10 Greatest Cliffhangers In Movie Franchise History

10. Halloween

"It was the boogeyman... As a matter of fact, it was."

There have been plenty of horror movie franchises that have ended with dramatic cliffhangers, from Freddy Kruger slaughtering Nancy's mother in A Nightmare On Elm Street to Jason rising out of Crystal Lake at the end of Friday The 13th. But, like the movie itself, the ending to Halloween is one of the best in the genre. Laurie Strode faces a terrifying ordeal, discovering the bodies of her friends one by one before encountering Michael Myers himself. Dr Sam Loomis arrives just in time, shooting the killer - his old patient - causing Myers to plunge over the balcony to his presumed death. But then, just when you think everything is safe, the chilling score begins to play and you see the house from Myer's eyes, his heavy breathing revealing that he is very much alive. It is a supernatural cliffhanger and a chilling one at that. Michael Myers cannot be killed, and this was just the beginning - it is just a shame that none of the sequels ever lived up to the brilliance of that first, iconic slasher move.