Halloween
Halloween is below average at 43% across 452 head-to-head matchups, but it's not out of the conversation. No round offers a foothold — below average at every stage. 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 1.4s 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.
Below average across the board: 49%, 29%, 49%. The finals are the closest thing to a bright spot, but even there the record is uphill.
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 dominates Rosemary's Baby at 83%. The Exorcist at 24% is the one matchup where that confidence disappears.
Featured in All Time Horror Classics.
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