Carrie would not have been as shocking if she hadnвЂ™t wiped out everyone at prom. That isnвЂ™t always about gore - sometimes the sheer number of lost lives is the core of the tragedy in the film. Watching bodies hit the floor does have a clear appeal for some horror fans. The roots of Michael MyersвЂ™ reign isnвЂ™t a numbers game. But even with such a dark aura glowing around the film, HalloweenвЂ™s body count is a lowly five people. Just the mere suggestion of the filmвЂ™s stark score and its isolated piano notes are enough to make in-the-know horror fans stop whatever theyвЂ™re doing and carefully check that no one is watching them from behind a hedge. ItвЂ™s a tense cat-and-mouse stalking game between a babysitter, the boogeyman, and his doctor. The original 1978 Halloween is rightly considered one of the most terrifying films in the history of American horror, as well as one of the earliest slasher films. That still doesnвЂ™t make it a worthy heir to the Michael Myers legacy. Halloween Kills not only has вЂњkillsвЂќ in the title, it has the most onscreen deaths of any Halloween to date. Stacks of dead bodies in a movie donвЂ™t guarantee anything, beyond some extra carnage and cleanup. While plenty of horror films leave in their wake enough corpses to fill an Olympic swimming pool, there are also plenty of films without a single death that still cause weeks of nightmare-filled, sleepless nights. The entertainment quotient of a horror film isnвЂ™t entirely dependent on a high body count.

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