Overview
- The piece lays out two approaches: a release-date list from 1978 through 2022 and five continuity-based paths, noting Halloween III as a standalone anthology entry.
- The Original continuity runs from Halloween (1978) to Halloween II (1981) before jumping to Halloween 4, Halloween 5, and concluding with The Curse of Michael Myers (1995).
- The H20 branch keeps Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981) and then pivots to Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) and Halloween: Resurrection (2002), skipping other sequels.
- Rob Zombie’s soft-reboot timeline consists of Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009) as an origin-focused reinterpretation separate from prior continuity.
- The modern Blumhouse/Strode timeline follows directly from the 1978 original and includes Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022).