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How Halloween Accidentally Ruined Its Own Villain

Wolfman's Got Nards· 130K subscribers

21d ago · en-GB audio

Michael Myers was terrifying in the original Halloween because nobody could fully explain him. But across Halloween II, Halloween 5, The Curse of Michael Myers, H20, Resurrection and the Rob Zombie remakes, the franchise kept changing what made The Shape frightening. In this video, I look at the moments that stripped away his mystery, and why David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy gave audiences something to…

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5.2KMedian · 36 videos

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This score was measured on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:21:51 GMT. Current view counts may differ.

17.8K views ÷ a 5.2K baseline = 3.4×. Compared with 36 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.

YouTube snapshot: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:30:54 GMT. Counters may have changed.

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Channel-balanced percentile: 38

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37 videos from 20 other channels, with each channel weighted equally. Same format and language, with 100,000–999,999 subscribers. Observed at 512 hours after publication, within ±48 hours.

The comparison uses this broader topic because the specific niche has too few examples. This describes the collected sample, not all of YouTube. Updated Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:11:08 GMT.

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