they are two horror heavy hitters
battling it out for slasher supremacy
welcome to watchmojo.com and in this
installment of vs. we’re pitting the
Friday the 13th franchise against the
Halloween franchise to see which
frightfully fun series will emerge
victorious before we begin we publish
new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content round one killers let’s start
with mrs. Voorhees beloved son Jason was
initially presented in flashback and as
the shocking imagined and scare of the
original Friday the 13th there is no
hockey mask or machete in sight he is
simply depicted as a young boy with
developmental issues who drowned at Camp
Crystal Lake due to the negligence of
camp counselors as a result his mother
Pamela goes on a killing spree
determined to stop Crystal Lake from
reopening at any cost
don’t let her live this tragic backstory
humanizes Jason to a degree although the
adult Voorhees who goes on to terrorize
teenagers and future installments is
substantially less sympathetic wearing a
creepy pillowcase over his head in
Friday the 13th part two before donning
the hockey mask we all know and love in
part 3 Jason has steadily grown into the
terrifying pop-culture figure we know
today the imagery of Michael Myers is
comparatively more stable in the
Halloween franchise Myers appearance
changes slightly throughout the series
but usually for the worse originally the
killers mask was one of William Shatner
as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and
occasionally it appears more goofy than
scary john carpenter’s original story
leaves a lot more to the imagination
when it comes to Myers insatiable rage
with only dr. Loomis’s cryptic
statements about Michael being pure evil
giving us any insight into the
character’s motivation because I
realized that what was living behind
that boy’s eyes was purely and simply
evil future installments in the
franchise would attempt to expand upon
why exactly Michael is driven to kill
but the resulting cult of thorn
storyline is more than a bit convoluted
and confusing
among the ancient druids thorn
represented a demon that spreads
sickness brought death to hundreds of
thousands of people regardless that
looming figure and expressionless mask
fill us with fear more often than not
ultimately although he took a little
while to get there
Jason proves the more iconic killer with
a stronger backstory and more
consistently impressive appearance so
regardless of whether your favorite
Friday features traditional Jason zombie
Jason nor however unlikely goober Jason
this round goes to Friday the 13th
winner Friday the 13th
done your job well and mommy is pleased
round two body count right off the bat
it must be said that the Friday the 13th
franchise leaves many of its
contemporaries in the dust when it comes
to the frequency and severity of its
kills Jason Voorhees murdered over 150
people over 11 films including the 2009
remake giving him the clear edge over
much of his competition
the Friday films also pushed boundaries
and blazed trails when it came to
cutting edge practical effects work and
MPAA baiting violence which nearly gave
parents heart attacks back in the 1980s
the Halloween franchise of course is no
slouch when it comes to ramping up the
tension and racking up the body count
either
michael myers may have claimed
significantly fewer victims than jason
111 by one estimate but halloween as a
whole possesses plenty of memorably
morbid moments particularly in the
genre-defining first film in the
franchise the movies in this series may
not be is over the top with the red
stuff but their moodiness and atmosphere
make up for their comparative simplicity
next to Friday’s extravagant kills still
we have to recognize Jason’s technique
ingenuity and commitment to his craft
Voorhees has utilized everything from
his trusted machete to a seemingly
harmless sleeping bag as tools for
ending the lives of horny teenagers
making Jason an absolute master of
slasher disaster winner Friday the 13th
Round three main musical themes the
music of the Halloween and Friday the
13th franchises are certainly among the
most beloved in the genre it’s likely
that the average person knows the main
themes to both series even without ever
having watched the film’s they’re that
iconic but which is superior well it was
composer Harry men for Dini who handled
score duties for the multiple entries in
the Friday franchise and he who came up
with the echoing vocal effect of the
sound is often misheard as Shh
but according to Manfredini himself the
vocals are supposed to reference Jason’s
cries of kill her mommy which are heard
inside the disturbed mind of his mother
Pamela barring the awesome disco theme
to Friday the 13th Part three rescored
by Michael Zagar
[Music]
then for Dinis Friday scores are known
primarily for their stabbing strings and
palpable tension elements largely
inspired by the work of one of his
biggest influences Hitchcock’s go-to
composer the great bernard herrmann
[Applause]
speaking of tension what can we say that
hasn’t already been said about that
simple yet oh so amazing Halloween theme
from director John Carpenter
[Music]
it’s a foreboding melody played in 5/4
time it’s become inseparably intertwined
with michael myers himself this piece of
music has either been included or served
as the basis or inspiration for variant
compositions in every film of the
franchise John Carpenter may not have
continued to score the film’s himself
with frequent collaborator Alan Howard
stepping in at one point but the level
of quality has remained remarkably high
throughout the franchise’s run
you don’t need a professionally trained
ear to hear these winds changing Myers
carpenter and Co win this round for
Halloween winner Halloween round 4
remakes and reboots the Michael Bay
produced Friday remake from 2009 was
like many other classic horror revivals
of its time alongside films like The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills
Have Eyes it earned its R rating by
amping the blood and boob quotient to an
almost ludicrous degree indeed director
Marcus knispel and crew took the series
voyeuristic and gruesome reputation to
new heights of gratuitousness Friday the
13th added some tweaks to the
franchise’s mythology and was perhaps
most successful in giving Jason Voorhees
back his status as a seriously imposing
physical threat by allowing him to run
after his prey and moving him beneath
Camp Crystal Lake via a series of
tunnels to track and stalk his victims
he was a formidable killer once more but
this wasn’t enough to compensate for the
film’s many other shortcomings Jason
say hi to mommy
whereas Friday the 13th proved to be
something of a critical dud the
Halloween franchise received a
much-needed shot of life and public
interest after it was announced that Rob
Zombie would take the directorial reins
and deliver his own spin on the classic
story damn thing on zombies Halloween
was released in 2007 and immediately
divided fans with its focus on a young
Michael Myers and the childhood trauma
that would contribute to his eventual
crimes fan wars aside zombies first
Halloween was successful enough at the
box office to warrant a sequel two years
later and even more out there picture
with evocative dream sequences and a
Michael Myers who actually speaks
regardless of what you think of the
sequel Rob Zombie’s undeniably creative
vision thoroughly buries Jason and his
underground lair as horror fans will
take divisive over unremarkable any day
Halloween takes this round to tie the
competition winner Halloween thus
creating a Psychopaths that knows no
boundaries round 5 heroes and heroines
special effects and set pieces aside a
movie franchise is only as good as its
characters right the legacy of Friday
the 13th is one that revolves around
popcorn slasher fun the violence nudity
and excess that largely define horror in
the 1980s as such the series was
constantly introducing new characters to
the mix with very few living long enough
to make return appearances and other
films although there were the occasional
exceptions to this rule like crazy Ralph
or Alice Hardy’s brief returned in
Friday the 13th part two the only main
recurring Friday character is Tommy
Jarvis a male hero first portrayed by
Corey Feldman in Friday the 13th the
final chapter Jarvis appeared in three
Friday films total making him arguably
the most important character in the
franchise other than Pamela and Jason
Voorhees
meanwhile the Halloween franchise
excelled at crafting memorable and
textured characters all of which seemed
to grow and mature throughout each film
although characters like Jamie Lee
Curtis Laurie Strode or Sam Loomis don’t
appear in every film fans welcome each
appearance like that of an old friend as
both seek a way to stop Michael Myers
once and for all the Halloween series
also possessed a fine array of minor
characters such as Paul Rudd’s Tommy
Doyle sheriff Brackett and the
villainous dr. Wynn an associate of
Loomis who appears in multiple Halloween
films throughout the series history is
your patient dr. Parsons weren’t strong
enough you should have told somebody
everybody it’s safe to say that both
series are short on genuine heroes but
hey it is horror after all with a
greater focus on character and the
strength of both Laurie Strode and dr.
Samuel Loomis Halloween takes the top
spot in our slasher showdown winner
Halloween and so in a remarkable
comeback by a score of three to two the
franchise initiated by John Carpenter in
1978 deals a death blow to Jason and
friends while they’re both two
influential and classic horror series
it’s just something about the
slow-moving Michael Myers that will
always scare us do you agree with our
verdict check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
battling it out for slasher supremacy
welcome to watchmojo.com and in this
installment of vs. we’re pitting the
Friday the 13th franchise against the
Halloween franchise to see which
frightfully fun series will emerge
victorious before we begin we publish
new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content round one killers let’s start
with mrs. Voorhees beloved son Jason was
initially presented in flashback and as
the shocking imagined and scare of the
original Friday the 13th there is no
hockey mask or machete in sight he is
simply depicted as a young boy with
developmental issues who drowned at Camp
Crystal Lake due to the negligence of
camp counselors as a result his mother
Pamela goes on a killing spree
determined to stop Crystal Lake from
reopening at any cost
don’t let her live this tragic backstory
humanizes Jason to a degree although the
adult Voorhees who goes on to terrorize
teenagers and future installments is
substantially less sympathetic wearing a
creepy pillowcase over his head in
Friday the 13th part two before donning
the hockey mask we all know and love in
part 3 Jason has steadily grown into the
terrifying pop-culture figure we know
today the imagery of Michael Myers is
comparatively more stable in the
Halloween franchise Myers appearance
changes slightly throughout the series
but usually for the worse originally the
killers mask was one of William Shatner
as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and
occasionally it appears more goofy than
scary john carpenter’s original story
leaves a lot more to the imagination
when it comes to Myers insatiable rage
with only dr. Loomis’s cryptic
statements about Michael being pure evil
giving us any insight into the
character’s motivation because I
realized that what was living behind
that boy’s eyes was purely and simply
evil future installments in the
franchise would attempt to expand upon
why exactly Michael is driven to kill
but the resulting cult of thorn
storyline is more than a bit convoluted
and confusing
among the ancient druids thorn
represented a demon that spreads
sickness brought death to hundreds of
thousands of people regardless that
looming figure and expressionless mask
fill us with fear more often than not
ultimately although he took a little
while to get there
Jason proves the more iconic killer with
a stronger backstory and more
consistently impressive appearance so
regardless of whether your favorite
Friday features traditional Jason zombie
Jason nor however unlikely goober Jason
this round goes to Friday the 13th
winner Friday the 13th
done your job well and mommy is pleased
round two body count right off the bat
it must be said that the Friday the 13th
franchise leaves many of its
contemporaries in the dust when it comes
to the frequency and severity of its
kills Jason Voorhees murdered over 150
people over 11 films including the 2009
remake giving him the clear edge over
much of his competition
the Friday films also pushed boundaries
and blazed trails when it came to
cutting edge practical effects work and
MPAA baiting violence which nearly gave
parents heart attacks back in the 1980s
the Halloween franchise of course is no
slouch when it comes to ramping up the
tension and racking up the body count
either
michael myers may have claimed
significantly fewer victims than jason
111 by one estimate but halloween as a
whole possesses plenty of memorably
morbid moments particularly in the
genre-defining first film in the
franchise the movies in this series may
not be is over the top with the red
stuff but their moodiness and atmosphere
make up for their comparative simplicity
next to Friday’s extravagant kills still
we have to recognize Jason’s technique
ingenuity and commitment to his craft
Voorhees has utilized everything from
his trusted machete to a seemingly
harmless sleeping bag as tools for
ending the lives of horny teenagers
making Jason an absolute master of
slasher disaster winner Friday the 13th
Round three main musical themes the
music of the Halloween and Friday the
13th franchises are certainly among the
most beloved in the genre it’s likely
that the average person knows the main
themes to both series even without ever
having watched the film’s they’re that
iconic but which is superior well it was
composer Harry men for Dini who handled
score duties for the multiple entries in
the Friday franchise and he who came up
with the echoing vocal effect of the
sound is often misheard as Shh
but according to Manfredini himself the
vocals are supposed to reference Jason’s
cries of kill her mommy which are heard
inside the disturbed mind of his mother
Pamela barring the awesome disco theme
to Friday the 13th Part three rescored
by Michael Zagar
[Music]
then for Dinis Friday scores are known
primarily for their stabbing strings and
palpable tension elements largely
inspired by the work of one of his
biggest influences Hitchcock’s go-to
composer the great bernard herrmann
[Applause]
speaking of tension what can we say that
hasn’t already been said about that
simple yet oh so amazing Halloween theme
from director John Carpenter
[Music]
it’s a foreboding melody played in 5/4
time it’s become inseparably intertwined
with michael myers himself this piece of
music has either been included or served
as the basis or inspiration for variant
compositions in every film of the
franchise John Carpenter may not have
continued to score the film’s himself
with frequent collaborator Alan Howard
stepping in at one point but the level
of quality has remained remarkably high
throughout the franchise’s run
you don’t need a professionally trained
ear to hear these winds changing Myers
carpenter and Co win this round for
Halloween winner Halloween round 4
remakes and reboots the Michael Bay
produced Friday remake from 2009 was
like many other classic horror revivals
of its time alongside films like The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills
Have Eyes it earned its R rating by
amping the blood and boob quotient to an
almost ludicrous degree indeed director
Marcus knispel and crew took the series
voyeuristic and gruesome reputation to
new heights of gratuitousness Friday the
13th added some tweaks to the
franchise’s mythology and was perhaps
most successful in giving Jason Voorhees
back his status as a seriously imposing
physical threat by allowing him to run
after his prey and moving him beneath
Camp Crystal Lake via a series of
tunnels to track and stalk his victims
he was a formidable killer once more but
this wasn’t enough to compensate for the
film’s many other shortcomings Jason
say hi to mommy
whereas Friday the 13th proved to be
something of a critical dud the
Halloween franchise received a
much-needed shot of life and public
interest after it was announced that Rob
Zombie would take the directorial reins
and deliver his own spin on the classic
story damn thing on zombies Halloween
was released in 2007 and immediately
divided fans with its focus on a young
Michael Myers and the childhood trauma
that would contribute to his eventual
crimes fan wars aside zombies first
Halloween was successful enough at the
box office to warrant a sequel two years
later and even more out there picture
with evocative dream sequences and a
Michael Myers who actually speaks
regardless of what you think of the
sequel Rob Zombie’s undeniably creative
vision thoroughly buries Jason and his
underground lair as horror fans will
take divisive over unremarkable any day
Halloween takes this round to tie the
competition winner Halloween thus
creating a Psychopaths that knows no
boundaries round 5 heroes and heroines
special effects and set pieces aside a
movie franchise is only as good as its
characters right the legacy of Friday
the 13th is one that revolves around
popcorn slasher fun the violence nudity
and excess that largely define horror in
the 1980s as such the series was
constantly introducing new characters to
the mix with very few living long enough
to make return appearances and other
films although there were the occasional
exceptions to this rule like crazy Ralph
or Alice Hardy’s brief returned in
Friday the 13th part two the only main
recurring Friday character is Tommy
Jarvis a male hero first portrayed by
Corey Feldman in Friday the 13th the
final chapter Jarvis appeared in three
Friday films total making him arguably
the most important character in the
franchise other than Pamela and Jason
Voorhees
meanwhile the Halloween franchise
excelled at crafting memorable and
textured characters all of which seemed
to grow and mature throughout each film
although characters like Jamie Lee
Curtis Laurie Strode or Sam Loomis don’t
appear in every film fans welcome each
appearance like that of an old friend as
both seek a way to stop Michael Myers
once and for all the Halloween series
also possessed a fine array of minor
characters such as Paul Rudd’s Tommy
Doyle sheriff Brackett and the
villainous dr. Wynn an associate of
Loomis who appears in multiple Halloween
films throughout the series history is
your patient dr. Parsons weren’t strong
enough you should have told somebody
everybody it’s safe to say that both
series are short on genuine heroes but
hey it is horror after all with a
greater focus on character and the
strength of both Laurie Strode and dr.
Samuel Loomis Halloween takes the top
spot in our slasher showdown winner
Halloween and so in a remarkable
comeback by a score of three to two the
franchise initiated by John Carpenter in
1978 deals a death blow to Jason and
friends while they’re both two
influential and classic horror series
it’s just something about the
slow-moving Michael Myers that will
always scare us do you agree with our
verdict check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
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