Halloween Special PART 1: Unmasking the Halloween Franchise
United States of Murder
Ashley and Lacey
4.6 • 565 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Forty-five years. Thirteen movies. One unstoppable shape.From 1978’s suburban nightmare to the chaos of reboots, remakes, and retcons... Michael Myers has slashed his way through generations of horror fans.
In this episode, we’re carving our way through the first six films in the Halloween franchise. We'll discuss the highs, the lows, the masks, the mayhem, and how this franchise became a horror legend that just won’t die.
So lock your doors, check the closet, and grab your pumpkin spice of choice. It’s time to face The Boogeyman.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast may contain adult language and situations, graphic, gory details, and other not-so-nice things. |
| 0:07.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm Lacey, and I'm Ashley Ashley and this is United States of Murder. |
| 0:32.7 | This week we're covering Halloween, the movie, or film? |
| 0:33.9 | All of them. |
| 0:35.0 | All of the Halloween. Not just one. |
| 0:35.8 | There's a lot of them. |
| 0:36.7 | How many? |
| 0:37.1 | 13. One more than Friday. Not just one. There's a lot of them. How many? 13. |
| 0:38.5 | One more than Friday, the 13th. But dare I say this was more difficult? Am I wrong? A thousand percent. I don't know why. A thousand percent. But we're here. You don't have to rewatch them because we're going to tell you, but you can't if you want to. and it's going to be a two-parter. |
| 0:56.5 | Because it's a lot. |
| 0:57.7 | It's a lot. because we're going to tell you, but you can if you want to. And it's going to be a two-parter, so... |
| 0:56.7 | Because it's a lot. |
| 0:57.7 | It's a lot. |
| 0:59.3 | So let's jump in. |
| 1:00.4 | Let's. |
| 1:03.0 | In 1978, John Carpenter gave us a very low-budget horror film featuring a very silent, knife-wielding maniac in a Captain Kirkmask that was spray-painted white, |
| 1:19.0 | and the entire genre for horror was changed forever. |
| 1:25.0 | Inspired by Psycho, and originally calledysitter Murders, Halloween became one of the |
| 1:31.0 | most successful and influential slasher films of all time and birthed a franchise that has |
| 1:38.7 | 13 films total. So please allow us to break down the films as well as give you a kind of how to watch |
| 1:48.8 | guide. Halloween has partial reboots, criss-crossing timelines, and confusing film titles. This franchise |
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