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Halloween
by John Carpenter, 1978
starring
Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kyes
The first flick in the trilogy from director John Carpenter, Halloween almost single-handedly invented the 1980s slasher genre. Escaped lunatic Michael Myers (no, not the Austin Powers actor) goes on a murderous baby-sitter-slaying rampage on Halloween.
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- Luciano A.Santos on March 18, 2010 at 9:20pmLuciano A.Santos liked and commented on Halloween via Glue Suggestions
Mais um classico do terror.
- Syn Gericho on February 12, 2010 at 3:51pmSyn Gericho liked and commented on Halloween from Ezequiel Castro's movies
This horror movie is just a classic. Even though it has been re-made, I still watch the original.
- bill baxter on January 28, 2010 at 9:54pmbill baxter liked and commented on Halloween via Glue Suggestions
Scary for sure, but I didn't think it was all that. Like Friday the 13th, part II was way, way better than part I. Thought the remake of this was a huge improvement. Except for the part with the rats, that was pretty weak.
- TJ Dietsch on January 19, 2010 at 2:28amTJ Dietsch liked and commented on Halloween on getglue.com
The granddaddy of all slashers, Halloween has been often imitated, but never equaled even my its remakes and sequels. Carpenter's use of music, point of view shots and play with light and shadow are some of the best in the business.
- Michael Johnson on January 9, 2010 at 6:03pmMichael Johnson liked and commented on Halloween on getglue.com
With this film, John Carpenter pays homage to Hitchock's Psycho, while simultaneously reimagining it for a new generation. It served as an often-imitated but never-replicated template for all of the slasher horror films that followed. It is a testament to Carpenter's brilliance that it manages to be so terrifying with a minimum of gore! I was also always impressed that Carpenter scored the music for most of his movies. Although he didn't have much musical training, his scores were fantastic, and the main theme is one of the best ever for a horror film!
- Miles Rose on May 31, 2009 at 3:52pmMiles Rose liked and commented on Halloween on en.wikipedia.org
One of, if not THE best Horror movie ever
- Phil Guie on March 5, 2010 at 2:14pmPhil Guie favorited and commented on Halloween on Horrors Movie List
I re-watched Halloween a few months ago and was surprised at how well it holds up. It's not a gorefest, but Carpenter does a good job ratcheting up tension to unbearable levels. Some of the best sequences are ones in which the audience knows Michael Myers is hiding around the corner and could dispatch his victims at any moment, but instead of going ahead, he seems to bide his time. This threatens to fray the viewer's nerves; however, it also adds to the enigmatic nature of the killer.
As someone else on this forum pointed out, Halloween can be interpreted as Carpenter's take on Psycho, but one area where he takes the opposite tact as Hitchcock is in not trying to tidy things up. Instead of psychoanalyzing Myers' motives, Dr. Loomis states early on that he's "pure evil," which is all the explanation needed. Ultimately, the lack of much back story makes Myers into a destructive force that defies comprehension, which in and of itself is highly-unsettling. - Vixen Lenore on January 26, 2010 at 8:17amVixen Lenore favorited Halloween from Jenna Surber's recent things
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