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'Halloween Ends' and the 'Halloween' Movie Rankings
October 18, 2022/ 77 min/ Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan
Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan on 'Halloween Ends,' a loaded year for horror, and a ranking of all 13 'Halloween' films.
42 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
A loaded year for horrorthe genre keeping non-franchise movies alive
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
Basically a horror film for its second act; maybe the last good MCU movie, Ryan says.
Nope 2022
Sold as a conspiracy thriller but built like Spielbergian horror.
Barbarian 2022
They spent an hour explaining the whole film to Amanda Dobbins on the show.
Smile 2022
A box-office sensation neither host had seen yet.
X 2022
One of Ti West's two A24 films this year.
Pearl 2022
West's other 2022 release, a prequel to X.
Prey 2022
The Predator movie they loved; action-horror.
The Invitation 2022
A box-office success Fennessey still hadn't seen.
Resurrection 2022
Rebecca Hall thriller.
Terrifier 2 2022
Crowdfunded Dread Central splatter sequel with Tom Savini-level practical effects; an indie sensation.
Watcher 2022
Sundance movie with Maika Monroe that debuted on Shudder.
Hellraiser 2022
The Hulu reboot Ryan didn't care for.
Men 2022
Alex Garland's soft-horror A24 title.
Bodies Bodies Bodies 2022
The other soft-horror A24 movie.
Orphan: First Kill 2022
The prequel Ryan thought was quality.
Bones and All 2022
Luca Guadagnino cannibal drama with Mark Rylance; Fennessey is out on cannibalism.
Speak No Evil 2022
Fennessey's favorite horror movie of the year and the most demented; listeners were mad he recommended it.
Hellbender 2021
Small family-made psychedelic horror on Shudder.
The Sadness 2021
An extremely violent COVID allegory.
Glorious 2022
A god in a bathroom glory hole, with Ryan Kwanten; cleverer than it sounds.
What Josiah Saw 2021
Shudder pickup.
Who Invited Them 2022
Shudder release Ryan mentioned the week before.
Saloum 2023
Senegalese warlord drama that turns supernatural; From Dusk Till Dawn energy.
Mad God 2021
Stop-motion from effects artist Phil Tippett.
Deadstream 2022
Found-footage comedy that just premiered.
Dark Glasses 2022
New Dario Argento.
V/H/S/99 2022
The anthology entry Fennessey was most jacked for.
'Halloween Ends'David Gordon Green's final Myers film
Halloween Ends 2022
The trilogy closer runs 50-plus minutes without Michael and is largely a River's Edge-style story about outcast Corey Campbell. Fennessey felt it served too many masters; Ryan liked the bracing opening and the wood-chipper finale.
Ranking all 13 'Halloween' filmsbest to worst
No. 2
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982
The Michael-free anthology swing, reclaimed as a fan favorite; feels the most Carpenter.
No. 4
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 1998
Fennessey's favorite use of Jamie Lee Curtis, with an uncredited Kevin Williamson rewrite; Ryan would drop it lower solo.
No. 6
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988
Dwight H. Little starts the Jamie Lloyd trilogy; the Kathleen Kinmont wall-mount kill.
No. 8
Halloween II (Zombie) 2009
Rob Zombie's ultimate feel-bad movie, and Ryan's favorite of the pair.
No. 10
Halloween (Zombie) 2007
Rob Zombie's mangy but technically striking reboot with an unsympathetic Haddonfield.
No. 11
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995
Paul Rudd as grown-up Tommy Doyle in the druid-cult entry; confusing and disliked.
Also mentioned raised along the way
The Mark Rylance tangent The OutfitDon't Look UpBridge of Spies
'Halloween Ends' touchstones The ThingBadlandsRiver's EdgeBonnie and ClydeOver the EdgeBlackboard Jungle
Phil Tippett's résumé RoboCopJurassic Park
More from the Shudder library Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Rob Zombie beyond Halloween The MunstersHouse of 1000 CorpsesThe Devil's RejectsThe Lords of Salem
The 2000s slasher reboots The Texas Chainsaw MassacreFriday the 13thA Nightmare on Elm Street
A Final Destination detour Final DestinationFinal Destination 3
The Dwight H. Little filmography Marked for DeathFree Willy 2: The Adventure HomeFree WillyMurder at 1600TekkenThe Phantom of the OperaBroken Arrow
Josh Hartnett, what could've been The Faculty40 Days and 40 NightsHollywood HomicideThe Last Boy Scout
Fennessey's October watchlist Dominion: Prequel to the ExorcistExorcist: The BeginningAmityville II: The PossessionLaura Hasn't SleptRoad GamesPsycho IIPatrickV/H/S/94Significant Other
In passing Escape from L.A.Dazed and ConfusedTicket to Paradise
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Werewolf by NightHouse of the DragonThe Munsters (1960s series)The Twilight ZoneTrue BloodMayor of KingstownTulsa KingThe Last Drive-In with Joe Bob BriggsThe 101 Scariest Movie Moments of All Time
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