Halloween (1978) vs Friday the 13th (1980)

I would have said Halloween for most my life but I'm starting to lean towards Friday the 13th.

Halloween has better cinematography, music and is more suspenseful.

F13 has better kills/gore, more attractive women and a superior atmosphere. I prefer the location in it by far. I think the back story is better too, a vengeful mother and a drowned son is superior to an escaped motiveless loony. The ending while not making much sense, is superior.

Acting wise they're pretty equal. Donald Pleasence and Betsy Palmer are the standouts.

Screenplays are pretty similar. A bulk of both movies is a bunch of teens goofing around.

Halloween has better cinematography, but Friday the 13th is more fun to watch. As a franchise, f13 is also much better imo.

Halloween by a country mile.

Halloween is a classic. A labour of love made by people who cared about movies.

Friday 13th is trash made by some sleazy people who were inspired only to rip off and cash in on Halloween's success.

To answer this question properly would require one to think this through in terms of how both movies in the beginning focused more on an insane homicidal maniac murdering hapless teens, but as the movies wore on, they somehow became unstoppable killing machines, whether it was from being shot with every kind of weapon you can think of, blown up, beaten up, chopped up and yet, these 2 maniacs still keep coming back.. Hell, they should've sent Jason and Michael Myers over to Vietnam. They would've had a field day over there.. I'm guessing Friday the 13th had more of the elaborate killings, but it's a tough call

Halloween by miles.

Miles and miles and miles.

And miles.

Halloween.

Halloween. I like Friday The 13th part 2 better than the first.