You can’t keep a good movie monster down! Michael Myers, the main antagonist in all but one of the Halloween movie franchise, first appeared on our movie screens in 1978 courtesy of John Carpenter. Since then, he has appeared in 11 other movies, despite being repeatedly killed off in a variety of original and (mostly) gruesome ways.
Below we list all the Halloween movies so far. Do you have a particular favourite? Let us know in the comments below.
Halloween
US Release Date: October 25, 1978
Domestic Box Office: $47 million
Director: John Carpenter
Metascore: 87
Main Cast:
Tony Moran (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Donald Pleasance (Sam Loomis)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
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.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Loomis shoots Michael, causing him to fall off a balcony.
Halloween II
US Release Date: October 30, 1981
Domestic Box Office: $25 million
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Metascore: 40
Main Cast:
Dick Warlock (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Donald Pleasance (Sam Loomis)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Laurie shoots him in the eyes and blows him up.
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
US Release Date: October 22, 1982
Domestic Box Office: $14.4 million
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Metascore: 50
Main Cast:
Tom Atkins (Daniel Challis), Stacey Nelkin (Ellie Grimbridge), Dan O’Herlihy (Conal Cochran)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Michael was on a sabbatical.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
US Release Date: October 21, 1988
Domestic Box Office: $17.8 million
Director: Dwight H. Little
Metascore: 34
Main Cast:
George P. Wilbur (Michael Myers), Donald Pleasance (Sam Loomis), Danielle Harris (Jamie Lloyd)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
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. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
A lynch mob shoots Michael, causing him to fall down a mine.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
US Release Date: October 13, 1989
Domestic Box Office: $11.6 million
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Metascore: 28
Main Cast:
Don Shanks (Michael Myers/The Man in Black), Donald Pleasance (Sam Loomis), Danielle Harris (Jamie)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
An explosion at the police station.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
US Release Date: September 25, 1999
Domestic Box Office: $15.1 million
Director: Joe Chapelle
Metascore: 10
Main Cast:
George P. Wilbur (Michael Myers), Donald Pleasance (Sam Loomis), Paul Rudd (Tommy Doyle)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Injection with corrosive liquid.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
US Release Date: August 5, 1998
Domestic Box Office: $55 million
Director: Steve Miner
Metascore: 52
Main Cast:
Chris Durand (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Josh Hartnett (John Tate)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Decapitation by Laurie.
Halloween: Resurrection
US Release Date: July 12, 2002
Domestic Box Office: $30.3 million
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Metascore: 19
Main Cast:
Brad Loree (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Busta Rhymes (Freddie Harris)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before travelling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Electrocution in a burning garage.
Halloween
US Release Date: August 31, 2007
Domestic Box Office: $58 million
Director: Rob Zombie
Metascore: 47
Main Cast:
Tyler Mane (Michael Myers), Scout Taylor-Compton (Laurie Strode), Malcolm McDowell (Sam Loomis)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Stabbed in the chest and face by Laurie.
Halloween II
US Release Date: August 28, 2009
Domestic Box Office: $33.4 million
Director: Rob Zombie
Metascore: 35
Main Cast:
Tyler Mane (Michael Myers), Scout Taylor-Compton (Laurie Strode), Malcolm McDowell (Sam Loomis)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
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.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Shot by the police.
Halloween
US Release Date: October 19, 2018
Domestic Box Office: $159.3 million
Director: David Gordon Green
Metascore:67
Main Cast:
James Jude Courtney (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Will Patton (Officer Hawkins), Judy Greer (Karen Nelson)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Left for dead in a burning basement.
Halloween Kills
US Release Date: October 15, 2021
Domestic Box Office: $92 million
Director: David Gordon Green
Metascore: 42
Main Cast:
James Jude Courtney (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Will Patton (Officer Hawkins), Judy Greer (Karen Nelson)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Stabbed in the back by Karen.
Halloween Ends
US Release Date: October 14, 2022
Domestic Box Office: $64 million
Director: David Gordon Green
Metascore: 47
Main Cast:
James Jude Courtney (Michael Myers), Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Will Patton (Officer Hawkins), Andi Matichak (Allyson Nelson)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final instalment of this trilogy.
Cause of Michael’s supposed death:
Laurie cuts his throat before the townsfolk put him through an industrial metal shredder.
Let us know your favourite Halloween movie in the comments below!