with Halloween just around the corner, the perfect time to ask.

1 is hands down my pick, but I love Halloween II also

In order

1. Halloween (1978)
2. Halloween 4 (1988)
3. Halloween 2

I like the first one. IMO, part three is one of the worst movies ever made.

Originally posted by DAX
I like the first one. IMO, part three is one of the worst movies ever made.


I don't think it should have been marketed as a "Halloween" movie. They should have just stuck with Mike Myers in this one.

If it was a movie that was by itself and didn't have the Halloween name, it might have been better received. I was disappointed but I didn't think it was one of the worst movies ever. Besides, there's hadly a lot of horror movies that are Oscar quality, like the Friday the 13th and Freddy Krueger franchises.

Halloween is the best!

Halloween 2 or 4

I've only ever seen the original. Never had any desire to see any of the sequels.

Originally posted by Liza
I've only ever seen the original. Never had any desire to see any of the sequels.

Don't worry Emily, you have not missed much. This series went down hill right after the original. The second one was more of a gross out movie then anything else. There was a scene with a little boy who had swallowed razor blades. I think this is beyond what I would consider good taste.

Originally posted by DAX
There was a scene with a little boy who had swallowed razor blades. I think this is beyond what I would consider good taste.



So that's what it was. How did he swallow them in the first place?

Originally posted by DAX
Don't worry Emily, you have not missed much. This series went down hill right after the original. The second one was more of a gross out movie then anything else. There was a scene with a little boy who had swallowed razor blades. I think this is beyond what I would consider good taste.

pt. 2 was no Halloween, but it was much better than 3-8. It was a little too gross and graphic, but it's a nice, yet inferior, companion piece to pt. 1

Originally posted by Brian
So that's what it was. How did he swallow them in the first place?

In the early eighties there was a problem with disturbed people placing razor blades inside if Peanut Butter Cups. I remember during Halloween 1982 my Mom going through my Halloween candy to make sure it was safe, she broke a Peanut Butter Cup in half and there was indeed a razor blade in it.

Originally posted by DAX
Don't worry Emily, you have not missed much. This series went down hill right after the original. The second one was more of a gross out movie then anything else. There was a scene with a little boy who had swallowed razor blades. I think this is beyond what I would consider good taste.

That's what I heard, and why I've stayed away from them. I'm too squeamish. ;)

Originally posted by DAX
In the early eighties there was a problem with disturbed people placing razor blades inside if Peanut Butter Cups. I remember during Halloween 1982 my Mom going through my Halloween candy to make sure it was safe, she broke a Peanut Butter Cup in half and there was indeed a razor blade in it.

I remember that scare - my parents went through my Halloween candy too. But you actually had a razor blade in your candy??? :eek: That's terrifying! Did you remember all the houses you were at and try to find out who it was? That's just screwed up. Thank God your mom checked!

Originally posted by Liza
I remember that scare - my parents went through my Halloween candy too. But you actually had a razor blade in your candy??? :eek: That's terrifying! Did you remember all the houses you were at and try to find out who it was? That's just screwed up. Thank God your mom checked!

If I remember correctly it was a Saturday, so we pretty much hit every house we could. I think that my Mom notified the police, but I don't think that she felt that there was anything else that she could do. The worst part was that I was not the only one. When I was back at school on Monday, several other kids mentioned that the same thing had happened to them.

yuck, that sounds like you had a real psycho in the neighborhood, was he ever caught?

1 (the 25th anniversary 2 disc edition that came out last year), 2 and H20 are the only Halloween movies I have, and it's all I intend to have. I know Jamie Lee was in Resurrection for a few moments, but as far as MY Halloween story goes... it's all over at the end of H20. I prefer my ending with Michael decapitated and Laurie goes on to live happily ever after, lol.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
1 (the 25th anniversary 2 disc edition that came out last year), 2 and H20 are the only Halloween movies I have, and it's all I intend to have. I know Jamie Lee was in Resurrection for a few moments, but as far as MY Halloween story goes... it's all over at the end of H20. I prefer my ending with Michael decapitated and Laurie goes on to live happily ever after, lol.

I've got the 25th anniversary collection too), 2 (VHS), 4 (VHS), 5 (DVD), 6 (DVD), and H20. And I have Resurrection on tape.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
yuck, that sounds like you had a real psycho in the neighborhood, was he ever caught?

1 (the 25th anniversary 2 disc edition that came out last year), 2 and H20 are the only Halloween movies I have, and it's all I intend to have. I know Jamie Lee was in Resurrection for a few moments, but as far as MY Halloween story goes... it's all over at the end of H20. I prefer my ending with Michael decapitated and Laurie goes on to live happily ever after, lol.


I do not think that anyone was ever caught.

I never saw Resurrection. Michael must have grown a new head or something. :lol:

Originally posted by DAX
I do not think that anyone was ever caught.

I never saw Resurrection. Michael must have grown a new head or something. :lol:

I never saw Resurrection either, I believe the excuse was that Michael in H20 was a copycat killer or some crap. Whatever, lol.

I haven't seen any but I hear Halloween H20 was good

Originally posted by Superstar
I haven't seen any but I hear Halloween H20 was good

as far as sequels go, H20 is as good as it got after Halloween II, but I still would suggest watching 1 and 2 before H20, since there's a lot of references to those 2 movies you might not really understand if you've never seen those. I only like the ones with Jamie Lee Curtis.

Originally posted by DAX
In the early eighties there was a problem with disturbed people placing razor blades inside if Peanut Butter Cups. I remember during Halloween 1982 my Mom going through my Halloween candy to make sure it was safe, she broke a Peanut Butter Cup in half and there was indeed a razor blade in it.

:eek: I remember that, people would put them in all kinds of candy :eek:

I like 1, 2,4 and 5 and Halloween H20 wasn't the best, but I liked it okay

1 and 2 are classic. My favorites of the bunch.
I like how they resurrected the characters for 4. 5 was a bit far fetched, and "Curse" made no sense whatsoever. I hear that movie was severly edited and changed, and there is a supposed "director's cut" that makes more sense.

I didn't like H2O and Ressurection. Ignoring the events of 4-6 just didn't make sense.

The First one is the best. pumpkin:

While I don't think many people will agree with me, I don't think Halloween III: Season of the Witch is as bad as a lot of people claim it to be. Sure, there's no Michael Myers. But I do like the way our hero manages to get away after getting caught and destroy the mask factory in the process.

Halloween II was quite all right as well. How many have you have seen the alternate version of Halloween II? I saw it on AMC and I would have to say that the original version is a lot scarier with a much higher body count. In the alternate version, it's implied that a lot of characters survived. I suppose if there's anything I like about the alternate version, it's that it clears up whether or not Jimmy survived. He definitely survived in the alternate version.

Now....if only the alternate version could explain how both Michael and Dr. Loomis survived the blazing fire and ended up in Halloween IV :confused:

Here is the IMDB's entry for the alternate version of Halloween II:

In 2002 American Movie Classics aired the alternate version of Halloween II
as part of their Monsterfest Film Festival. This was the first time since its broadcast back in 1984. Among changed/added footage:
Jimmy never does find Mrs. Alves' body, and it is only implied that she died.
Also, Dr. Mixter's body is never found. It is only hinted at that he dies.
Janet's death is completely wiped out, and she tells Karen that she is
leaving the hospital, and she gets away. Also, for Jill's death, it never
shows Michael stabbing her in the back, it just shows him raising her in the
air, and dropping her. While she is lying on the ground you hear her grumble
in pain hinting that she survived as well. The ending shows Jimmy walking
around the hospital while Laurie and Loomis fight Michael. Then when the
explosion occurs, Jimmy slips and hits his head. The ending shows him in the
ambulance with Laurie and they drive off into the sunset. This version has now been shown in subsequent "MonsterFest" Film Festivals and is actually their most played film around halloween.

Originally posted by stella
While I don't think many people will agree with me, I don't think Halloween III: Season of the Witch is as bad as a lot of people claim it to be. Sure, there's no Michael Myers.

I like the film too, but a lot of folks were a bit ticked off that it wasn't another masked killer movie like the previous films. The Haloween franchise could have been as big as Friday the 13th or the Freddy Kruger films in the 80's if they had kept the Michael Myers storyline going in part 3.

Originally posted by stella


In 2002 American Movie Classics aired the alternate version of Halloween II
as part of their Monsterfest Film Festival. This was the first time since its broadcast back in 1984. Among changed/added footage:
Jimmy never does find Mrs. Alves' body, and it is only implied that she died.
Also, Dr. Mixter's body is never found. It is only hinted at that he dies.
Janet's death is completely wiped out, and she tells Karen that she is
leaving the hospital, and she gets away. Also, for Jill's death, it never
shows Michael stabbing her in the back, it just shows him raising her in the
air, and dropping her. While she is lying on the ground you hear her grumble
in pain hinting that she survived as well. The ending shows Jimmy walking
around the hospital while Laurie and Loomis fight Michael. Then when the
explosion occurs, Jimmy slips and hits his head. The ending shows him in the
ambulance with Laurie and they drive off into the sunset. This version has now been shown in subsequent "MonsterFest" Film Festivals and is actually their most played film around halloween.

I've seen that version a lot on TV. I guess it's just a less violent lame version of the original that's safer to show on TV. Halloween II really did have a high body count, now that I think about it..

;)

Originally posted by stella
Halloween II was quite all right as well. How many have you have seen the alternate version of Halloween II? I saw it on AMC and I would have to say that the original version is a lot scarier with a much higher body count. In the alternate version, it's implied that a lot of characters survived. I suppose if there's anything I like about the alternate version, it's that it clears up whether or not Jimmy survived. He definitely survived in the alternate version.

Now....if only the alternate version could explain how both Michael and Dr. Loomis survived the blazing fire and ended up in Halloween IV :confused:

Here is the IMDB's entry for the alternate version of Halloween II:

In 2002 American Movie Classics aired the alternate version of Halloween II
as part of their Monsterfest Film Festival. This was the first time since its broadcast back in 1984. Among changed/added footage:
Jimmy never does find Mrs. Alves' body, and it is only implied that she died.
Also, Dr. Mixter's body is never found. It is only hinted at that he dies.
Janet's death is completely wiped out, and she tells Karen that she is
leaving the hospital, and she gets away. Also, for Jill's death, it never
shows Michael stabbing her in the back, it just shows him raising her in the
air, and dropping her. While she is lying on the ground you hear her grumble
in pain hinting that she survived as well. The ending shows Jimmy walking
around the hospital while Laurie and Loomis fight Michael. Then when the
explosion occurs, Jimmy slips and hits his head. The ending shows him in the
ambulance with Laurie and they drive off into the sunset. This version has now been shown in subsequent "MonsterFest" Film Festivals and is actually their most played film around halloween.

yep! I taped the AMC version of Halloween 2 when it reaired in 2002. I saw it that morning when I was getting ready for work and realized I was watching the alternate version... so I set the VCR up and recorded it at 10 that night (or whenever the evening aired), even tho I have the original on DVD.

I'm hoping one of these years, Universal will give Halloween II fans the treatment they want... with the alternate version remastered as well as the original (since the DVD print for Halloween 2 looks INCREDIBLE. Yet on tv the video is extremely graint).

Can anyone honestly say that the original Halloween is less superior than any one of its sequels? The only one, besides the original, that comes close to being halfway decent is Halloween: H20. That, at least, had some originality and ties to the originial. The others are just cheap, slasher flicks.

I haven't seen any of the Halloween movies except H20,so I'd say thats my vote.:)

Halloween the original