What I always liked about the first one, that Michael is also a stalker. He is not just a random killer, he stalks his victims, etc. They dropped the stalking side of him almost immediatly.

Yes! Michaels intelligence sets him apart from the other slashers, he's very methodical and blueprints every kill in his mind before it's done. Especially in the og where he spends the first half just watching the cast from afar, always present. He's an evil genius in 78 and just Jason in every sequel.

It works because their was never suppose to be a sequel!

rewatching the original Halloween i forgot about Michaels humor - who can forget when he had the bedsheet on his head lol

Great analysis. However I would have to add that in Halloween 4 he did do a considerable amount of planning as well. He took the phone lines out, the power to the entire town, the 911 dispatchers and officers at the station, to set up the entire rest of his plan. What seems like random occurrences are carefully planned events that allow him to roam free the rest of the movie free from any major threats.

One of the reasons I love Halloween 4 so much. Think it would have been better received if it had a high quality mask!!!

It's as simple as this. In the original film, he really is playing an elaborate game of trick or treat. The whole rigged-up Wallace household is a sinister practical joke. It's only when Michael gets back to Tommy Doyle's house that he resorts to the Jason-style hunt and kill method.

Ghostface just has intelligence but ghostface's intelligence is not as high as Michael's intelligence

yes the first movie plays out more like a psychological thriller than a slasher film for most of its run time.

"All these pesky kids took was a mask, rope, knives, duct tape, pliers, a book on taxidermy, a can of gasoline, and a single match. Clearly nothing to worry about and obviously unrelated to that escaped psychotic killer."

This is what I’ve been saying all along! This is why he is superior to all the other slasher characters. His “inhumane patience” for 15 years to pull this off was executed with effortless precision. That is what is truly frightening about him.

@6:20 People can criticize the new Halloween trilogy all they want to but there is no denying that “The Shape Hunts Allyson” is an amazing piece of music worthy of the Halloween name.

The problem with this video is that other Halloween movies show him to be tactical, H2O for example. He planned all of his moves carefully on that film

In two words: the atmosphere and the tension.

Halloween will always be a single installment for me.

It was so obvious Michael knew what he was doing in the first film, and was thriving on messing with his victims.

Hell, one of the creepier scenes is when he stops the car in the middle of the street. In broad daylight...and Laurie, rightfully was freaked out by it, while everyone else wasn't and just thought it was some jerk.

Michael was also mocking his victims. Look at his "Bob" outfit, and when you included the tombstone.

The other movies just did not give him the same agency, or subtlety.

While i do love the new movies, it always still bothered me how the Blumhouse Michael followed in the sequels' footsteps, being this 6'2" bulking powerhouse making smashing heads looking like horseplay. There was beauty to Michael being so average yet menacing in 1978, as well as having realistic strength for his kills, i mean if he wasn't wearing a mask he would blend in if he was in a crowd, the other Michaels would all stand out and that kind of ruins his aesthetic.

1:55 I'm sorry, but this is a NUTS line to put into the movie let alone this video: "Ya someone stole a list of murder equipment all sold at the same store on Halloween, must be some teenagers' prank". Like dude cops in slasher movies are the dumbest characters!

"I have not seen Halloween Ends yet"

yea you shouldn't

To be honest with you I think Michael Myers might be the smartest horror movie slasher

It's also worth pointing out that the first Halloween has a ton of tension building to it.