Halloween
Halloween hasn't found its voters yet. At 42% across 427 head-to-head matchups, it struggles regardless of the competition — and no round offers relief. John Carpenter proved that restraint is scarier than excess, and that thesis still holds. Michael Myers is terrifying precisely because there's nothing to understand, which makes this a pick voters can defend on pure craft. Voters pick in 1.3s on average — well under the 3.5s platform norm.
Synopsis
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
No round to hide in: 49% opening, 27% semis, 46% finals. The record is consistent in the wrong direction — Halloween loses ground at every stage, not just the hard ones.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is the nearest thing to a true rival at 48%. The margin is slim and the outcome still feels unsettled. Halloween beats Rosemary's Baby (75%) and Hereditary (67%) convincingly. The Exorcist at 23% is where the dominance ends.
Featured in All Time Horror Classics.
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