How to Watch the Halloween Movies in Chronological Order

Are you getting ready for a Halloween movie marathon? Want to spend a couple of days watching Michael Myers stab his way through Haddonfield’s populace? Or maybe you’re going to spread the murder over a couple of weeks. Either way, you’ll be wondering how to watch the Halloween movies in chronological order. Here’s what you need to know.  

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When it comes to watching the Halloween movies in chronological order, there’s a bit a of problem. Several of the later movies have ignored previous entries, so there are several ways to go about this. Technically, if you want to watch the movies in the order they were filmed, here’s the way to go. 

• Halloween 
• Halloween 2
• Halloween 3
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 
• Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 
• Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• Halloween Resurrection
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
• Halloween (2018)
• Halloween Kills
• Halloween Ends

Halloween 3 isn’t a Michael Myers movie. It’s a separate story, set in the universe where the first Halloween movie was just that, a movie. But if you’re watching these Halloween movies in chronological order, you might as well check it out. It’s a good but not great attempt at doing something different with the franchise. And, if you can, watch the original version of Halloween 6 and the Producers Cut.

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If you want to watch the movies in the order they happen in-universe, it gets a bit trickier. The original Michael Myers chronology goes like this.

• Halloween 
• Halloween 2
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 
• Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 
• Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Halloween H20: 20 Years later, ignore the later movies and creates it’s own chronology. It features the return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode but erases her daughter.

The H20verse is as follows:

• Halloween 
• Halloween 2
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• Halloween Resurrection

I’m happy to ignore Halloween Resurrection. Jamie Curtis only filmed scenes for that film so that H20 would get made, but it’s still, technically, part of this “new” timeline. 

Then, along came Rob Zombie with his two films. They’re a reimagining of the original two movies and, as you might expect, are best enjoyed like this.

• Rob Zombie’s Halloween 
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2

Finally, 2018’s Halloween creates yet another timeline, ditching even Halloween 2 and stating that Laurie Strode is not, after all, Michael Myers’ sister.

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So, as of the new trilogy, Halloween‘s chronology is made up of four movies.

• Halloween 
• Halloween (2018)
• Halloween Kills
• Halloween Ends

Will the proposed Halloween TV series shake things up further? Almost certainly. But now, that’s how to watch the Halloween movies in chronological order.