I know by looking at some of these rankings a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this take
Halloween 2 (1981) is still worth watching as a triple feature (1978, 1981, 2018) even though it’s not part of the same timeline. I think Halloween 2 is so good that you can just overlook the sibling dialogue and assume that Michael survived the fire and enjoy the movie as the 2nd part of a triple feature.
And sure this is kind of a shit post, but I really love this movie. It’s always been my favorite in the franchise. And I pretty much rate it neck and neck with these other 2 to fill out my top 3.