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Halloween

Tough Draw Below average in every round
1978 · Horror, Thriller · John Carpenter

Halloween hasn't found its voters yet. At 41% across 384 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. At 0.8s average, voters don't deliberate — this is an instant reaction, not a considered choice.

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.

Round 1
47.1%
Semifinals
26.3%
The ceiling
Finals
43.3%
13/30

No round to hide in: 47% opening, 26% semis, 43% 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 47%. The margin is slim and the outcome still feels unsettled. Halloween dominates Rosemary's Baby at 75%. The Exorcist at 23% is the one matchup where that confidence disappears.

Closest Rival
BingeBracket Record
41%
Win Rate
#26 of 33 in Horror #13 of 13 from the 1970s
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
Featured Tournament

Featured in All Time Horror Classics.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street #1
Halloween #2
The Shining #3
The Exorcist #4
Rosemary's Baby #5
Hereditary #6
Psycho #7
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre #8
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