SlashersNo. 1557 · The 2026 edition
Every Halloween Movie Ranked
From the original slasher to the latest reboot, we ranked every Halloween movie ever made. See where your favorite falls!
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at editorial.rottentomatoes.com.
A definitive ranking of all Halloween movies, from John Carpenter's classic to the 2018 sequel and beyond, with insights on each film's place in horror history.
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Rotten Tomatoes ranks all 13 Halloween franchise films by Tomatometer score, spanning the 1978 original through the alternate timelines and reboots. Each entry lists the rank, title, year, Tomatometer percentage, critics consensus, key cast, and director. The list covers the original series, the Rob Zombie remakes, and the David Gordon Green trilogy.
The list
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 1998
Called the best of the many sequels, though still weaker than the original; Laurie is hunted two decades later.
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982
Standalone entry without Michael Myers; praised for deviating from formula but criticized for paltry thrills and dubious plotting.
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988
Brings the masked killer back but lacks the original's scares and inventiveness; Myers wakes while being transferred.
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Halloween Ends 2022
Trilogy finale and Laurie Strode's last stand; consensus calls it befuddling with frustrating missed opportunities.
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Halloween Kills 2021
Delivers brute slasher thrills for fans but does little to advance the franchise; picks up right after 2018's ending.
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Halloween II 1981
Continues directly from the original but wanders into a dead end the series struggled to escape for decades.
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Halloween II 2009
Zombie's sequel shows flashes of vision but is smothered by gore and brutal, hackneyed violence.
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 1989
Embraces crude slasher conventions with pedestrian scares, disposable characters, and aimless plotting.
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Halloween: Resurrection 2002
Teens spend a night in Myers' childhood home for a live broadcast; criticized as a tired slasher flick.
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995
Lowest-ranked entry; trades the original's brutal simplicity for convoluted mysticism with dull results.
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