back in July at the age of 75 – but not long before she passed, she returned to acting after a twenty year break to take a role in the creature feature The Forest Hills (and, by the way, the creature in question is a werewolf). That movie is now set to reach theatres in the United States and Canada on October 4th, and with that release just a couple of days away, we’ve gotten our hands on some clips and promos, which you can check out in the embed above. Our review of the film can be read at This Link.

Written and directed by Scott Goldberg, The Forest Hills tells the story of a man who is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill woods.

Duvall is joined in the cast by Chiko Mendez (Smothered by...

Paramount+’s Peak Screaming collection returns to the service today with a monster-sized lineup of thrills for audiences to enjoy this Halloween season. The popular Peak Screaming collection expands each year and features more genre-defining hits and classics than ever before, with over 450 new originals, fan-favorite horror movies, and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.

The seasonal collection will include the debut of the Paramount+ original film Apartment 7A (September 27), a haunting prequel to the cult classic Rosemary’s Baby, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp (October 10), a new hour-long special where, while at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.

The curated Peak Screaming collection brings the household together by providing a scare for everyone with terrifying thrillers, spine-chilling films, and frights for the fainthearted, with 25 expertly curated carousels. New and returning...

Just in time for the Halloween season, the Peak Screaming Collection from Paramount+ has returned to the service today with a monster-sized lineup. The collection expands each year and this year features more genre-defining hits and classics than ever before, with over 450 new originals, fan-favorite horror movies and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.

The seasonal collection will include the debut of the Paramount+ original film Apartment 7A (September 27), a haunting prequel to the cult classic Rosemary’s Baby; and Spongebob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp (October 10), a new hour-long special where, while at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.

The curated collection brings the household together by providing a scare for everyone with terrifying thrillers, spine-chilling films and frights for the fainthearted, with 25 expertly curated carousels. New and returning subgenres include the...

The legendary Shelley Duvall sadly passed away back in July at the age of 75 – but not long before she passed, she returned to acting after a twenty year break to take a role in the creature feature The Forest Hills. That movie is now set to reach theatres in the United States and Canada on October 4th, and with that date right around the corner, a trailer for The Forest Hills has arrived online. You can watch it in the embed above.

Written and directed by Scott Goldberg, The Forest Hills tells the story of a man who is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill woods.

Duvall is joined in the cast by Chiko Mendez (Smothered by Mothers), Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Dee Wallace (Critters), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Stacey Nelkin (Halloween III: Season of the Witch), Marianne Hagan (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers...

With things constantly being swapped out or deleted from your favorite streaming service, a commitment to physical media should be stronger now than ever before. And thankfully both big studios and smaller boutique labels understand how important physical releases are.

We are running down the very best 4K Blu-ray and DVD releases from July and August 2024.

“Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” MGM

One of the most hotly anticipated home video releases of the year is here – and it was worth the wait. Sam Peckinpah’s highly contested western, about an older Pat Garrett (James Coburn) hired to track down and kill Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), was taken away from the filmmaker in post-production and released in a truncated version that he and several of the cast and crew members outspokenly derided. This Criterion release acknowledges and engages with the various iterations of the movie, with 4K discs devoted...

Quentin Tarantino's concept for a Halloween sequel involved Michael Myers on a road trip killing people. While Tarantino's exact idea was never executed, echoes of it can be found in the plot for Halloween Ends. Halloween Ends featured the divisive subplot of Corey Cunningham teaming up with Michael Myers, contradicting the established "Shape" character.

Quentin Tarantino was once on deck to write the sixth movie in the Halloween horror franchise, and while that never came to be, his core concept resurfaced in the last chapter of the reboot trilogy, Halloween Ends. The Halloween franchise has gone through multiple iterations (and an upcoming Halloween TV show) since the original, with different lines of continuity. While Rob Zombie's Halloween reboot from the late 2000s stands on its own, all other sequels and reboots can be traced back to Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981).

While there have been 13 Halloween movies made since the franchise began,...

Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV has revealed its August highlights. Pluto TV is boldly going where no streamer has gone before, becoming the first service to offer the entire Star Trek film series for free!

Pluto TV has long been home to a galaxy of science fiction entertainment, and now all of the cinematic adventures of the Star Trek Prime Universe (William Shatner and Patrick Stewart) and the Kelvin Universe (Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto) are beaming up to your favorite device. Also joining Pluto TV in August are Alien Nation by Dust and three new channels from Fox.

Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service, delivering hundreds of live, linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience. The Emmy Award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels in partnership with hundreds of international media companies.

Pluto TV offers various genres, languages, and categories featuring movies,...

Anthony Perkins' role as Norman Bates in Psycho set the standard for the slasher genre, with a shocking split personality twist. Anthony Hopkins' unmatched performance as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs won him an Academy Award in just 24 minutes on screen. Mads Mikkelsen's portrayal of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the TV series Hannibal leaned more towards seductive, charming, and manipulative aspects.

Despite their deranged morality and insatiable need for murder, audiences cant get enough of their favorite fictional serial killers. As a glimpse into a horrifying world where tormented souls continually gave into their darkest impulses, following the stories of deranged killers allowed viewers to experience these chilling, consistent murderers from the safe distance of a fictional narrative. While they have not been real criminals, the effective performances of these killers meant their names were forever entrenched in popular culture.

The success of the best...

John Carpenter's Halloween had no alternate ending, but other movies in the franchise have. The Halloween franchise has gone through many changes, with five different timelines, the latest being the reboot trilogy. Alternate endings exist in films like Halloween II, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Rob Zombie's Halloween II, and Halloween 2018.

John Carpenters Halloween doesnt have an unseen alternate ending, but five other movies in the Halloween franchise do and only one of them was better than the final cuts ending. Carpenters Halloween arrived in 1978 to develop the slasher genre in the 1980s and start a franchise with many sequels, novels, and more. The Halloween franchise went through so many changes throughout the years that it currently has five different timelines, the latest one being the reboot trilogy and some of its movies would be different had they kept whats now their alternate ending.

Carpenters 1978 Halloween...

In the early 1990s, as one Hollywood phenom began to fall, another one was rising. And for a brief moment, they crossed paths. John Carpenter's Halloween is one of the most influential horror films ever made. It may not be the first slasher movie ever made, but it popularized the subgenre and gave way to the slasher boom of the 1980s. After five movies, each worse than the one before, the franchise started off the decade on life support. As Michael Myers fell, Quentin Tarantino was on the rise as Hollywood's new "it" boy. In 1992, Tarantino wrote and directed his first feature, Reservoir Dogs, and the following year he penned the screenplay for Tony Scott's True Romance. Around this time, Tarantino was turned to as a choice to bring back the Boogeyman for Halloween 6. Tarantino took a stab at it, with an idea so wild that it's...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Ghoulies II 4K Uhd from Mvd

Ghoulies II will pop up on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 9 as part of Mvd’s 4K LaserVision Collection. The 1987 sequel has been has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr and Lpcm 2.0 Stereo Audio.

Both the 90-minute theatrical and 91-minute unrated cuts are included, along with reversible artwork, a slipcover, and a mini poster.

Albert Band (I Bury the Living) directs from a script by Dennis Paoli. Damon Martin, Royal Dano, Phil Fondacaro, J. Downing, and Kerry Remsen star. Charles Band executive produces.

Special features include: More Toilets, More Terror: The Making of Ghoulies 2 with Remsen, Charles Band, actor Donnie Jeffcoat,...

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To the uninitiated, the "Halloween" franchise is just a slasher series. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. A masked maniac with a big knife wandering around different settings, cutting down anyone unfortunate enough to get in their way. Sure, while that might be true for John Carpenter's classic original, the series would grow increasingly odd and incredulous as the years went on.

As of this writing, there are four different "Halloween" timelines featuring Michael Myers. It starts with the original timeline, including the orignal "Halloween" from 1978, its sequel "Halloween II," the legacy sequel "Halloween H20," and "Halloween: Resurrection." Then, of course, is the colloquial Cult of Thorn timeline, which also includes those first two movies, followed by then "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers," "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers," and "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

Before he was battling super villains as Ant-Man or the supernatural in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Paul Rudd was a struggling actor trying to break out. In 1995, he hit it big with his first ever feature film, Clueless. The comedy not only made a star out of its lead, Alicia Silverstone, but Rudd as well. Although this was Rudd's first released movie, it wasn't the first one he filmed a part for. That distinction goes to Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the sixth film in the series, and one so disastrous that it would cause the franchise to undergo a complete reboot. As bad as it was, it was saved by Paul Rudd giving an off-kilter performance as Tommy Doyle, which added some much-needed emotional heft to such a bizarre plot. This Halloween film would be the last for legendary actor Donald Pleasence, who died during filming, but it was...

Tarantino almost wrote and directed Halloween 6 but declined. His idea was used in Natural Born Killers. Tarantino's road trip idea for Halloween 6 excluded the Cult of Thorn, making it a more intriguing story. Though Tarantino's Halloween 6 was never made, it would have kept Michael Myers true to his evil slasher essence.

Quentin Tarantino has a long list of unmade projects, among them an idea for Halloween 6, which ended up coming true in another controversial movie he wrote. Quentin Tarantino has earned a place among the most respected filmmakers of his generation but also one of the most controversial. Tarantino’s unique narrative and visual style have made his films stand out from the rest, so it’s not surprising that he has caught the attention of different directors and studios that wanted him to join their projects in some capacity – however, this has also led to...

Presented by Lisa Frankenstein, 1989 Week is dialing the clock back to the crossroads year for the genre with a full week of features that dig six feet under into the year. Today, Alex Divincenzo revisits the great slasher slump of 1989.

While horror fans often look back on the ’80s with a nostalgic glow, 1989 was not what most would consider a strong year for the genre — particularly when compared to the embarrassment of riches spawned by the rest of the decade. Not even Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger were safe from the slasher slump.

Each franchise had its ups and downs across a cumulative 17 movies in the ’80s, but the decade came to a close with low points — creatively and financially — in all three sagas: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.

Halloween Ends may have killed iconic slasher Michael Myers off on the big screen, but there’s really no stopping a successful horror franchise. Last October, Malek Akkad’s Trancas International Films secured a deal with Miramax Television to develop and co-produce a Halloween TV series… and one person who would be interested in working on the show is Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers director Dwight H. Little, who has racked up a lot of TV experience since his days of working on Halloween 4. There’s also another Halloween project Little would like to work on and has even pitched: a direct sequel to Halloween 4 that would see the return of Danielle Harris and Ellie Cornell as Jamie and her foster sister Rachel!

The subject of Halloween came up while Little was speaking with our friends at Bloody Disgusting to promote his memoir Still Rolling: Inside the Hollywood...

The Shape is back! Well, of course he is. He can't be killed, after all, and the "Halloween" franchise must go on to ensure that Michael Myers will still be terrorizing the fine folks in Haddonfield for generations to come. "Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers" continued the trend established in "Halloween 4" and "Halloween 5" of weirdly copying the sequel titles of the "Pink Panther" movies starring Peter Sellers. There was "The Return," then "The Revenge" and now it was time to dive a little deeper into "Halloween" lore, for better or worse.

Honestly, it was something of a miracle that "Halloween 6" even got made at all. After becoming the first in the series to actually premiere on Friday the 13th, "Halloween 5" was the lowest grossing movie of the franchise when it opened in October of 1989. After the development for "Halloween 6" stalled multiple times due to legal issues,...

Earlier this year, we caught word that Arrow Video’s 4K box set release of the first four Hellraiser movies (get it Here) would include a workprint cut of the 1996 installment, Hellraiser: Bloodline (watch that one Here), allowing fans the chance to see what the movie was going to be like before Dimension Films started tinkering with it. Now that the Arrow Video box set is available, JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek has a copy of the Hellraiser: Bloodline workprint – and in the video embedded above, he offers his review of this cut of the film, comparing it to the theatrical version we’ve been watching for over twenty-five years. To hear all about this Hellraiser: Bloodline workprint vs. theatrical cut match-up, hit play on the video!

Hellraiser: Bloodline was a famously troubled production, with director Kevin Yagher leaving the project when distributor Miramax / Dimension demanded substantial reshoots. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers...

If you plan on binge-watching horror movies on Halloween, what better way to start (or end) the spooky day with Halloween? The original 1978 film is a masterpiece of a stalker horror film. It always makes you turn around to see if anyone is watching you. Michael Myers may not be the boogeyman of folklore, but he certainly has earned that title over the years. With the first Halloween film comes twelve sequels (including two remakes) and even a video game back in 1983 for the Atari 2600. Fans over the years have debated on the perfect way to watch all the sequels when, to be honest, there really isn't one. Halloween has become a "choose your own adventure" kind of franchise, with the sequel films branching off into four (or five) different timelines if you include Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, which has nothing to do with the events of Michael Myers.

Do you believe in the boogeyman? If you’ve ever watched one of the good Halloween movies, the answer is an unqualified yes! The boogeyman is real and he has a name and a shape: Michael Myers. And for the last 45 years, he’s been cutting a bloody path of carnage across multiplexes everywhere.

It began innocently enough in the hands of director John Carpenter, a then young filmmaker not long out of film school who, along with producer and co-writer Debra Hill, plus some friends, wanted to make a genuinely spooky horror movie that borrowed heavily from chillers like Psycho or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Only this time, they brought that kind of terror home to the suburbs. If you watch their first fully formed slasher movie today, you might even be surprised by how little slashing there is. Nevertheless, Michael’s devil eyes have endured, changing with the times but always returning,...

Clockwork from bottom left: Halloween II (Photo: Universal Pictures); Halloween Ends (Photo: Universal Pictures); Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers (Photo: Galaxy International Releasing); Halloween (Photo: Compass International Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club

Writer/director John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher flick Halloween is celebrating its 45th anniversary today which is...

Steve Miner's "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" was the seventh "Halloween" film, but it came during a slasher revival that was sparked by the success of Wes Craven's "Scream" two years earlier. "H20" ignored the mythology laid out in "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers," "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers," and "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers." 

The film caught up with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), still overcoming the trauma of Halloween night back in 1978 (covered in "Halloween" and "Halloween II"), and learning to live with the fact that Michael Myers is her brother. Moreso, "H20" focuses on Laurie's son John (Josh Hartnett) and his hip-talking teen peers. The teen cast contained a few notable stars-to-be, including Michelle Williams and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. If the kids sound like characters from a Kevin Williamson film, it's because Williamson served as...

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers features shocking deaths intended to unsettle viewers, including an intense electrocution scene where a character's head explodes. Dr. Jordan Wagner, a real-life ER doctor, critiques the medical authenticity of horror movie deaths, finding the foaming at the mouth in the electrocution scene more connected to rabies than electrocution. The Halloween series has transitioned from gritty realism to supernatural horror, moving from a tale of an inexplicable killer to a story deeply rooted in the mystic and the arcane.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the 1995 installment of the series, boasts a slew of shocking deaths designed to unsettle viewers. The film follows the notorious Michael Myers as he stalks his old Haddonfield stomping grounds, eventually confronting the family of Laurie Strode, his original target. One death, in particular, involving Laurie's uncle John, sees him stabbed and pushed into a circuit breaker box, leading to...

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is considered the worst film in the franchise, with a poor rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. The movie was criticized for its convoluted plot, lack of suspense, and reliance on typical slasher tactics. Quentin Tarantino had an intriguing concept for Halloween 6, involving a road trip with Michael Myers and the Man in Black, but ultimately passed on the project, potentially missing an opportunity to improve the franchise.

For a franchise as vast as Halloween, it's no secret there are a few duds in the bunch, and one of the most memorably bad installments is Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, which could have actually been saved if this famous directors had taken the reins. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is the sixth installment in the Halloween franchise, which follows the murderous activities of serial killer, Michael Myers. Released in 1995, Halloween 6...

In John Carpenter's 1978 film "Halloween," the masked killer Michael Myers was played by multiple actors. For the bulk of his scenes, Michael — called "The Shape" — was played by Nick Castle, a film school friend of Carpenter's and a director in his own right. Castle also directed "The Last Starfighter" and "The Boy Who Could Fly." As a small boy, Michael Myers was played, in one scene, by an actor named Will Sandin in his first and last role on screen. In Pov shots, the hands of young Michael were provided by co-writer and producer Debra Hill, while the unmasked Michael — who appears only briefly at the very end of the movie — was played by Tony Moran.

Castle had the lion's share of screen time, however, and is generally thought of as the "official" Michael Myers by "Halloween" fans the world over. Castle would reprise the role for David Gordon Green...

The medical inaccuracies in the kill scene from Halloween 6 where John Strode's head explodes from electrocution have been pointed out by ER doctor Jordan Wagner on the YouTube channel Doctor ER. Wagner mentioned that foaming at the mouth is often seen in rabies cases, and he's never witnessed anything explode due to electrocution. Wagner explains that electrocuting someone would typically result in cardiac arrest and burning of nerves and tissue, not explosions.

A kill from Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers has been criticized for its medical inaccuracies. The 1995 slasher sequel was the sixth Halloween movie, following the continued exploits of masked serial killer Michael Myers as he returned to his former Haddonfield home, where relatives of original final girl Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) had taken up residence. While Michael killed several of them, the most spectacular death was given to her uncle John (Bradford English), who was stabbed...

John Carpenter's "Halloween" is one of the finest horror films ever made. Rick Rosenthal's "Halloween II" is one or 12 steps down from that.

Carpenter's original is also one of the most successful independent productions of all time. It launched the slasher film craze, made Jamie Lee Curtis a star and, thanks to the white-masked Michael Myers, spawned lifelong nightmares in the subconscious of every kid who begged their parents to let them watch it. Forty-five years on, "Halloween" is still a wildly effective, brilliantly crafted film. It is, per its tagline, "The Night He Came Home." "Halloween II" was unimaginatively sold as "More of the Night He Came Home." It's basically the "More American Graffiti" of horror flicks, and, like that film, it's better than its reputation suggests.

Having established himself as a genre auteur, Carpenter bowed out of directing the sequel and set his sights on "The Fog.

It’s October, and that means horror movie marathons galore. But one of the most common horror movie franchises to binge this time of year is, fittingly, the “Halloween” movies. There are 13 “Halloween” movies (and counting), as the series that began with John Carpenter’s 1978 classic has continued through various ups, downs and reboots. There are no less than five separate timelines for the events that occur in the “Halloween” series, which makes watching the ”Halloween” movies in order a tricky task.

But not to worry, we’re here to help guide you. Below, we’ve put together a guide to how to watch the “Halloween” movies in chronological order through the various different timelines. There’s the Og series, the Rob Zombie remakes and the most recent series of “Halloween” movies that see Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode in yet another new timeline of events.

Warning: spoilers for various horror movies.

Plot twists can either enhance or detract from the horror movie experience, with examples like The Visit and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer falling flat. The Halloween franchise has had its fair share of questionable plot twists, including possessing Jamie in Halloween 4 and the Cult of Thorn in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. M. Night Shyamalan has had both successes and failures with plot twists, with The Sixth Sense being acclaimed while Signs disappointed audiences with its aliens' weakness to water, which undermined the tension built up throughout the film.

Horror movies are no strangers to plot twists, and while some have been so good they turned their movies into classics, many others were an absolute disappointment. Although they are not necessary at all in horror movies, plot twists are a very common practice in the horror genre, especially...

Jamie Lloyd was introduced as Laurie Strode's daughter in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Halloween 4 marks the start of the Thorn Curse trilogy, which continues in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Blood relation plays a huge role in Halloween's Thorn Curse trilogy, which informs Jamie Lloyd's and Michael Myers' character arcs.

The Halloween franchise started out as a seemingly normal slasher series. Eventually, however, these classic horror movies took on a more supernatural direction. This resulted in a somewhat controversial storyline that was spread across three movies: the Curse of Thorn.

Used across the Thorn Curse trilogy, the plot point gave a different explanation for Michael Myers' evil acts. Though it theoretically was only established in the series' sixth movie, the Thorn Curse actually showed up at the end of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.