Movies Hereditary (2018) or Halloween (1978) - Which is the better film?

[Takes Two To Tango]

One is probably the best horror film in the last 10 years, the other has been a classic for decades.

Who takes it?



Hereditary (2018) - Summary:

When her mentally ill mother passes away, Annie (Toni Collette), her husband (Gabriel Byrne), son (Alex Wolff), and daughter (Milly Shapiro) all mourn her loss.

The family turn to different means to handle their grief, including Annie and her daughter both flirting with the supernatural.

They each begin to have disturbing, otherworldly experiences linked to the sinister secrets and emotional trauma that have been passed through the generations of their family.


Halloween (1978) - Summary:

The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15-year-old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death by her 6-year-old brother, Michael.

After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween.

No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978, besides Myers' psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it'll be too late for many people.

 

[zapataxiv]

Halloween

 

[I Am Legion]

Halloween is THE GOAT. Cast, soundtrack, villain....all perfection. Hereditary is very good, albeit a little convoluted.

 

[wh4tttt]

Halloween.

When I saw hereditary in the theater there had to been 10-12 people that broke and walked out for a bit when the mother breaks down.

 

[Busgosu]

Hereditary is great, but Halloween is better and also one of the most influential horror movies of all time. Iconic music too, idk, I don't think is fair to compare them.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Hereditary is great, but Halloween is better and also one of the most influential horror movies of all time. Iconic music too, idk, I don't think is fair to compare them.

Yeah I understand what you mean, it's just an absolutely iconic classic film. It would be hard to beat.

 

[Prex32]

soundtrack alone is iconic on helloween

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

Halloween. 9-9.5/10

I liked Hereditary and had it rated at about 8.5/10 until the ending upon which I dropped my rating to 7/10.

 

[kiley_sean]

Which Halloween showed Jamie’s ta-ta’s? I vote for that one.

*edit*
The internet is telling me that she never showed boobage in the Halloween movies. What in the Boobdella effect is going on?

*edit to the edit*
Does Hereditary have any nudity? If so, Mods please change my vote.

 

[RoastBeast]

Halloween. 9-9.5/10

I liked Hereditary and had it rated at about 8.5/10 until the ending upon which I dropped my rating to 7/10.

Same. Was fantastic until the ending. It doesn't ruin the whole movie but it definitely snaps you out of feeling immersed in the horror movie where you're letting yourself be scared and just kind of makes you roll your eyes and snap back into reality.

 

[Sobek]

Which Halloween showed Jamie’s ta-ta’s? I vote for that one.

*edit*
The internet is telling me that she never showed boobage in the Halloween movies. What in the Boobdella effect is going on?

*edit to the edit*
Does Hereditary have any nudity? If so, Mods please change my vote.

Hereditary has Toni Collette's face in HD...

 

[Adamant]

I've never seen Hereditary.

Halloween is my favorite slasher franchise, at least up until H6.

 

[SKYNET]

Hereditary is a Kubrickian style horror, it takes you thru a grind to get to the point. Like The Shining, it unravels more and more with each viewing.

Halloween simply created the modern standard for horror.

Both are high 9s. Apples to oranges

 

[Satsui Ryu]

Halloween is fun to watch and I have it on blu-ray to watch every Halloween. But Hereditary scared the shit out of me and I don't usually get bothered by horror movies.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Halloween is in contention to be the GOAT horror flick. Literally did everything great. The plot, the villain, the music, the ending. All with literally no blood or extreme gore.

Heriditary doesnt crack my top 15 tbh. It was a good movie, but not on the level of Halloween. The ending also sucked.

 

[Kardashians]

Which Halloween showed Jamie’s ta-ta’s? I vote for that one.

*edit*
The internet is telling me that she never showed boobage in the Halloween movies. What in the Boobdella effect is going on?

*edit to the edit*
Does Hereditary have any nudity? If so, Mods please change my vote.

That’s Halloween by Rob Zombie that you’re looking for.

Edit: wait I was thinking of Danielle Harris lmao.

 

[Adamant]

Jamie Lee had some nice tatas. It's too bad she didn't show them in the franchise.

(I feel like boobs aren't a big deal. We should be able to post boob pics on here. It's sexist not too. We can see man nipples but woman nipples are too far?? Ridiculous!)

 

[Plissken]

I like Heridary, but thought it was a bit overhyped. I'd like to revisit it again next September/October and maybe I'll like it more because I'm not expecting what I was the first time around. Some of my favorite films are ones I've revisited at a later date and loved (like Cure) because I wasn't expecting something different than what it was.

Halloween on the other hand is one of my favorite films. It's not perfect, it has flaws, but I really like horror that isn't super overt and lets the imagination work (Halloween, Cure, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Blair Witch Project, the original The Woman in Black, The Witch, The Wailing, etc.), they may climax in something a bit more overt but that's ok (as well The Exorcist was pretty low key for much of its' running time until the scene right before Chris McNeil seeks out Father Karras and then went back to being more low key until the two fathers face the demon/possessed Regan).

 

[tank666]

Michael Myers by whatever he wants

 

[Doomer]

As good as Hereditary is, i really think Halloween is better.