Horror Franchise

Halloween

Michael Myers, Laurie Strode and the branching timelines of the Halloween film series.

13Films
1978–2022Years
John CarpenterOriginal director

Franchise Overview

13Films
Halloween (1978) First title
45 yearsRelease span
John CarpenterOriginal director
9 Sequels2 Franchises1 Remake

Halloween Movies in Release Order

Release order
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Halloween(1978)

Director John Carpenter

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.

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Halloween II poster

Director Rick Rosenthal

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Mye...

Sequel
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch poster

Director Tommy Lee Wallace

Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a halloween mask made by the Silver Shamrock mask company. The c...

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers poster

Director Dwight H. Little

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers poster

Director Dominique Othenin-Girard

Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering...

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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers poster

Director Joe Chappelle

Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years late...

Sequel
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later poster

Director Steve Miner

Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name,...

Sequel
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Halloween: Resurrection poster

Director Rick Rosenthal

Serial Killer Michael Myers is not finished with Laurie Strode, and their rivalry finally comes to an end. But is this the last we see of Myers? Freddie Harris and Nora Winston are reality programmers at DangerTainment,...

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Halloween(2007)

Director Rob Zombie

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where...

Remake
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Halloween II poster

Director Rob Zombie

Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

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Halloween(2018)

Director David Gordon Green

Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night...

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Halloween Kills poster

Director David Gordon Green

And the Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn't over yet. Minutes after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael My...

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Halloween Ends poster

Director David Gordon Green

The third film in Blumhouse's 'Halloween' series. The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode ends.

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