# Halloween vs Friday the 13th **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818 "2010-10-02T04:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/1 "2010-10-02T04:59:56Z")
Vote for your favorite between the original 1978 \*Halloween \*movie and the original 1980 _Friday the 13th_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/2 "2010-10-02T05:07:51Z")
Open spoilers are ok in this thread. I voted for _Halloween_. I like the buildup of the bogeyman in _Halloween_. We don’t even know who the killer is in the original _Friday the 13th_ movie until late in the movie. That would have been fine, but are we really supposed to think it is Crazy Ralph? I do like the ending of _Friday the 13th_ a bit better than the Jamie Curtis scream fest at the end of _Halloween_. Betsy Palmer does a great job as the crazy mother out for revenge. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/3 "2010-10-02T05:16:44Z")
No contest: **Halloween**. Anyone who says otherwise has no taste in film. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/4 "2010-10-02T05:16:55Z")
Halloween just never did it for me. I know it’s the one that STARTED it all, but it doesn’t live up as well. The interesting thing about the first F13 is that it’s the only one that actually has a mystery element to it. All of the sequels (well, not so much part 2) have almost no story line at all. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/5 "2010-10-02T05:23:36Z")
What **MTCicero** said. Friday the 13th is barely a movie at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/6 "2010-10-02T09:42:11Z")
Friday the 13th, easily. I haven’t seen a Halloween movie I liked yet. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/7 "2010-10-03T22:17:02Z")
For the original versions, no doubt Halloween. F13 didn’t even really get going until part 3D. I know you didn’t ask, but for the remakes, Friday the 13th. Halloween remake is utter trash, Friday the 13th remake, it’s watchable at least. ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-vs-friday-the-13th/555818/8 "2010-10-03T22:24:45Z")
_Halloween_, by a mile. No contest.