How to watch the 'Halloween' movies in order online

Figuring out the correct watch order for the "Halloween" movies can be tricky, even for big horror buffs. With the debut of "Halloween Ends" in October 2022, wrapping up the "H40" series that started with "Halloween (2018)" and kept going with "Halloween Kills (2021)", it's understandable that you might not understand just how all the movies fit together. Don't worry. We're here to help. Here’s a simple, accurate guide on how to watch all of the "Halloween" movies in order and make sense of how they all fit together.

Michael Myers and Laurie Strode, played by a variety of actors and Jamie Lee Curtis, are the central players in each movie. Due to the sheer number of sequels, reboots and changes, there's no single way to watch them all on one streaming service. Instead, there are a few routes you can take: The first movies directed by John Carpenter, movies 4–6, the "H20/Resurrection" movies, Rob Zombie's remakes, and the newer "H40" movies. It's enough to make your head spin.

Below, you can choose a path, see where each movie goes, and learn where to watch it. This way, whether you're starting with the classic from 1978 or jumping into the most recent movies, you’ll know what to watch and how it all connects.

Quick refresher on the “H40” name: it marks the 40-year jump between John Carpenter’s "Halloween (1978)" and "Halloween (2018)", which functions as a direct sequel to the original and resets the continuity.

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Where to watch the 'Halloween' movies in order

Unfortunately for you horror fans, it's still an enormous pain to stream all the "Halloween" movies in one place. For instance, the 1978 original is spread across platforms like AMC Plus/Shudder, Fubo and Philo, with free-with-ads options like Xumo Play if you’re not picky, and you can always rent or buy from the usual digital retailers.

For the modern "H40" run, "Halloween (2018)" is on Hulu and Fubo right now, with rentals and digital copies just about everywhere. Meanwhile, "Halloween Kills" is sitting only on fuboTV, with digital rental and purchases available as well. As you can tell, there are slim pickings when it comes to some of the films and streaming them.

So, what you'll likely end up needing to do is grabbing the movies you want via rental or purchasing them. But in some cases, you still have a few options. Let's take a look.

'Halloween' movies in order of release

Here’s the straightforward route: Watch the "Halloween" movies in the order they were released. It’s simple and mirrors how audiences first met Michael and Laurie.

The tradeoff is that once the franchise splinters into new timelines and retcons, you may need to circle back to make sense of the shifts. We’ll map those branches out below.

1. Halloween (1978): Stream on Shudder, AMC+, fuboTV, Plex
2. Halloween II (1981): Stream on Peacock
3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982): Stream on Peacock
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988): Stream on Shudder, AMC+, fuboTV (via AMC) and Philo
5. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989): Stream on Shudder, fuboTV (via AMC), AMC+
6. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995): Stream on HBO Max, AMC+, Pluto
7. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998): Stream on HBO Max
8. Halloween Resurrection (2002): Stream on HBO Max
9. Halloween (2007): Stream on Philo, Apple TV+
10. Halloween II (2009): Stream on fuboTV, Paramount Plus
11. Halloween (2018): Stream on Hulu
12. Halloween Kills (2021): Rent on Apple, Amazon
13. Halloween Ends (2022): Stream on Peacock, fuboTV

'Halloween' movies in order of sequel timeline

For those sticking with the original series of "Halloween" movies, there is one trick to watching the original series of "Halloween" movies in the sequel timeline (named as such because this is the timeline with the first set of sequels). Jump right from "Halloween II" to "Halloween 4", skipping "Halloween III".

1982's "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" has nothing to do with Michael Myers, and therefore doesn't really affect the story of the first two "Halloween" movies, and the Return/Revenge/Curse trilogy of Michael Myers films that follows it.

1. Halloween (1978): Stream on Shudder, AMC+, fuboTV, Plex
2. Halloween II (1981): Stream on Peacock
3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982): Stream on Peacock
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988): Stream on Shudder, AMC+, fuboTV (via AMC) and Philo
5. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989): Stream on Shudder, fuboTV (via AMC), AMC+
6. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995): Stream on HBO Max, AMC+, Pluto

'Halloween' movies in order of 'H20' timeline

What's next? We've got the late-90s and early-2000s “H20” run, named because "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" arrived two decades after the 1978 original.

This timeline follows "Halloween (1978)"" and "Halloween II (1981)", then jumps to "Halloween H20 (1998)"" and "Halloween: Resurrection (2002)".

It plugged the franchise back into the era’s slasher boom kicked off by Scream. Key detail if you watched the 4–6 arc: "H20" ignores "Halloween 4, 5, and 6". Laurie’s supposed death is retconned into a faked identity change. She is living as Keri Tate, working as a teacher and trying to keep Michael out of her new life.

1. Halloween (2007): Stream on Philo, Apple TV+
2. Halloween II (2009): Stream on fuboTV, Paramount Plus
3. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998): Stream on HBO Max
4. Halloween Resurrection (2002): Stream on HBO Max

'Halloween' movies in order of 'H40' timeline

For the "H40" timeline, start with “Halloween” (1978) and jump straight to “Halloween” (2018), David Gordon Green’s direct sequel co-written with Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride.

Then continue with “Halloween Kills” (2021) and conclude with “Halloween Ends” (2022). In this run, Laurie Strode is the family outlier, still living with the trauma of the original massacre and obsessively preparing for Michael’s return.

1. Halloween (1978): Stream on Shudder, AMC+, fuboTV, Plex
2. Halloween (2018): Stream on Hulu
3. Halloween Kills (2021): Rent on Apple, Amazon
4. Halloween Ends (2022): Stream on Peacock, fuboTV

Halloween' movies in order of reboot timeline

Rob Zombie’s reboot is a two-parter he wrote and directed: “Halloween” (2007) reimagines Michael Myers with a heavier origin focus, and “Halloween II” (2009) picks up in the aftermath, centering on Laurie Strode’s trauma and her increasingly tangled connection to Michael.

1. Halloween (2007): Stream on Philo, Apple TV+
2. Halloween II (2009): Stream on fuboTV, Paramount Plus

'Halloween' movies in order of anthology timeline

Now we come to “Halloween III: Season of the Witch." It’s the only entry without Michael Myers, designed as a standalone anthology chapter. In this timeline, the earlier films are just movies. "Halloween" even appears on a TV within the story, so it sits completely apart from the Myers continuity.

1. Halloween (1978): Stream on Shudder, AMC+, fuboTV, Plex
2. Halloween II (1981): Stream on Peacock
3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982): Stream on Peacock

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