10 Films That Should Never Have Become Franchises

John Carpenter’s 1978 original is the movie that for better or worse changed modern horror. After proving that you could mount a tight, suspenseful movie on a $330,000 budget, the movie opened the door for a seemingly endless succession of clones.

In the sequels and remakes that followed, Michael Myers was stabbed, blinded, blown up, run over and shot more times than A Christmas Carol. He was outsmarted by text messaging teens, survived being decapitated and became a laughing stock when he appeared alongside Busta Rhymes without killing him. Then he did a couple of movies with Rob Zombie. Hey ho.

2018 marks 40 years since Michael first returned to Haddonfield and to celebrate they're bringing him back to menace more teenagers. Now 61 years old, he’s slower and grayer than he used to be, suffers from back pain and gets up four times a night to pee but he’s still the most lethal horror icon to use a chairlift.

Fans can expect action, excitement and a scene where Michael gets winded and decides to chase Jamie Lee Curtis on a Segway. The tagline for the new movie is, “The Night HE Came Home And Fell Asleep Watching Downton Abbey.”