Halloween/Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street

[Juels Winnfield]

There has been a thread similar to this quite awhile back, but I've been viewing most of the films in these franchises in chronological order, as a few others here have and I thought this would make it a more interesting battle.


Round 1: 1978-1980
vs

Round 2: 1981
vs

Round 3: 1982
vs

Round 4: 1984
vs

Round 5: 1985
vs

Round 6: 1986-1987
vs

Round 7: 1988
vs vs

Round 8: 1989
vs vs

Round 9: 1991-1993
vs

Round 10: 1994-1998 (Scream Era)
vs vs

Round 11: 2001-2003
vs vs

Round 12: 2007-2010 (The Reboots)
vs vs vs

Next Round: 2018-


You can vote by round or by your own preference of which of the big 3 you favor!

[JayTL]

This was actually harder than I thought lol

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: UGH (can't choose, abstain)
Round 3: Friday the 13th Part 3
Round 4: NoES
Round 5: Friday the 13th
Round 6: Dream Warriors
Round 7: Friday the 13th 7
Round 8: Jason takes Manhattan
Round 9: UGH (for different reasons as round 2)
Round 10: New Nightmare
Round 11: Freddy vs Jason
Round 12: Friday the 13th
Round 13: Halloween?

[Juels Winnfield]

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Friday the 13th Part II
Round 3: Halloween III
Round 4: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Round 5: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2
Round 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3
Round 7: Halloween IV
Round 8: Friday the 13th Part VIII
Round 9: Freddy's Dead
Round 10: New Nightmare
Round 11: Freddy vs Jason
Round 12: Halloween

Nightmare took 5 rounds for me, 6 if you count Freddy vs Jason. However, I'm voting Halloween.

[dallywhitty]

Oooooh, neat idea, Juels. I'll bite.

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Friday the 13th Part 2
Round 3: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Round 4: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Round 5: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Round 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors
Round 7: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Round 8: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Round 9: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Round 10: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Round 11: Jason X
Round 12: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Round 1. Halloween
Round 2. Halloween II
Round 3. Friday the 13th part III
Round 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Round 5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Round 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Round 7. Halloween 4
Round 8. Friday the 13th part 8
Round 9. Jason Goes to Hell
Round 10. New Nightmare
Round 11. Freddy vs Jason
Round 12. Halloween II (2009)

[PipesDonatello]

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Friday the 13th Part 2
Round 3: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Round 4: A Nightmare On Elm Street
Round 5: A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Round 6: A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Round 7: A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Round 8: A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Round 9: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Round 10: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Round 11: Freddy Vs. Jason
Round 12: Halloween (2007)

[MrClarke]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by Juels Winnfield

There has been a thread similar to this quite awhile back, but I've been viewing most of the films in these franchises in chronological order, as a few others here have and I thought this would make it a more interesting battle.


Round 1: 1978-1980
vs

Round 2: 1981
vs

Round 3: 1982
vs

Round 4: 1984
vs

Round 5: 1985
vs

Round 6: 1986-1987
vs

Round 7: 1988
vs vs

Round 8: 1989
vs vs

Round 9: 1991-1993
vs

Round 10: 1994-1998 (Scream Era)
vs vs

Round 11: 2001-2003
vs vs

Round 12: 2007-2010 (The Reboots)
vs vs vs

Next Round: 2018-


You can vote by round or by your own preference of which of the big 3 you favor!

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Halloween II
Round 3: Friday the 13th Part 3
Round 4: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Round 5: Friday the 13th V - A New Beginning
Round 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors
Round 7: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - Dream Master
Round 8: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 - Dream Child
Round 9: Freddy’s Dead - The Final Nightmare
Round 10: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Round 11: Freddy vs. Jason
Round 12: Friday the 13th

[philldesade]

halloween
halloween II
friday the 13th part 3
friday the 13th final chapter
friday the 13th V new beginning
jason lives
halloween 4
jason takes manhattan
jason goes to hell
halloween 6
jason x
friday the 13th

[hoejunter]

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Halloween II
Round 3: Friday the 13th Part 3
Round 4: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Round 5: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Round 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Round 7: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Round 8: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Round 9: Jason Goes to Hell
Round 10: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Round 11: Freddy vs Jason
Round 12: Friday the 13th

[flash.over]

1: H1
2: tie
3: H3
4: F13-4
5: ANOES2
6: Jason Lives
7: H4
8: H5
9: JGTH
10: New Nightmare
11: Can’t believe I’m saying this but...Resurrection
12: RZH2 Director’s Cut

[Britbuffguy]

1. Halloween
2. Friday The 12th 2
3. Halloween 3
4. The Final Chapter
5. A New Beginning
6. The Dream Warriors
7. The Dream Master
8. The Revenge Of Michael Myers(this was tough...all these are lesser chapters)
9. Freddy's Dead(again, bad choices)
10. Halloween H20
11. Halloween Resurrection(sue me!)
12. Friday The 13th

[Jay H.]

Halloween (1978) is my favorite movie of all-time, but NOES is the best franchise. (Didn't want to do the "round" thing.)

[BladeRunner2007]

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Friday the 13th Part 2
Round 3: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Round 4: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Round 5: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Round 6: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Round 7: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Round 8: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Round 9: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Round 10: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Round 11: Halloween: Resurrection
Round 12: Halloween II

[Winslow Leach]

1. Halloween (1978)
2. Friday the 13th Part 2
3. Friday the 13th Part 3
4. The Final Chapter
5. A New Beginning
6. Jason Lives
7. The New Blood
8. Jason Takes Manhattan
9. Jason Goes to Hell
10. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
11. Freddy vs. Jason
12. Friday the 13th (2009)

Guess I'm a Friday fan!

[The Dark Shape]

Round 1: Halloween
Round 2: Friday the 13th Part 2
Round 3: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Round 4: A Nightmare On Elm Street
Round 5: A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Round 6: A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Round 7: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Round 8: A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Round 9: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Round 10: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Round 11: Freddy vs. Jason
Round 12: Halloween II

That was rough. Poor Final Chapter and Jason Lives -- they're great!

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Halloween (1978) is my favorite movie of all-time, but NOES is the best franchise. (Didn't want to do the "round" thing.)

This.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

It was really tough for me on the voting poll. The Halloween films, that I like from the series (parts 1,2,4 and both Rob Zombie's), are my favorite but the series as a whole is the weakest of the 3. Film qualitywise the best would go to A Nightmare on Elm Street series as a whole for me (with parts 5 and 6 excluded) but quantity/overall series quality goes to Friday the 13th for me. I enjoy 11 of the 12 films from that series (Jason X being the only one I truly dislike) so I picked that as the winner.

[GaragePoet]

Freddy > Jason > Chucky > Michael

[JPLeon]

Originally Posted by Juels Winnfield

There has been a thread similar to this quite awhile back, but I've been viewing most of the films in these franchises in chronological order, as a few others here have and I thought this would make it a more interesting battle.


Round 1: 1978-1980
vs

Round 2: 1981
vs

Round 3: 1982
vs

Round 4: 1984
vs

Round 5: 1985
vs

Round 6: 1986-1987
vs

Round 7: 1988
vs vs

Round 8: 1989
vs vs

Round 9: 1991-1993
vs

Round 10: 1994-1998 (Scream Era)
vs vs

Round 11: 2001-2003
vs vs

Round 12: 2007-2010 (The Reboots)
vs vs vs

Next Round: 2018-


You can vote by round or by your own preference of which of the big 3 you favor!

I would personally add Halloween 6 alongside Feddy's Dead and Jason goes to Hell as it fits much better with how all three tried to elaborate on the 80's killers backstories and expand the lore but failed and were "reinvented" with the self-aware sequels. Halloween 6 doesn't even feel like "scream" inspired sequel as Halloween H20 does.

[NI-Gunner]

Round 1 - Halloween

Round 2 - Friday the 13th: Part 2

Round 3 - Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

Round 4 - A Nightmare On Elm Street

Round 5 - Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

Round 6 - Jason Lives

Round 7 - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Round 8 - Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Round 9 - Jason Goes to Hell

Round 10 - New Nightmare

Round 11 - Freddy vs Jason

Round 12 - Friday the 13th

[thecooldud]

1 Halloween
2 Halloween II
3 Halloween III
4 A Nightmare on Elm Street
5 Elm Street 2 (not a big fan of either)
6 Jason Lives
7 Halloween IV
8 Halloween V
9 NA (Not seen Goes to Hell)
10 Halloween H20
11 Jason X
12 Screw the reboots