No matter your thoughts on the horror genre as a whole, most people can agree that John Carpenter’s 1978 film, “Halloween,” is a classic. But what about the 11 other films in the franchise? Are they worth your time? The Playlist Podcast is here to tell you which ones to watch and which ones to skip as you prepare for the release of “Halloween Ends.”
This episode of The Playlist Podcast is the result of a fun experiment. What happens when you take three hosts and force them to watch 12 ‘Halloween’ films over the course of one week? Even for the biggest horror fans among us, that’s quite the feat. But we did it, and the result is a podcast where we take our individual rankings of each film in the slasher franchise and combine them for the definitive ranking of all “Halloween” films.
Where does “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” rank? What about Rob Zombie’s two reboot films? Is the Thorn Trilogy a worthy addition? These questions and more are answered in the discussion below:
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