Ranking the Michael Myers Halloween Movies
The Halloween series is the elder statesman of slasher movie franchises. When the original movie premiered in 1978, it introduced Michael Myers and changed the history of the horror genre forever.
Almost all the installments feature Michael Myers as the antagonist. Myers is a serial killer who is described as the essence of evil. In 1962, at the age of six, Michael commits his first murder when he fatally stabs his older sister, Judith. Michael is placed in a mental institution.
Fifteen years later in 1978, the now-grown Myers escapes from the institution and goes on another killing spree. He attacks a shy teenage girl, Laurie Strode, and her friends.
Halloween has always been one of my favorite horror franchises. That said, this is a franchise where the whole is clearly greater than the sum of its parts. I have strong feelings (often negative) about the installments of this series. You have to hand it to Halloween though — it’s often bad, but at least it’s never boring.
The series has had many ups and downs over the years, but that hasn’t stopped it from raking in profits for the last four-plus decades. This franchise has proven to be just as unstoppable as Michael Myers. Miramax is planning to continue it with a television series.
