Awesome reaction guys! Amazing how the intensity still holds up with this one. You guys have great banter and comments, made this super entertaining! Can't wait to see what else you have coming up
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Thought it was so funny how you said people today would shit on this and meanwhile your faces were like this 😳 through all of it. John Carpenter is the master of suspense and even tho this is something of a slasher movie, it is the build up of tension he's so good at that sets this original above the common slasher theme.
You remember, "ghosts of Mars " I seen when I was kid, and ice cubes also look cool tho But when I seen full movie, I was scared for 3 nights, I was in my blanket Those were days man
Yeah, most of the predictability isn't really there, its just that alot of slashers after Halloween have already copied the same tropes but even with that in mind the film still has something the rest of the slashers besides Scream and Psycho dont have, and that is playing with the audience's expectations, that one shot sequence in the begining is amazingly shot but its also there to keep you from seeing Michael so that you could see a young boy at the end, the surprise isn't on who hes gonna kill in that scene but its more on who we're following, another great scene is when hes stalking annie, the camera lingers on michael spying on annie and it does the same thing when shes on the laundry room she gets stuck and it makes you feel like michael would trap her there but he doesn't its this big back in forth and the suspense that was there starts to fade away little by little but in a good way because it makes us think that michael just went to stalk someone else, that is until he gets her when we least expected it, right when she gets inside the car in just a matter of seconds he comes out, one of the things i also love is the use of sound and lighting when bob is on the kitchen the door opens and makes it seem like michael is outside and its completely dark wich helps because i wasnt expecting bob to open a small door i didn't know was there, Michael just appears out of that small door and kills the guy right when i was expecting him to be outside the dark lighting was good for the horror setting but it was also there to kind of surprise us, its a great horror film that was madw with care and detail, any other slahser would just go for the kills but Halloween is more in line with Phsyco than a movie like friday the 13
We liked our slow burns back then. Establishing a realistic, "normal" atmosphere before hitting the scary really worked. We didn't need constant jump scares (which really is lazy film-making after a while). Imagine being a 12 year old watching this on Halloween night back in the day. I LOVED it! :)
@Cinematic Curtain Oh, it's was very different. Back then the jump scares were earned, it wasn't just a jump scare just to have a jump scare, it builds up to them and not just lower the volume and blast a loud noise, over and over again. Modern movies have no tension or buildup, so there's no relieve in the jump scare.
I can only imagine how it felt getting home from the cinema after that ending. It shows breathing and normal places, Michael is out there and he can be anywhere.
Yep modern horror is so good. I guess that's why they keep remaking or rebooting classic horror movies like Halloween, Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Dawn if the Dead, The Omen, Psycho, Poltergeist etc. (& fucking them up). They're so good they can't come up with there own ideas.
Describing Dr Loomis as 'one of the most useless characters ever' has to be one of the most absurd things I've heard. Loomis is arguably why we fear Michael. His conversation with Brackett about the blackest eyes is cinematic gold.
@#Anton #FIN -Although I love this franchise, there are a few things that make you go hmmm. At least with transporting him like that one might think that they expect him to be docile from sedation (to make the move less stressful for all). Right after that is one of my wtf moments. Where/when did Micheal learn to drive? Then of course towards the end when Michael has been stabbed, shot, and fell from a 2nd story window- how does he just up, and disappear? No matter what has possessed him, the body is still human, thus destrucable.
We fear Michael because we see him being a deranged psychopath from his very child days on. Loomis as a plot device is still excellent but Loomis as a Chrarakter is just one steamy pile of nothingness.
The thing to keep in mind here is that this movie was made for a really low budget of $325,000.00. It was also filmed in May of 1978 and was released that October. They create a lot of cool effects and camera techniques from scratch in that limited time. It is a far better movie than the budget and short film schedule would suggest. On top of that it grossed over $70 million dollars at the box office making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. Also back in the day before cell phones and internet we were on the phone all the time. The movie portrays that pretty accurately. Other good older horror movies: The Thing, The Fog, Night of the Creeps, Friday the 13th, Psycho, Hellraiser, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alien, Jaws, Carrie, Phantasm. Just to name a few! :)
Them complaining about the phone calls is ridiculous considering if it was a modern film they would have complained that they should have been texting more.
My favorite part about the scene where Michael sits up and looks at Laury is that there is no big sound cue. No squealing violin or anything. You just see it in the background in silence. Suspense at its finest.
When it comes to wether or not Michael is human or not in this film: the entire point of the character is that he makes you question exactly that! .. I mean he looks human right ? 2 arms , 2 legs... hell even bleeds! but how does he just magically appear and then disappear? How does he get shot 6 times but still manages to get away? That’s exactly what makes him the “boogeyman”. Something is up with him we just don’t know exactly what !
Mike Myers is like Moby Dick, for instance... is Moby Dick just a whale? is it God? is it the Devil? it's a narrative trick used to explain other things. In Moby Dick the white whale isn't important, it's Ahab troubles and issues, told through the whale... in Halloween Mike Myers represents the evil itself (Donald Pleasence, the Doctor, says it explicitely, behind Myers eyes he saw pure evil) and how arbitrary can be. That's why Myers never dies, as evil never dies
Will Herman Your parents let you see this at 10? The only time I was allowed to see horror movies was at a friend’s house. We watched this, the Blob, and Poltergeist. Gave me nightmares for a week straight.
Same with Jason. He's supposed to be drowned as a kid, but is alive... can survive anything and show up at different places. But they depict him as human.
I find the comment that Loomis as the most useless character funny. He was clearly the highest paid acter in this movie. He is the one who sets the whole mood. Basically MM's hype man. He has been in every Halloween since #6, when he died with the exception of Halloween 3, which us fans never talk about. Donald Pleasance. ( aka Dr. Loomis) is a movie icon!
Oh yeah #3 pissed me off! Had it not tricked people into thinking they were going to see a 3rd Michael Myers movie, and released it as a seperate identity it may not have been so disliked.
I love how you complain about the phone usage...but those were teenage girls in the 70's. The phone was the LIFELINE of all teenagers back then. There was nothing else...no texting, no facetime, no internet. Look at how much people are always on their phones today. They may be just texting...but I dare you to try and pry one out of a 20 something's hands and see how far you get. I enjoy your reviews....but you make me laugh with your phone comments....they are very cute.
Also, the idea that they were somehow racking up a huge bill by making local calls, which cost nothing extra. I wonder if they thought the TV going to static at the end of Poltergeist was meant to signal the arrival of the ghosts, when it's just what TV broadcasts used to do at the time (I've actually seen younger viewers get confused about that one before).
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks That's a difference between the UK and US, especially in the 1970s. UK local landline calls were not free. Constant phone calls would become expensive quite quickly.
lmao shut the fuck up you boomer, no one cares that phones wEreN’T aROuNd iN My dAy. stop using the whole ‘take their phones away and they freak out’ argument because it ain’t even fucking true. we’re able to not use our phones, we just have the option to use them unlike tHe BeSt gENerAtiOn
@@nickcage1728 Do you even realize how idiotic you look when you use "boomer?" Half the people you use it on are Millennials anyway. It's not insulting, it's lame.
You were right when you asked if it was a woman's hand at the beginning. Debra Hill, the producer, actually stood in for Michael's hand reaching in those shots.
I for one love the slow burn flicks like these. They keep you on edge throughout the entire movie instead of relying on loud jump scares every 5 min. . This level of tension for a movie is genius.
@@romeostruedude H20 is terrible. Even Jamie Lee Curtis has publicly stated how much she's hated that film. It was a lot of drama on set and a lot of rewrites.
Halloween doesn't even rate a 7.5? Geez, you guys are tough on horror movies. I love Elm St. as well, but Halloween is on my top 10 films of all time list. I'm very curious what it takes to get an 8!
Ya outside the acting chops it has some of the best simplistic direction in horror ever and one of the best soundtracks and depicted villains in film history
I see. So you want them to lie about their opinions for your satisfaction? You don’t want genuine reactions then, you want confirmation. No clue what you are doing here.
I was even tougher, saw it this week for the first time and rated it a 6.5 lmao It's good, but Ive seen so many better movies nowadays that the movie hardly brought forth any tension in me, outside of a few shots, which wasn't helped by some very bad acting by some characters.
Laurie, Annie and Linda: the best “horror girls” ever! The chemistry between the actresses is fantastic. The walking home from school scene is ❤️ #HeyJerkSpeedKills
Fun fact, Halloween was never intended to be a long running series of horrors. When it was first developed, it was intended to be the first of a series of different holiday themed horror movies but people loved it too much.
The third Halloween “season of the witch” had nothing to do with the first two parts (other than being set in the same reality... a concept audiences are far more familiar with now than back in those days 😅😅), but neither the Myers fans nor the critics responded kindly to the changes back then. So they went back to Myers and the rest is history
no the original film was supposed to be a stand alone film. there was no intention of doing any other halloween films, anthology or otherwise. after halloween 2 john carpenter and deborah hill were approached for a 3rd film. they said they would only do it if it has nothing to do with michael myers and they got the idea to do an anthology series which was clearly short lived lol
This also came out around the time where American serial killers were taking off. Bundy, Gacy, Ramirez, Dahmer, etc. It was one of the main reasons this film freaked so many people out
I know this comment is old now, but Ramirez and Dahmer were not "taking off" when this movie came out. Ted Bundy was the only one known as a killer when this movie came out. Gacy wasn't arrested until after the movie, Dahmer had only killed his first victim a few months prior, and Ramirez wouldn't kill for years 🤷🏻♀️
@@arianapadilla9351 lots of people don’t know this. He doesn’t have to go for details. I believe he was speaking in general terms. So go away UA-cam comment Karen lol
@@The1DeadlyGamer They're not speaking in general terms if they literally named serial killers. I understand lots of people don't know this, and that's fine. But people shouldn't speak on a subject and make such confident claims if they don't know the truth about said subject.
@@arianapadilla9351 my point proven. Now begone UA-cam comment Karen. Stop being defensive. You don’t know if Strung R is human. So he’s allowed to make confident half true claims.
@@The1DeadlyGamer Your point proven how? It's hilarious yet sad that you resort to calling people "UA-cam comment Karen" simply because you don't agree with them. In my case, I'm correct in my statements. I hope you have a nice day.
This movie has such a good mood and atmosphere. Goes to show that you don't need constant action or graphic gore to make a scary film. A quiet suburban town is the last thing you 'd expect to be creepy, but even the daytime shots create dread. I grew up in a neighborhood much like this and this movie definitely had me checking behind hedges and in my backyard. Part II is pretty good as well, but is much more graphic since it came out after Friday the 13th and the other imitators that upped the gore quotient. But it picks up right where this one ends, with the hunt for Michael on again. There's just ONE plot twist that is SO DUMB that it kinda ruins the franchise from then on. The recent Halloween film from a couple of years ago ignores the sequels and this plot twists, and is a direct sequel to this film. Black Christmas predates Halloween by a few years and is really the first "slasher" film, but it did not do as well at the box office. Halloween went HUGE and kicked off the whole slasher trend. I think Psycho was the first "modern" horror movie that took place in the every day modern world rather than haunted castles or gothic mansions. It's become a cliche to have the killer be this huge, hulking beast of a man, but that doesn't make sense for The Shape. He's supposed to slip unnoticed into the shadows and has a catlike stalking grace to him. It would make no sense for a giant of a man to be creeping around in the dark. Plus, he's been immobile and silent for 15 years, how huge could he possibly get? This is one of things I hate about the Rob Zombie remake. He turned Michael into a giant hulking monster.
F No that was in the part 2. It was a last minute decision by John Carpenter chalked up to writers’ block and too much beer. The first one does not imply this at all. You should delete that comment so as not to spoil it!!
it's scarier at that time considering there were a lot of night stalkers and serial killers actives in that era, so this film speaks to those horrors. also, i love the ending because you think he's dead but then he disappears into the dark, and then they show about 4 shots of different houses, which makes you think he's hidden on one of them temporarily, or just hidden in a backgarden behind some bushes, it is a leady suburb afterall. i personally loved it. i couldnt compare it to elm street, cuz thats a supernatural horror, but the tension in this film and the lack of cheap jump scares is probably what makes it better, unless one doesn't like a slow-burn ofcoursE :P
It had a very small budget too for the time. The actors had to actually show up in their own cloths and the leaves they used were the exact same throughout the movie, they would run around collecting them. Also the house scene at the beginning is the same creepy, wrecked house Laurie visits early in the film and I believe was the last scene they filmed, they just repainted and set up parts of the house that was used in the scenes. Easily my favorite horror movie of all time and this is my standard for any horror movie.
I just have to chime in about the comments of the " telephone" as we used to call it in the olden days. lol! Back then, the phone could not be magically transported from one place to another, unless you were lucky enough to have a long cord that reaches from one room to the next as well as you could not type messages nor show your face as you can on the devices of today! The "Phone" another cooler name we called it, was a very important means of communication back then and us young whippersnappers spent many an hour conversing on them night after night! So to say they spent too much time on the phone in the the movie, i disagree! That was about an accurate amount of time they spent on the Telephones. Thank you for reviewing this movie and it was a major part of my great childhood memories growing up as well as talking on the "phone"! lol!
Yes!! Classic Horror Movies!! You have to see next: The Thing (1982), The Fog (1980), Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound - Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser III - Hell on Earth (1992), The Exorzist (1973), The Shining (1980), The Omen (1976), Carrie (1976), Alien (1979), Poltergeist (1982), Cujo (1983), The Fly (1986), The Wicker Man (1973), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1987), An American Werewolf in London (1981)....... and many more :-) Greetings from Germany
My first high-school gf was the grand niece of the guy who played the sheriff. This was before I became a fan of horror movies and I regret never asking her to meet him.
Yea, they mentioned in other videos about how acting in the 1970's was exaggerated and over the top. But that was only really true for low budget movies in the 70's, especially for horror and exploitation flicks. And all they're watching is horror movies so they have this grossly false assumption that all film acting in the 70's was just like "Halloween" but it's not even close! The acting in 70's studio films was modern as hell! So many of the greatest film performances came from that decade and inspired so many actors today. It's too bad they don't watch more modern 70's flicks like: 1970 - Five Easy Pieces, MASH, Patton, Love Story, Little Big Man, The Great White Hope, I Never Sang for My Father, Ryan's Daughter, The Out-of-Towners, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Lovers and Other Strangers, Airport, Catch-22, Joe 1971 - The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Klute, Summer of '42, Carnal Knowledge, The Hospital, Wake in Fright, Dirty Harry, A New Leaf, Kotch, Straw Dogs, Play Misty for Me, Bananas, Fiddler on the Roof, Harold and Maude, The Panic in Needle Park, Little Murders, Cold Turkey, Dusty and Sweets McGee, Dollars 1972 - The Godfather, The Candidate, Fat City, Cabaret , Deliverance, Sounder, The Heartbreak Kid, Images, The Hot Rock, The Poseidon Adventure, Pete 'n' Tillie, Play It Again Sam, Frenzy, What's Up Doc, The Getaway, The Ruling Class, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex 1973 - Badlands, The Exorcist, The Last Detail, American Graffiti, Serpico, The Long Goodbye, Mean Streets, The Sting, Papillon, Last Tango in Paris, Paper Moon, Save the Tiger, Sleuth, Sleeper, Scarecrow, Charley Varrick, High Plains Drifter, The Day of the Jackal, The Paper Chase, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bang the Drum Slowly, Electra Glide in Blue, The Way We Were, Cinderella Liberty, Tom Sawyer 1974 - The Godfather: Part II, Chinatown, The Conversation, Lenny, Harry and Tonto, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, A Woman Under the Influence, Freebie and the Bean, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Towering Inferno, Murder on the Orient Express, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Parallax View, The Gambler, The Longest Yard, The Sugarland Express 1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville, Cooley High, The Sunshine Boys, Shampoo, Aloha Bobby and Rose, Night Moves, Three Days of the Condor, Barry Lyndon, The Man Who Would Be King 1976 - Taxi Driver, Network, Rocky, All the President's Men, Marathon Man, Carrie, The Bad News Bears, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Freaky Friday, Echoes of a Summer, Bugsy Malone, Two-Minute Warning, Car Wash, The Shootist, A Star Is Born 1977 - Annie Hall, The Goodbye Girl, Sorcerer, The Late Show, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia, The Turning Point, Oh, God! , I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1978 - The Deer Hunter, Coming Home, Midnight Express, Straight Time, Blue Collar, Heaven Can Wait, The Buddy Holly Story, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Animal House, Superman, Interiors, An Unmarried Woman, Days of Heaven, Magic 1979 - Apocalypse Now, Kramer vs. Kramer, Norma Rae, All That Jazz, The Rose, Manhattan, The China Syndrome, ...and justice for all, Alien, Being There, Going in Style, Breaking Away, Time After Time, The Jerk, The Onion Field, North Dallas Forty
@@rustincohle2135 How could you forget The Exorcist for 1973 but remember to include Barry Lyndon of 1975? Both are amazing films though and two of my favorites. The Exorcist has some of the most realistic acting I’ve ever seen especially for a horror film. It is really something that stands alone from most horror movies.
Yes I hate how some people especially younger ones watch lower budget movies from the 70s. 80s and 90s and think that it was standard for some reason. Have they never seen big budget films from that era? The 70s was when realistic acting had become the standard for good filmmaking.
Even though halloween has aged acting wise it makes up for it with how intelligent the directing and pacing is in the film with how it uses certain camera angles, the gorgeous color palette, soundtrack, and the depiction of the shape and how it is executed in this film, as a film lover and horror movie fanatic definitely deserves the hype probably around a mid to high 9 outside the acting flaws it’s perfect and has one of the best concepts and soundtracks in film
Before you watch the newer Halloween, I REALLY suggest watching the original sequel, Halloween II. Even though it's no longer canon and it has a dumb plot twist, I find it to be a superior sequel to the 2018 sequel. You don't really need to see the other sequels right away, or ever. They're okay, but Halloween II is actually pretty decent. Maybe Halloween H2O would be okay to watch.
PUNKem733 Eh Halloween 4 is okayyy. The mask looks SO ridiculous, it’s hard to get scared of it. And it has to maintain the dumb plot point from Halloween 2, which is kind of the bane of the whole rest of the series. But at least it has real characters unlike the Friday series.
Halloween II (1981) is my favorite Halloween. I don't get the hate for the plot twist at all. It makes sense to me. I don't understand the love for H20. I despise that movie.
There's a really interesting theory that Michael cannot be killed with his mask on, which is why Carpenter explicitly chose to show him getting shot WITH the mask on.
What I appreciate is that the two of you understand that the film would have been received differently at the time of release vs now-- and you factor that into your thoughts. Excited to see more film reactions from you guys!
The 1981 Sequel "HALLOWEEN II" actually takes place on the same exact night as the Original 1978 Movie and it also even starts literally 2 seconds after the 1978 Movie Ended and it continues to follow Michael Myers and both Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie) and Donald Pleasence's (Dr. Loomis) characters. The 2018 Movie (which is a Pretty Good Movie by the way) completely erases it and everything that happens in it though.
Interesting, we’ve heard a lot of recommendations to skip straight to the 2018 sequel especially now that they are producing 2 more Halloween films that follow on straight after the 2018 released film.
@@CinemaRules Halloween 4 is the best sequel. H2 is VERY close to it. Halloween 2018, and the sequel halloween Kills that was supposed to come out this Oct, now it's coming out next Oct. The last one is called Halloween Ends, they all take place in the same night. Peopel who saw a screening in Jan say the sequel is INCREDIBLE, with the highest kill count out of all the movies.
Then we have the ungodly amount of sequels. There is literally 13 movies with 3 different timelines. Including a remake of this movie. If I were to give my opinion, none of the sequels live up the original. However, some of them aren't bad. As a matter of fact, in some of the next sequels, you will probably enjoy them more than this one. The next ones are less dated and you would be used to that which I think, based on what you said, you might enjoy them better than this. Halloween 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and the remakes. I really recommend some of the sequels especially (Halloween ii 1981) it starts directly after this movie.
HALLOWEEN II while having flaws is the best sequel and where the whole series ends for me. 3 was terrible but a smarter move wanting to have different HALLOWEEN stories each year. Michael Myers doesn’t work after the first 2 movies. Even in the latest it’s hokey that he gets back in costume of another mechanic’s uniform.
I like the remakes and I like Halloween 2,4 and h20, I also have a soft spot for 5 because I watched it a lot when I was young so it gives me nostalgia. The best will always be the original though
Slow......they were building tension and atmosphere. Another stellar reaction. I love how emotive and animated you guys are, it makes our reaction more enjoyable. Are you guys in the U.K. I'd like to recommend a cult classic BASKET CASE 1982. It shows the gritty side of New York in the 80s, also the underrated DARK CITY 1998.
I can appreciate the slow tension and atmosphere building on the first and second act, but after coming off watching A Nightmare on Elm Street which was much more fast pace, it was definitely something I had to mention and even though I mentioned it as a con, I can still respect it as being a positive aspect of the film too 😊 Thank you and yes we are from a small town in the UK, and I have not heard of Basket Case or Dark City, we shall look those up and add them to our list 😊
@@CinemaRules please react to these classics The Thing, The Lost Boys, Alien, Scarface(The Al Pacino version), Carrie(1976), Robocop(1987), First Blood(1982), Lethal Weapon, The Shining, The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2 Judgement Day, Predator, Die Hard, Child's Play(1988), Raiders Of The Lost Ark, & Goldeneye.
@@CinemaRules I wouldn't necessarily call it slow. Slow to me is when there's nothing advancing the plot or moving it along before the killing actually starts. Here we had the escape from the asylum, the store being robbed of rope, knives and a mask, the missing headstone, Michael stalking Laurie, the kid being scared of the Boogeyman (Michael Myers) and Dr. Loomis snooping around. Compare this to Friday the 13 movies where literally nothing happens before or in-between the killings. This kind of pacing was common in horror movies it didn't start changing till maybe the 90s. By the way BASKET CASE is a cheesy delight you should give it a try and thanks for replying. Keep up the good work.💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cinema Rules Dark City is a definite underrated classic. Makes you think since it is not a real horror movie, but a thriller/suspense/sci fi/mystery movie.
The music here is so iconic. The film was reviewed prior and given all kinds of negative feedback. It was reviewed again after adding the score and the rest was history. This and Jaws take the cake for the golden age. Mind you this is such low budget, there isn't even any fake blood. Amazing to find that out after watching it .
10/10 Another movie I saw quite young. I believe I saw this before The Exorcist. Might have seen the 2nd before it. Have always loved it. Thank you for the reaction...!
Jamie Curtis is the daughter of the late actors, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She is married to Christopher Guest, who was a member of Saturday Night Live for several seasons. He is now an Earl in England. If he's an Earl, I don't know what that makes her...
John Carpenter is truly a master of genre cinema, it’s good to see people are still scared by this movie I remember being a kid and being completely terrified by ‘the shape’ and John’s directing style has been hugely influential to me as an aspiring filmmaker, if you wanna watch more of his work the ones I would recommend would be 1. Assault on precinct (1976) this one had a remake in 2005 but it’s garbage 2. Escape from New York (1981) this is an awesome action adventure movie starring Kurt Russell 3. The thing (1982) gory horror that practically traumatised me as a kid that also stars Kurt Russell 4. Big trouble in little China (1986) awesome kickass action movie again starring Kurt Russell 5. Prince of Darkness (1987) very good psychological thriller with supernatural undertones, not one of his best but a pretty good movie 6. They live (1988) great science fiction movie starring wrestler Roddy Piper as a dude who travels to Los Angeles looking for work but ends up fighting more than he bargained for, it’s main draw and lasting message is John’s depiction of Ronald Reagan and his political landscape at the time which is fictionalised as .... well you’ll see if you watch it 7. Vampires (1998) and lastly this movie, as a fan of vampires and supernatural stuff this is one of my favourites, it’s story isn’t anything amazing and the performances are good but it’s again really Carpenter’s directing and the score that makes it awesome Well that’s all of them I hope I’ve given you some choices to watch from one of my favourite filmmakers
I love you guys reacting so positively to this. It's a classic for a reason I might suggest skipping straight to the 2018 sequel/reboot (also simply called Halloween). It ties directly into this one BTW: the cinematographer was Dean Cundey, who went on to do work for several really big franchises (notably the Back to the Future and Jurassic Park series)
Best shot in the film is Laurie approaching the house with her dead friends in it, the camera slowing approaching as a her point of view, the lit pumpkin outside like the house in the opening sequence, the dog barking in the background. And of course the music elevates all of it. Its definitely the best, low budget, hastily put together, 'amateur' type film there is. Carpenter and his crew were all young, had only done one major film before and probably had a lot of fun doing this.
The ending definitely wasn't a sequel setup, as John Carpenter wanted "Halloween" to be an anthology franchise with each film being a totally different story centered around the holiday. The studio had other plans. As far as this being the first non-supernatural horror film, it got beat by "Psycho" in 1960. Alfred Hitchcock. A big deal of horror/suspense from the black-and-white era (and beyond, but that's where he first made his mark). Also, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) is pretty major. I'd recommend that for another old school slasher. I love "Halloween" (1978) though it's hard to unmarry it from my memory of all the awful imitators (including some sequels). Technically, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is also in the slasher category, though unlike most, I feel like that franchise handles its characters far more thoughtfully. I actually might halfway give a shit about more than one person per film, lol. Or at least I'll appreciate that they tried. The "slow first half" is a thing I hear a lot from newbies to older horror films (and other genres, honestly) as it feels like most modern movies jump pretty quickly into the action. I'm so used to these films, I don't even notice unless it's done really badly. In this case, the tension, the music, the framing of shots is all pretty excellent. The acting could use some work, but this and NOES were both pretty barebones with budget so they're not hiring Denzel Washington to show up and get menaced by a stalker with knives for 10 minutes max. I prefer the imagination of NOES but the strength of H is in its concept and overall execution.
At that point, the anthology idea had not even been thought of yet. It was just going to be a one-off film and then Carpenter wanted to go on with other projects, which is why he passed on directing part II. It was after part II that the idea of an anthology series came up.
True, his concept was that Myers was basically no one and that he should not really be explored further, so there was nothing planned with him. The ending is just left open because not every killer is immediately caught and who knows where someone like that could strike next? The anthology idea was already around before the sequel release though. Carpenter did not want to do more Michael Myers. The studio just wasn't going to risk dropping him until part 2 didn't meet high expectations.
@@misternightstar I think you may have missed the point of the ending. It wasn't left that way because "not every killer is caught." It was a metaphor. Michael Myers is evil incarnate. A force of nature. That ending shot was proof positive for the audience that Michael was no mere mortal. Also, as has already been said, the anthology idea did not come around until Halloween III. It wasn't a twinkle in Carpenter's eye until after Halloween II.
Talking about the final shots, I wasn't trying to imply the exact mission statement of the sequence, but simply the literal truth of what it tells us. Michael is still out there, he is not killed or caught, as is conveniently done in most films that wrap things up nicely, but this is not done purely to tell you there's another movie coming. I've heard Carpenter speak about his intentions, including the concept of Michael being "evil incarnate", so no misunderstanding there. I was just trying to elaborate on the point that the ending wasn't meant as a "to be continued" moment. It was an artistic gesture.
I loved watching you guys get fully vested from the opening scene. And it's a film from '78. This demonstrates the power of what makes effective filmmaking.
I am loving that there are reactors who haven't seen these films!!! So excited to see more. Great reactions for us empath junkies. And cute guys are always a bonus ;) Subbed. Oh and this is my FAVORITE horror movie of all time. Hands down. Fucked me up as a kid.
If you tackle the sequels, do note there are a couple uh, timelines, lol. -Halloween, 2, 4, 5, and 6 (Producer's Cut) -Halloween, 2, H20, and Resurrection -Halloween, Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022) -Halloween Uncut (2007), Halloween II Uncut (2009) Halloween 3 is essentially a spin-off as Carpenter wanted the series to be an anthology series.
We have already recorded a few videos in advance and some of those videos have already been recommended so I’m sure people won’t be disappointed 😊 we are definitely taking note of all these recommendations and we hope to get around to them soon 😊
Fun fact: in order to try to pass off spring in Southern California as fall in Illinois, the crew had bags of leaves spray painted red to scatter on the ground and toss in front of the camera, as in the establishing shot of Haddonfield. One of those crew members was Robert Englund, who six years later would play Freddy Kruger.
Subscribed! Loved the reaction. You guys are so fun to watch! Yes, Halloween is a slow burn...but for me...that’s why it works. The tension just keeps building and building. The soundtrack is bone-chilling and it’s a classic. 10/10. My favorite horror film of all time.
Hitchcock led the way with Psycho in 1960 in a way. Halloween was one of the first slasher movies so it wasn't the standard, it was new. Halloween was a low budget movie by a young director, it cost just $325,000 but made $60 million.
2:53 lost my whole toke - LMFAO This is one of my favorites of the "classics" - hard to rate, I have literally watched it 100's of time - for sure Halloween night every year. Try "Candyman" from 1992
Thanks guys! This was a ton of fun. I hope to see "Friday the 13th" and "Sleep Away Camp" in the future. These both have some of most shocking endings ever in cinema.
This is actually one of my favorite horror movies for a number of reasons. It relies on actual tension instead of graphic violence. It has a very simple premise, but it never tries to be more than that. It has a strong female protagonist who also is just an ordinary person. And the score is brilliant. It takes its time building the story. And the multiple fake endings were fairly revolutionary at that time. With that said, I think "Halloween" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" both suffer from what I call the "I Love Lucy" effect. When you're the first, so much of what you do is both original and setting the template for the dozens, hundreds, even thousands of shows and movies that come afterwards. As a result, when people see the originals for the first time, they can't help but be unimpressed by story beats and ideas that over time became cliches and punchlines. I will say, however, that I completely agree with the lack of characterization. I've never been a fan of how barely sketched out most characters are in horror films. It really doesn't take much to flesh the characters out more - just a few lines, suggestions of a life lived, would make the stories, the deaths, and the survivals so much more impactful. But still, I will always hold a special place in my heart for "Halloween".
Halloween is my favorite horror movie from John Carpenter. The music, the editing, the low budget antics and the scares. It's magnificent. Well done, gents. 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸
Great reaction, lads! Halloween is a master class in building tension. Great horror movie, and it's still good by today's standards IMO. It was ground breaking for the time, though some of its elements are cliche (well, now anyway) it remains a tense thriller. You should definitely check out Halloween 2, though you can honestly skip most (if not all) the sequels. Halloween 3 is completely unrelated and the rest vary from okay to bland. I personally give this one an 8 - it's not as good as Nightmare IMO, but it's still great.
Love Lorie's slow, tense walk across the cul-de-sac with the score playing. Good atmosphere. They could've put up more orange lights or pumpkins or something, though for more flair. Holiday classic, though, for sure.
You guys are some of the best movie reactors I've watched! I wish you did more than just horror, but it's been cool going through some of the classics of the genre. Hope you keep doing old movies!
I can’t believe I was 20 years old when this came out. I’m sure me and my friends watched it the first week.. I’ve watched it so many times. I am scared and laugh always. So many elements are iconic; the score, the mask, Donald pleasance and jamie lee Curtis and mike meyers. Donald’s career was resurrected. Jamie’s career was catapulted. I think mike was played by a crew member. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
sweet reaction fellas yes this film is a slow burn but thats what makes this at the top of best horror films of all time . and its were the legend of Michael Myers began i remember in 1984 on Halloween night right after trick or treating i watched this with my childhood best friend and my teenage sister at the time. and from then on i was a Michael Myers fan mind you i was 6 years old heh in 1984 god i miss them days . but yeah you guys have a new Sub . keep this thing going fellas . this rocks .
You guys are so articulate and thoughtful with your comments and overall review of these films. I usually disagree or get bored with a lot of youtubers in that respect but you are both on point. And funny lol subscribed!
Well, he is durable. You have many continuities to make your own theories. 1-2. 1-2-4-5-6 (Theater and Producer cut, I prefer the later) 1-2-H20- (if you want to add Resurrection) 1-the latest one. 1-2 Same night. from 4 to 6 one continuity and some stuff more so in the PC. A different continuity from that in H20. And another different continuity that negates stuff from the 2 in the latest version. Yes, there are enough changes between the cuts to change the experience quite a bit.
Phones were always ringing if you were young back then because there were no cell phones or text messages. You had to plan everything out to the last detail BEFORE you left the house!
My favorite line in the whole movie of the entire franchise. I even have it memorized. "I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes. The devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil." Michael Myers is by far my favorite of the classic horror movie serial killers.
I just found your guys channel and had to sub. Great movie selections the back and forth between you guys is great and adds to the reactions. I started looking forward to what you guys said during the movie lol
What the movie is also famous for is that the camera manipulates the audiences by at one time being a neutral observer and the other time being the pov of Michael Meyers and it plays with your expectations. I think it was even the first movie that did that, which of course subsequently became a standard horror trope.
Yes, you have to realize when watching this movie that there really weren't any "slasher" type movies back then. This movie started that entire genre. I have seen reactions of other UA-camrs who say things like, "They left the door open", or windows open and car doors unlocked or front/back doors unlocked. What people don't realize is, back in 1978, unless you lived in a city, we didn't lock our doors and windows. It was a very different time back then. I don't think my parents started locking doors until the early 80s. Which I might add, is how they figured out that I had watched this movie on cable when it first came to HBO. After the end of the movie, I ran around the house, turned every light on in the house and locked every door and window, my parents were out for the night. When they had to unlock the front door and opened it to find all the lights on, they knew something was up. There just wasn't this type of film out. So the scares and the "killer" getting back up, hadn't really happened as of yet. As far as Michael falling off the balcony and then not being there at the end, the Movie has a supernatural quality to it. Michael Myers is not supposed to be just a physical person. There are lines hinting at it throughout the movie. Loomis saying that "looking at Michael you could see pure evil behind his eyes". "There seems to be something else there". In the beginning, when Michael as a boy kills his sister, when his parents take off the mask, the by seems as though he didn't really know what he had done. At the very end after Loomis shot Michael, Laurie says, "He really is the boogieman?". Loomis' reply was, "As a matter of fact, it was". This was all to show that no matter what you do, Michael will return because he is the boogieman, he is evil incarnate. Watch Halloween 2, then watch the new one. Halloween 2 will give you some insight. as to the first sequel. They made the new one a direct sequel because Carpenter wasn't happy about some of the other sequels. I would have preferred that the new one would have taken place after Halloween 2, but I can understand why it was done.
I went with a friend to see Halloween when it came out. First show was sold out, so we killed a little time and came back and waited in the lobby (2 theaters inside) for the next show. I'll never forget the constant screaming we heard for the last 45 minutes coming from the theater showing Halloween. It's the only time I've experienced that going to any movie. It was worth the wait!
I think this movie is absolute genius. The story they were able to tell on a tiny budget is amazing to me. I think it was the most profitable independent film of all time for a really longtime. All of it was accomplished with music, tone and practical filmmaking skills. You didn’t like how it ends?? I love the ending. They establish that the boogeyman lives in the shadows and to then leave the film with all of the places he can hide with his breathing? That scared the living shit out of me as a kid. He could be anywhere. Lol
Great Reaction Video! "HALLOWEEN" is a Classic and Michael Myers is 1 of my own Top 3 Favorite Slasher Movie Killers of all-time (My own Top 3 Favorite Slasher Movie Killers in order though are actually Jason Voorhees from the "FRIDAY THE 13th" Franchise, Ghostface from the "SCREAM" Franchise, and then Michael Myers from the "HALLOWEEN" Franchise).
Jesus I know I'm years late to this party but I'm going through all your scary movie reactions and I have to comment to point out that Jamie Leigh Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh, the lead actress from Psycho. Horror runs in the family. Loving all your reactions btw, you guys are great.
"Halloween" was said to be best seen in a darkened theater w/a big audience, so its effect is muted on TV. Peers who saw it in theaters said it was quite scary & gen'ly delicious. Its opening up-the-stairs scene is a lift from the Brit film "Peeping Tom" ('60), & some of its kills are from "Bay of Blood" ('71), which was also the template for "F13." Otr horror films you might like (gotta see 'em w/the lights off, guys): Black Christmas ('74; skip the remakes), Homicidal ('61; DON'T read about it, just see it, b/c The Surprise will be ruined!), Watcher in the Woods ('81; Disney, but it's scary!, When a Stranger Calls Back (1993?), Friday the 13th ('80)... can't think of others. For rankings, my top 2 scariest movies ever are The Tex. Chainsaw Massacre & The Exorcist. I do love Final Destination 3. Not sure about your 7 ranking, since the movie was SO influential. When I finally saw it on TV in '81, it had been so copied it wasn't even fresh anymore. It was from a different time. I'd give it a 9-10 or so (I'm not really into rankings, I guess?). Looking fwd to your other vids! / Glenn
Halloween the greatest horror movie of all time imo. And easily the greatest musical score for any horror movie. Love the reactions guys, the little comments under the facial expressions is brilliant, laughing out loud.
Please give Donnie Darko a watch, it's one of favorite movies. Its a thiller/Sci-fi. Cast includes a Young Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swazye, a young seth rogan, Drew Barrymore.
1:56 "Is that a woman's hand" Funny you should say that. I believe it was Debra Hill's hand. She co-wrote and produced the film and she was going out with John Carpenter at the time.
I throughly loved both your nightmare on elm street and Halloween reactions. Those are two some of my favorite films. And I always found the characters of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) from Halloween and Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) from a Nightmare on elm street really inspiring. To see normal people like us, who are realistically scared to tears (like we would be) but have the courage to fight back and try protect others is inspiring. I think Final girls in horror films really pushed more movies towards having more strong female characters. As for which movie I love better overall, I dunno. They are both very good but different! But It honestly brightened my day up watching these reactions. I just really appreciate the honesty and genuine thoughts and feelings you both give during and after the films. I was smiling all the way through. It’s really entertaining and I always love hearing different opinions on films I love (and even ones I don’t lol) Can’t wait to see more of what you guys do! 😊
Another great modern slasher that isn't very well known is You're Next (2011). Unlike other slashers, the Final Girl in this one is actually depicted as smart and resourceful, using tools and resources around her to fashion into traps and weapons to beat the killers. It's set completely new standards for slasher movies for me after being a fan of the genre for 10+ years
Elm Street has more replay ability due to the gore and humor but rating as a horror film I’d take Halloween though I’d watch it less. Halloween: 9 Elm Street: 8
Been watching your first time reaction videos during lockdown which have cheered me up during these crazy time, you guys share great banter & I enjoy your comments in the post movie discussions. First horror film I seen on ITV premiere in 1982 I was 7 yrs old & was allowed stay up and watch it cause it was a Saturday night & it scared the living crap out of me, Halloween 2 is also a great follow up.
I'm addicted to your videos. Please consider these if you have not seen them . The Fly, Rosemary's Baby, The Thing, Poltergeist (1982), Friday the 13th, Candyman, The Changeling (1980), Pet Sematary, Cujo, Children of the Corn, The Shining, The Fog....I could go on but these are some absolute gems.
Awesome reaction guys! Amazing how the intensity still holds up with this one. You guys have great banter and comments, made this super entertaining! Can't wait to see what else you have coming up
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This is like when u see your friend from work speaking to your friend from school. “Shit, I didn’t know you knew each other” 😂
@@CinemaRules ch'all intimidated by The Shape's Super Arm Strength as well as seemingly Immortality & seemingly ability 2 teleport?
Oh frick, what are you doing here! What a legend, you madman! 🙌
Thought it was so funny how you said people today would shit on this and meanwhile your faces were like this 😳 through all of it. John Carpenter is the master of suspense and even tho this is something of a slasher movie, it is the build up of tension he's so good at that sets this original above the common slasher theme.
@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins thanks, but I'm an old chick. 😂
What they do is they make that face, then get smugnesia afterwards - like the people who laugh through _Holy Grail_ , then claim it sucked.
You remember, "ghosts of Mars "
I seen when I was kid, and ice cubes also look cool tho
But when I seen full movie, I was scared for 3 nights, I was in my blanket
Those were days man
Yeah everything about this movie blows most modern horrror movies out of the water
Yeah, most of the predictability isn't really there, its just that alot of slashers after Halloween have already copied the same tropes but even with that in mind the film still has something the rest of the slashers besides Scream and Psycho dont have, and that is playing with the audience's expectations, that one shot sequence in the begining is amazingly shot but its also there to keep you from seeing Michael so that you could see a young boy at the end, the surprise isn't on who hes gonna kill in that scene but its more on who we're following, another great scene is when hes stalking annie, the camera lingers on michael spying on annie and it does the same thing when shes on the laundry room she gets stuck and it makes you feel like michael would trap her there but he doesn't its this big back in forth and the suspense that was there starts to fade away little by little but in a good way because it makes us think that michael just went to stalk someone else, that is until he gets her when we least expected it, right when she gets inside the car in just a matter of seconds he comes out, one of the things i also love is the use of sound and lighting when bob is on the kitchen the door opens and makes it seem like michael is outside and its completely dark wich helps because i wasnt expecting bob to open a small door i didn't know was there, Michael just appears out of that small door and kills the guy right when i was expecting him to be outside the dark lighting was good for the horror setting but it was also there to kind of surprise us, its a great horror film that was madw with care and detail, any other slahser would just go for the kills but Halloween is more in line with Phsyco than a movie like friday the 13
Its a masterpiece. The original that started it all.
It started it all... after black Christmas, Texas chainsaw, alice sweet alice, bay of blood, blood and black lace, deep red, peeping tom, psycho, etc.
@@tylerthegreat8001 Black Christmas is a personal favorite.
@@tylerthegreat8001 It started all horror movies happening in suburban sets. Nobody did that at the time until then.
More like the one that launched slasher films into the mainstream.
I wouldn't say original. Black Christmas, last house on the left, there were a few predecessors. Perhaps modern horror
We liked our slow burns back then. Establishing a realistic, "normal" atmosphere before hitting the scary really worked. We didn't need constant jump scares (which really is lazy film-making after a while). Imagine being a 12 year old watching this on Halloween night back in the day. I LOVED it! :)
@Cinematic Curtain Oh, it's was very different. Back then the jump scares were earned, it wasn't just a jump scare just to have a jump scare, it builds up to them and not just lower the volume and blast a loud noise, over and over again. Modern movies have no tension or buildup, so there's no relieve in the jump scare.
I can only imagine how it felt getting home from the cinema after that ending. It shows breathing and normal places, Michael is out there and he can be anywhere.
Why did your parents take you to a movie like this at the age of 12??
Yep modern horror is so good.
I guess that's why they keep remaking or rebooting classic horror movies like Halloween, Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Dawn if the Dead, The Omen, Psycho, Poltergeist etc.
(& fucking them up). They're so good they can't come up with there own ideas.
@Cinematic Curtain Cat People put the kibosh on my love for horror movies. I had the worst nightmare ever after watching that.
Describing Dr Loomis as 'one of the most useless characters ever' has to be one of the most absurd things I've heard. Loomis is arguably why we fear Michael. His conversation with Brackett about the blackest eyes is cinematic gold.
@#Anton #FIN -Although I love this franchise, there are a few things that make you go hmmm. At least with transporting him like that one might think that they expect him to be docile from sedation (to make the move less stressful for all). Right after that is one of my wtf moments. Where/when did Micheal learn to drive? Then of course towards the end when Michael has been stabbed, shot, and fell from a 2nd story window- how does he just up, and disappear? No matter what has possessed him, the body is still human, thus destrucable.
I don't understand how my comments sometimes get crossed out.
We fear Michael because we see him being a deranged psychopath from his very child days on. Loomis as a plot device is still excellent but Loomis as a Chrarakter is just one steamy pile of nothingness.
@#Anton #FIN, the intention was to dose him up with sedatives. AND IT'S SPELLED SENSE! now stop playing on youtube, and do 500 lines!!
@@dmreddragon6, he is Damien Thorn's missing twin brother!
The thing to keep in mind here is that this movie was made for a really low budget of $325,000.00. It was also filmed in May of 1978 and was released that October. They create a lot of cool effects and camera techniques from scratch in that limited time. It is a far better movie than the budget and short film schedule would suggest. On top of that it grossed over $70 million dollars at the box office making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. Also back in the day before cell phones and internet we were on the phone all the time. The movie portrays that pretty accurately.
Other good older horror movies: The Thing, The Fog, Night of the Creeps, Friday the 13th, Psycho, Hellraiser, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alien, Jaws, Carrie, Phantasm. Just to name a few! :)
Yup and you gotta remember these guys were fresh graduates out of USC film school when they made this...pretty awesome
The movie industry wasn’t the same thing then as now. Numbers were very different and the obsessions wasn’t the same.
Pumpkinhead is a Classic. So is Cujo
Them complaining about the phone calls is ridiculous considering if it was a modern film they would have complained that they should have been texting more.
My favorite part about the scene where Michael sits up and looks at Laury is that there is no big sound cue. No squealing violin or anything. You just see it in the background in silence. Suspense at its finest.
Excellent point.
When it comes to wether or not Michael is human or not in this film: the entire point of the character is that he makes you question exactly that! .. I mean he looks human right ? 2 arms , 2 legs... hell even bleeds! but how does he just magically appear and then disappear? How does he get shot 6 times but still manages to get away? That’s exactly what makes him the “boogeyman”. Something is up with him we just don’t know exactly what !
Mike Myers is like Moby Dick, for instance... is Moby Dick just a whale? is it God? is it the Devil?
it's a narrative trick used to explain other things. In Moby Dick the white whale isn't important, it's Ahab troubles and issues, told through the whale... in Halloween Mike Myers represents the evil itself (Donald Pleasence, the Doctor, says it explicitely, behind Myers eyes he saw pure evil) and how arbitrary can be. That's why Myers never dies, as evil never dies
Will Herman Your parents let you see this at 10? The only time I was allowed to see horror movies was at a friend’s house. We watched this, the Blob, and Poltergeist. Gave me nightmares for a week straight.
Will Herman You had chill parents.
Same with Jason.
He's supposed to be drowned as a kid, but is alive... can survive anything and show up at different places. But they depict him as human.
Saiko Kujo Jason’s difference though. He was depicted as a zombie since the original
I find the comment that Loomis as the most useless character funny. He was clearly the highest paid acter in this movie. He is the one who sets the whole mood. Basically MM's hype man. He has been in every Halloween since #6, when he died with the exception of Halloween 3, which us fans never talk about. Donald Pleasance. ( aka Dr. Loomis) is a movie icon!
Halloween fan here. I enjoy part 3, the low points for me were 5 and 6
Oh yeah #3 pissed me off! Had it not tricked people into thinking they were going to see a 3rd Michael Myers movie, and released it as a seperate identity it may not have been so disliked.
Part 3 is fantastic, I don't really dig why people dislike it. Its better than all of part 4-6 (
Nah 3 isn’t better than 4. It is better than 5 and 6 though.
Loomis is the best character
I love how you complain about the phone usage...but those were teenage girls in the 70's. The phone was the LIFELINE of all teenagers back then. There was nothing else...no texting, no facetime, no internet. Look at how much people are always on their phones today. They may be just texting...but I dare you to try and pry one out of a 20 something's hands and see how far you get. I enjoy your reviews....but you make me laugh with your phone comments....they are very cute.
Also, the idea that they were somehow racking up a huge bill by making local calls, which cost nothing extra. I wonder if they thought the TV going to static at the end of Poltergeist was meant to signal the arrival of the ghosts, when it's just what TV broadcasts used to do at the time (I've actually seen younger viewers get confused about that one before).
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks That's a difference between the UK and US, especially in the 1970s. UK local landline calls were not free. Constant phone calls would become expensive quite quickly.
lmao shut the fuck up you boomer, no one cares that phones wEreN’T aROuNd iN My dAy. stop using the whole ‘take their phones away and they freak out’ argument because it ain’t even fucking true. we’re able to not use our phones, we just have the option to use them unlike tHe BeSt gENerAtiOn
I was going to say the same thing. This would have been very real and relatable to people at the time.
@@nickcage1728 Do you even realize how idiotic you look when you use "boomer?" Half the people you use it on are Millennials anyway. It's not insulting, it's lame.
You were right when you asked if it was a woman's hand at the beginning. Debra Hill, the producer, actually stood in for Michael's hand reaching in those shots.
I for one love the slow burn flicks like these. They keep you on edge throughout the entire movie instead of relying on loud jump scares every 5 min. . This level of tension for a movie is genius.
The "slow-burn" was THE POINT!
Its very Jaws like.
It's almost like decent pacing doesn't exist anymore. Oh wait, it doesn't.
@@kickstart_1.3 cause ppl nowadays have shorter attention spans they want everything quicker
@@simplyjay0748 Spot-on point- regardless of film genre, to quote Veruca Salt, "Don't-care-how, I want it now!" is the current mentality overall.
These guys need to see part 2, it takes place immediately after and starts with him disappearing from the ground after getting shot.
Part 2 AND H20. Perfect trilogy.
@@romeostruedude H20 is terrible. Even Jamie Lee Curtis has publicly stated how much she's hated that film. It was a lot of drama on set and a lot of rewrites.
@@romeostruedude part 2 and the last and final movie from 2018 that is the trilogy
@@romeostruedude I feel 3 is super underrated!! But 4 and h20 are great!
@@reiserdu I liked the 2018 version can't wait for Kills!
Halloween doesn't even rate a 7.5? Geez, you guys are tough on horror movies. I love Elm St. as well, but Halloween is on my top 10 films of all time list. I'm very curious what it takes to get an 8!
Ya outside the acting chops it has some of the best simplistic direction in horror ever and one of the best soundtracks and depicted villains in film history
I give a 9.5. it's a masterpiece.
I see. So you want them to lie about their opinions for your satisfaction? You don’t want genuine reactions then, you want confirmation. No clue what you are doing here.
Probably something like jaws the revenge!😄
I was even tougher, saw it this week for the first time and rated it a 6.5 lmao
It's good, but Ive seen so many better movies nowadays that the movie hardly brought forth any tension in me, outside of a few shots, which wasn't helped by some very bad acting by some characters.
Laurie, Annie and Linda: the best “horror girls” ever! The chemistry between the actresses is fantastic. The walking home from school scene is ❤️ #HeyJerkSpeedKills
@Common Sense Isn't Common yeah and Annie was married to Tommy Lee Wallace, the man who created Michaels mask!
Fun fact, Halloween was never intended to be a long running series of horrors. When it was first developed, it was intended to be the first of a series of different holiday themed horror movies but people loved it too much.
The third Halloween “season of the witch” had nothing to do with the first two parts (other than being set in the same reality... a concept audiences are far more familiar with now than back in those days 😅😅), but neither the Myers fans nor the critics responded kindly to the changes back then. So they went back to Myers and the rest is history
no the original film was supposed to be a stand alone film. there was no intention of doing any other halloween films, anthology or otherwise. after halloween 2 john carpenter and deborah hill were approached for a 3rd film. they said they would only do it if it has nothing to do with michael myers and they got the idea to do an anthology series which was clearly short lived lol
It was “Friday the 13th” that was supposed to be an anthology.
@@acapier both were
This also came out around the time where American serial killers were taking off. Bundy, Gacy, Ramirez, Dahmer, etc. It was one of the main reasons this film freaked so many people out
I know this comment is old now, but Ramirez and Dahmer were not "taking off" when this movie came out. Ted Bundy was the only one known as a killer when this movie came out. Gacy wasn't arrested until after the movie, Dahmer had only killed his first victim a few months prior, and Ramirez wouldn't kill for years 🤷🏻♀️
@@arianapadilla9351 lots of people don’t know this. He doesn’t have to go for details. I believe he was speaking in general terms. So go away UA-cam comment Karen lol
@@The1DeadlyGamer They're not speaking in general terms if they literally named serial killers. I understand lots of people don't know this, and that's fine. But people shouldn't speak on a subject and make such confident claims if they don't know the truth about said subject.
@@arianapadilla9351 my point proven. Now begone UA-cam comment Karen. Stop being defensive. You don’t know if Strung R is human. So he’s allowed to make confident half true claims.
@@The1DeadlyGamer Your point proven how? It's hilarious yet sad that you resort to calling people "UA-cam comment Karen" simply because you don't agree with them. In my case, I'm correct in my statements. I hope you have a nice day.
This movie has such a good mood and atmosphere. Goes to show that you don't need constant action or graphic gore to make a scary film. A quiet suburban town is the last thing you 'd expect to be creepy, but even the daytime shots create dread. I grew up in a neighborhood much like this and this movie definitely had me checking behind hedges and in my backyard.
Part II is pretty good as well, but is much more graphic since it came out after Friday the 13th and the other imitators that upped the gore quotient. But it picks up right where this one ends, with the hunt for Michael on again. There's just ONE plot twist that is SO DUMB that it kinda ruins the franchise from then on. The recent Halloween film from a couple of years ago ignores the sequels and this plot twists, and is a direct sequel to this film.
Black Christmas predates Halloween by a few years and is really the first "slasher" film, but it did not do as well at the box office. Halloween went HUGE and kicked off the whole slasher trend. I think Psycho was the first "modern" horror movie that took place in the every day modern world rather than haunted castles or gothic mansions.
It's become a cliche to have the killer be this huge, hulking beast of a man, but that doesn't make sense for The Shape. He's supposed to slip unnoticed into the shadows and has a catlike stalking grace to him. It would make no sense for a giant of a man to be creeping around in the dark. Plus, he's been immobile and silent for 15 years, how huge could he possibly get? This is one of things I hate about the Rob Zombie remake. He turned Michael into a giant hulking monster.
Plot twist?
F If you’re unaware of it, I don’t want to spoil it. Even though it’s dumb.
F Plot No there is a revelation that attempts to explain why Michael is targeting Laurie.
F No that was in the part 2. It was a last minute decision by John Carpenter chalked up to writers’ block and too much beer. The first one does not imply this at all.
You should delete that comment so as not to spoil it!!
F You don’t know the film as well as you think you do. You saw it twice, once years ago. I’ve been watching it almost every Halloween since the 80s!
it's scarier at that time considering there were a lot of night stalkers and serial killers actives in that era, so this film speaks to those horrors. also, i love the ending because you think he's dead but then he disappears into the dark, and then they show about 4 shots of different houses, which makes you think he's hidden on one of them temporarily, or just hidden in a backgarden behind some bushes, it is a leady suburb afterall. i personally loved it. i couldnt compare it to elm street, cuz thats a supernatural horror, but the tension in this film and the lack of cheap jump scares is probably what makes it better, unless one doesn't like a slow-burn ofcoursE :P
They Live! is another great John Carpenter film a must watch..
I'll second that, but it's more action than horror.
One of my favorites. Not very scary but the story is great. It’s more of a sci-fi social commentary than a horror film.
They Live is a great scifi B Movie. For horror, I love Prince of Darkness. A satanic quantum physics zombie film
I’ve come here to chew bubblegum and kiss ass........and I’m all out of bubblegum!!
@@KevyNova Yep. Awesome concept, mediocre delivery
It had a very small budget too for the time. The actors had to actually show up in their own cloths and the leaves they used were the exact same throughout the movie, they would run around collecting them. Also the house scene at the beginning is the same creepy, wrecked house Laurie visits early in the film and I believe was the last scene they filmed, they just repainted and set up parts of the house that was used in the scenes. Easily my favorite horror movie of all time and this is my standard for any horror movie.
And it was actually Bobby Brady that was in charge of putting the leaves all over the place...
The music and music effects are like this for a reason.
The director John Carpenter used up every last cent of the budget so he did them himself.
Not bad for a movie with a budget of only $300,000. You think that the tension was great, imagine watching this in a movie theater back in 78.
I just have to chime in about the comments of the " telephone" as we used to call it in the olden days. lol! Back then, the phone could not be magically transported from one place to another, unless you were lucky enough to have a long cord that reaches from one room to the next as well as you could not type messages nor show your face as you can on the devices of today! The "Phone" another cooler name we called it, was a very important means of communication back then and us young whippersnappers spent many an hour conversing on them night after night! So to say they spent too much time on the phone in the the movie, i disagree! That was about an accurate amount of time they spent on the Telephones. Thank you for reviewing this movie and it was a major part of my great childhood memories growing up as well as talking on the "phone"! lol!
Yes!! Classic Horror Movies!! You have to see next: The Thing (1982), The Fog (1980), Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound - Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser III - Hell on Earth (1992), The Exorzist (1973), The Shining (1980), The Omen (1976), Carrie (1976), Alien (1979), Poltergeist (1982), Cujo (1983), The Fly (1986), The Wicker Man (1973), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1987), An American Werewolf in London (1981)....... and many more :-) Greetings from Germany
palmarisetplantaris we have at least 5 of those films you’ve listed coming up, so subscribe and watch this space 😁😁
Hellraised 2 is just as good if not better than the first. When it comes to Carpenter, The Thing is a must. Anyone like Candyman?
palmarisetplantaris 70’s Body Snatchers was much better than the 87.
@@taoist32 Check out the one, the original one made in the 50s. Great. First one usually is.
Gene Roberts Yeah, saw that one. The black and white original was awesome, but I preferred the 70’s version.
My first high-school gf was the grand niece of the guy who played the sheriff. This was before I became a fan of horror movies and I regret never asking her to meet him.
Loving these retro horror film reactions, I’m such a sucker for these 70s and 80s films. Subscribed!!!
It was NOT the standard in the 70's. This was a very low budget movie.
Yea, they mentioned in other videos about how acting in the 1970's was exaggerated and over the top. But that was only really true for low budget movies in the 70's, especially for horror and exploitation flicks. And all they're watching is horror movies so they have this grossly false assumption that all film acting in the 70's was just like "Halloween" but it's not even close! The acting in 70's studio films was modern as hell! So many of the greatest film performances came from that decade and inspired so many actors today.
It's too bad they don't watch more modern 70's flicks like:
1970 - Five Easy Pieces, MASH, Patton, Love Story, Little Big Man, The Great White Hope, I Never Sang for My Father, Ryan's Daughter, The Out-of-Towners, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Lovers and Other Strangers, Airport, Catch-22, Joe
1971 - The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Klute, Summer of '42, Carnal Knowledge, The Hospital, Wake in Fright, Dirty Harry, A New Leaf, Kotch, Straw Dogs, Play Misty for Me, Bananas, Fiddler on the Roof, Harold and Maude, The Panic in Needle Park, Little Murders, Cold Turkey, Dusty and Sweets McGee, Dollars
1972 - The Godfather, The Candidate, Fat City, Cabaret
, Deliverance, Sounder, The Heartbreak Kid, Images, The Hot Rock, The Poseidon Adventure, Pete 'n' Tillie, Play It Again Sam, Frenzy, What's Up Doc, The Getaway, The Ruling Class, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
1973 - Badlands, The Exorcist, The Last Detail, American Graffiti, Serpico, The Long Goodbye, Mean Streets, The Sting, Papillon, Last Tango in Paris, Paper Moon, Save the Tiger, Sleuth, Sleeper, Scarecrow, Charley Varrick, High Plains Drifter, The Day of the Jackal, The Paper Chase, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bang the Drum Slowly, Electra Glide in Blue, The Way We Were, Cinderella Liberty, Tom Sawyer
1974 - The Godfather: Part II, Chinatown, The Conversation, Lenny, Harry and Tonto, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, A Woman Under the Influence, Freebie and the Bean, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Towering Inferno, Murder on the Orient Express, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Parallax View, The Gambler, The Longest Yard, The Sugarland Express
1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville, Cooley High, The Sunshine Boys, Shampoo, Aloha Bobby and Rose, Night Moves, Three Days of the Condor, Barry Lyndon, The Man Who Would Be King
1976 - Taxi Driver, Network, Rocky, All the President's Men, Marathon Man, Carrie, The Bad News Bears, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Freaky Friday, Echoes of a Summer, Bugsy Malone, Two-Minute Warning, Car Wash, The Shootist, A Star Is Born
1977 - Annie Hall, The Goodbye Girl, Sorcerer, The Late Show, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia, The Turning Point, Oh, God! , I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1978 - The Deer Hunter, Coming Home, Midnight Express, Straight Time, Blue Collar, Heaven Can Wait, The Buddy Holly Story, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Animal House, Superman, Interiors, An Unmarried Woman, Days of Heaven, Magic
1979 - Apocalypse Now, Kramer vs. Kramer, Norma Rae, All That Jazz, The Rose, Manhattan, The China Syndrome, ...and justice for all, Alien, Being There, Going in Style, Breaking Away, Time After Time, The Jerk, The Onion Field, North Dallas Forty
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How could you forget The Exorcist for 1973 but remember to include Barry Lyndon of 1975? Both are amazing films though and two of my favorites. The Exorcist has some of the most realistic acting I’ve ever seen especially for a horror film. It is really something that stands alone from most horror movies.
Yes I hate how some people especially younger ones watch lower budget movies from the 70s. 80s and 90s and think that it was standard for some reason. Have they never seen big budget films from that era? The 70s was when realistic acting had become the standard for good filmmaking.
@@connorpusey5912 I did include "The Exorcist" in 1973-- it's the second title listed.
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Lol how did I miss that
Halloween is my favorite horror film ever! The music sets the scenes perfectly for Michael Myers, the way he stalks them is creepy and classic.
7:49 Did you guys not realize that was Michael that drove by? :)
That’s always a scene people seem to overlook constantly.
@@AlmaCynthiaVerdejo lol right?
Even though halloween has aged acting wise it makes up for it with how intelligent the directing and pacing is in the film with how it uses certain camera angles, the gorgeous color palette, soundtrack, and the depiction of the shape and how it is executed in this film, as a film lover and horror movie fanatic definitely deserves the hype probably around a mid to high 9 outside the acting flaws it’s perfect and has one of the best concepts and soundtracks in film
When I think of horror, I always think of Kubrick's The Shining and Halloween.
Before you watch the newer Halloween, I REALLY suggest watching the original sequel, Halloween II. Even though it's no longer canon and it has a dumb plot twist, I find it to be a superior sequel to the 2018 sequel. You don't really need to see the other sequels right away, or ever. They're okay, but Halloween II is actually pretty decent. Maybe Halloween H2O would be okay to watch.
Halloween 4 is the best sequel, H2 is a VERY close third. Also Hallween 4 has the best opening.
PUNKem733 Eh Halloween 4 is okayyy. The mask looks SO ridiculous, it’s hard to get scared of it. And it has to maintain the dumb plot point from Halloween 2, which is kind of the bane of the whole rest of the series. But at least it has real characters unlike the Friday series.
@@punkem733 Halloween 4 did have an awesome opening scene!
Halloween II (1981) is my favorite Halloween. I don't get the hate for the plot twist at all. It makes sense to me. I don't understand the love for H20. I despise that movie.
@@wantutosigh1117 I took it as a crumb to a starving Micheal Myers fan. I loved it when I was 15.
16:44 When you realize that this unstoppable killing machine just WON'T die.
3 words.. Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
@Aaron Coats True dat.
Followed by 2 lol I love the Dennis hopper in the second one
There's a really interesting theory that Michael cannot be killed with his mask on, which is why Carpenter explicitly chose to show him getting shot WITH the mask on.
Eh, the thing is, it's a simple Halloween mask Michael stole from a hardware store.
What I appreciate is that the two of you understand that the film would have been received differently at the time of release vs now-- and you factor that into your thoughts. Excited to see more film reactions from you guys!
"He looks quit thin, I thought he would be massive."
You're thinking Rob Zombie's version.
The 1981 Sequel "HALLOWEEN II" actually takes place on the same exact night as the Original 1978 Movie and it also even starts literally 2 seconds after the 1978 Movie Ended and it continues to follow Michael Myers and both Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie) and Donald Pleasence's (Dr. Loomis) characters.
The 2018 Movie (which is a Pretty Good Movie by the way) completely erases it and everything that happens in it though.
Interesting, we’ve heard a lot of recommendations to skip straight to the 2018 sequel especially now that they are producing 2 more Halloween films that follow on straight after the 2018 released film.
@@CinemaRules Yeah and that is definitely a good idea. The 2018 Movie really is a Pretty Good Movie! :)
@@ttanza4004 But, on its own, not as good a sequel as Halloween II.
@@CinemaRules Halloween 4 is the best sequel. H2 is VERY close to it. Halloween 2018, and the sequel halloween Kills that was supposed to come out this Oct, now it's coming out next Oct. The last one is called Halloween Ends, they all take place in the same night. Peopel who saw a screening in Jan say the sequel is INCREDIBLE, with the highest kill count out of all the movies.
Halloween from 2018 is a crap movie. Complete waste of time.
Then we have the ungodly amount of sequels. There is literally 13 movies with 3 different timelines. Including a remake of this movie.
If I were to give my opinion, none of the sequels live up the original. However, some of them aren't bad. As a matter of fact, in some of the next sequels, you will probably enjoy them more than this one. The next ones are less dated and you would be used to that which I think, based on what you said, you might enjoy them better than this.
Halloween 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and the remakes.
I really recommend some of the sequels especially (Halloween ii 1981) it starts directly after this movie.
HALLOWEEN II while having flaws is the best sequel and where the whole series ends for me. 3 was terrible but a smarter move wanting to have different HALLOWEEN stories each year. Michael Myers doesn’t work after the first 2 movies. Even in the latest it’s hokey that he gets back in costume of another mechanic’s uniform.
even the bad Halloween sequels are better then some good movies of other horror franchises
I like the remakes and I like Halloween 2,4 and h20, I also have a soft spot for 5 because I watched it a lot when I was young so it gives me nostalgia. The best will always be the original though
Halloween II (1981) is my favorite Halloween movie.
Four timelines: Original 1-6, H2O which retcons 4-6, Rob Zombie's remake, and 2018 which retcons everything except the first.
Slow......they were building tension and atmosphere. Another stellar reaction. I love how emotive and animated you guys are, it makes our reaction more enjoyable. Are you guys in the U.K. I'd like to recommend a cult classic BASKET CASE 1982. It shows the gritty side of New York in the 80s, also the underrated DARK CITY 1998.
I can appreciate the slow tension and atmosphere building on the first and second act, but after coming off watching A Nightmare on Elm Street which was much more fast pace, it was definitely something I had to mention and even though I mentioned it as a con, I can still respect it as being a positive aspect of the film too 😊
Thank you and yes we are from a small town in the UK, and I have not heard of Basket Case or Dark City, we shall look those up and add them to our list 😊
@@CinemaRules please react to these classics The Thing, The Lost Boys, Alien, Scarface(The Al Pacino version), Carrie(1976), Robocop(1987), First Blood(1982), Lethal Weapon, The Shining, The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2 Judgement Day, Predator, Die Hard, Child's Play(1988), Raiders Of The Lost Ark, & Goldeneye.
@@CinemaRules I wouldn't necessarily call it slow. Slow to me is when there's nothing advancing the plot or moving it along before the killing actually starts. Here we had the escape from the asylum, the store being robbed of rope, knives and a mask, the missing headstone, Michael stalking Laurie, the kid being scared of the Boogeyman (Michael Myers) and Dr. Loomis snooping around. Compare this to Friday the 13 movies where literally nothing happens before or in-between the killings. This kind of pacing was common in horror movies it didn't start changing till maybe the 90s. By the way BASKET CASE is a cheesy delight you should give it a try and thanks for replying. Keep up the good work.💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cinema Rules Dark City is a definite underrated classic. Makes you think since it is not a real horror movie, but a thriller/suspense/sci fi/mystery movie.
The music here is so iconic. The film was reviewed prior and given all kinds of negative feedback. It was reviewed again after adding the score and the rest was history. This and Jaws take the cake for the golden age. Mind you this is such low budget, there isn't even any fake blood. Amazing to find that out after watching it .
Goes to show that horror movies don't need to be over-the-top splatterfests to be good. Not that there's anything wrong with a splatterfest.
10/10
Another movie I saw quite young. I believe I saw this before The Exorcist. Might have seen the 2nd before it. Have always loved it. Thank you for the reaction...!
Jamie Curtis is the daughter of the late actors, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She is married to Christopher Guest, who was a member of Saturday Night Live for several seasons. He is now an Earl in England. If he's an Earl, I don't know what that makes her...
John Carpenter is truly a master of genre cinema, it’s good to see people are still scared by this movie I remember being a kid and being completely terrified by ‘the shape’ and John’s directing style has been hugely influential to me as an aspiring filmmaker, if you wanna watch more of his work the ones I would recommend would be
1. Assault on precinct (1976) this one had a remake in 2005 but it’s garbage
2. Escape from New York (1981) this is an awesome action adventure movie starring Kurt Russell
3. The thing (1982) gory horror that practically traumatised me as a kid that also stars Kurt Russell
4. Big trouble in little China (1986) awesome kickass action movie again starring Kurt Russell
5. Prince of Darkness (1987) very good psychological thriller with supernatural undertones, not one of his best but a pretty good movie
6. They live (1988) great science fiction movie starring wrestler Roddy Piper as a dude who travels to Los Angeles looking for work but ends up fighting more than he bargained for, it’s main draw and lasting message is John’s depiction of Ronald Reagan and his political landscape at the time which is fictionalised as .... well you’ll see if you watch it
7. Vampires (1998) and lastly this movie, as a fan of vampires and supernatural stuff this is one of my favourites, it’s story isn’t anything amazing and the performances are good but it’s again really Carpenter’s directing and the score that makes it awesome
Well that’s all of them I hope I’ve given you some choices to watch from one of my favourite filmmakers
When you watch all these old movies you see where the new movies stole all their scenes from
I love you guys reacting so positively to this. It's a classic for a reason
I might suggest skipping straight to the 2018 sequel/reboot (also simply called Halloween). It ties directly into this one
BTW: the cinematographer was Dean Cundey, who went on to do work for several really big franchises (notably the Back to the Future and Jurassic Park series)
Best shot in the film is Laurie approaching the house with her dead friends in it, the camera slowing approaching as a her point of view, the lit pumpkin outside like the house in the opening sequence, the dog barking in the background. And of course the music elevates all of it. Its definitely the best, low budget, hastily put together, 'amateur' type film there is. Carpenter and his crew were all young, had only done one major film before and probably had a lot of fun doing this.
The ending definitely wasn't a sequel setup, as John Carpenter wanted "Halloween" to be an anthology franchise with each film being a totally different story centered around the holiday. The studio had other plans. As far as this being the first non-supernatural horror film, it got beat by "Psycho" in 1960. Alfred Hitchcock. A big deal of horror/suspense from the black-and-white era (and beyond, but that's where he first made his mark). Also, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) is pretty major. I'd recommend that for another old school slasher.
I love "Halloween" (1978) though it's hard to unmarry it from my memory of all the awful imitators (including some sequels). Technically, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is also in the slasher category, though unlike most, I feel like that franchise handles its characters far more thoughtfully. I actually might halfway give a shit about more than one person per film, lol. Or at least I'll appreciate that they tried.
The "slow first half" is a thing I hear a lot from newbies to older horror films (and other genres, honestly) as it feels like most modern movies jump pretty quickly into the action. I'm so used to these films, I don't even notice unless it's done really badly. In this case, the tension, the music, the framing of shots is all pretty excellent. The acting could use some work, but this and NOES were both pretty barebones with budget so they're not hiring Denzel Washington to show up and get menaced by a stalker with knives for 10 minutes max. I prefer the imagination of NOES but the strength of H is in its concept and overall execution.
At that point, the anthology idea had not even been thought of yet. It was just going to be a one-off film and then Carpenter wanted to go on with other projects, which is why he passed on directing part II. It was after part II that the idea of an anthology series came up.
True, his concept was that Myers was basically no one and that he should not really be explored further, so there was nothing planned with him. The ending is just left open because not every killer is immediately caught and who knows where someone like that could strike next? The anthology idea was already around before the sequel release though. Carpenter did not want to do more Michael Myers. The studio just wasn't going to risk dropping him until part 2 didn't meet high expectations.
@@misternightstar I think you may have missed the point of the ending. It wasn't left that way because "not every killer is caught." It was a metaphor. Michael Myers is evil incarnate. A force of nature. That ending shot was proof positive for the audience that Michael was no mere mortal.
Also, as has already been said, the anthology idea did not come around until Halloween III. It wasn't a twinkle in Carpenter's eye until after Halloween II.
Talking about the final shots, I wasn't trying to imply the exact mission statement of the sequence, but simply the literal truth of what it tells us. Michael is still out there, he is not killed or caught, as is conveniently done in most films that wrap things up nicely, but this is not done purely to tell you there's another movie coming. I've heard Carpenter speak about his intentions, including the concept of Michael being "evil incarnate", so no misunderstanding there. I was just trying to elaborate on the point that the ending wasn't meant as a "to be continued" moment. It was an artistic gesture.
I loved watching you guys get fully vested from the opening scene. And it's a film from '78. This demonstrates the power of what makes effective filmmaking.
I am loving that there are reactors who haven't seen these films!!! So excited to see more. Great reactions for us empath junkies. And cute guys are always a bonus ;) Subbed.
Oh and this is my FAVORITE horror movie of all time. Hands down. Fucked me up as a kid.
If you tackle the sequels, do note there are a couple uh, timelines, lol.
-Halloween, 2, 4, 5, and 6 (Producer's Cut)
-Halloween, 2, H20, and Resurrection
-Halloween, Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022)
-Halloween Uncut (2007), Halloween II Uncut (2009)
Halloween 3 is essentially a spin-off as Carpenter wanted the series to be an anthology series.
Another great reaction. What’s next on your list? Or do you need recs? ETA: I’d recommend: Black Christmas (1974) and Texas Chainsaw Masscre (1974).
We have already recorded a few videos in advance and some of those videos have already been recommended so I’m sure people won’t be disappointed 😊 we are definitely taking note of all these recommendations and we hope to get around to them soon 😊
Black Christmas is a must classic
Yes! Black Christmas!
Black Christmas is awesome!
@@CinemaRules i would suggest Rec. The spanish original to quarantine
Fun fact: in order to try to pass off spring in Southern California as fall in Illinois, the crew had bags of leaves spray painted red to scatter on the ground and toss in front of the camera, as in the establishing shot of Haddonfield. One of those crew members was Robert Englund, who six years later would play Freddy Kruger.
I have loved this movie most of my life, but I have never seen it in such an intellectual light from such a different point of view. This was a treat.
Subscribed! Loved the reaction. You guys are so fun to watch! Yes, Halloween is a slow burn...but for me...that’s why it works. The tension just keeps building and building. The soundtrack is bone-chilling and it’s a classic. 10/10. My favorite horror film of all time.
Hitchcock led the way with Psycho in 1960 in a way. Halloween was one of the first slasher movies so it wasn't the standard, it was new. Halloween was a low budget movie by a young director, it cost just $325,000 but made $60 million.
2:53 lost my whole toke - LMFAO
This is one of my favorites of the "classics" - hard to rate, I have literally watched it 100's of time - for sure Halloween night every year.
Try "Candyman" from 1992
Thanks guys! This was a ton of fun. I hope to see "Friday the 13th" and "Sleep Away Camp" in the future. These both have some of most shocking endings ever in cinema.
Christian Rennie We got you covered with one of those movies coming soon! so stay tuned 😁
This is actually one of my favorite horror movies for a number of reasons. It relies on actual tension instead of graphic violence. It has a very simple premise, but it never tries to be more than that. It has a strong female protagonist who also is just an ordinary person. And the score is brilliant. It takes its time building the story. And the multiple fake endings were fairly revolutionary at that time.
With that said, I think "Halloween" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" both suffer from what I call the "I Love Lucy" effect. When you're the first, so much of what you do is both original and setting the template for the dozens, hundreds, even thousands of shows and movies that come afterwards. As a result, when people see the originals for the first time, they can't help but be unimpressed by story beats and ideas that over time became cliches and punchlines.
I will say, however, that I completely agree with the lack of characterization. I've never been a fan of how barely sketched out most characters are in horror films. It really doesn't take much to flesh the characters out more - just a few lines, suggestions of a life lived, would make the stories, the deaths, and the survivals so much more impactful.
But still, I will always hold a special place in my heart for "Halloween".
I find it hilarious that Michael brakes when the girl tells him speed kills as if he could have heard her 😂
Halloween is my favorite horror movie from John Carpenter. The music, the editing, the low budget antics and the scares. It's magnificent. Well done, gents. 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸
Great reaction, lads! Halloween is a master class in building tension. Great horror movie, and it's still good by today's standards IMO. It was ground breaking for the time, though some of its elements are cliche (well, now anyway) it remains a tense thriller. You should definitely check out Halloween 2, though you can honestly skip most (if not all) the sequels. Halloween 3 is completely unrelated and the rest vary from okay to bland.
I personally give this one an 8 - it's not as good as Nightmare IMO, but it's still great.
Love Lorie's slow, tense walk across the cul-de-sac with the score playing. Good atmosphere. They could've put up more orange lights or pumpkins or something, though for more flair. Holiday classic, though, for sure.
You guys are some of the best movie reactors I've watched! I wish you did more than just horror, but it's been cool going through some of the classics of the genre. Hope you keep doing old movies!
I can’t believe I was 20 years old when this came out. I’m sure me and my friends watched it the first week.. I’ve watched it so many times. I am scared and laugh always. So many elements are iconic; the score, the mask, Donald pleasance and jamie lee Curtis and mike meyers. Donald’s career was resurrected. Jamie’s career was catapulted. I think mike was played by a crew member. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
sweet reaction fellas yes this film is a slow burn but thats what makes this at the top of best horror films of all time . and its were the legend of Michael Myers began i remember in 1984 on Halloween night right after trick or treating i watched this with my childhood best friend and my teenage sister at the time. and from then on i was a Michael Myers fan mind you i was 6 years old heh in 1984 god i miss them days . but yeah you guys have a new Sub . keep this thing going fellas . this rocks .
You guys are so articulate and thoughtful with your comments and overall review of these films. I usually disagree or get bored with a lot of youtubers in that respect but you are both on point. And funny lol subscribed!
Well, he is durable.
You have many continuities to make your own theories.
1-2.
1-2-4-5-6 (Theater and Producer cut, I prefer the later)
1-2-H20- (if you want to add Resurrection)
1-the latest one.
1-2 Same night.
from 4 to 6 one continuity and some stuff more so in the PC.
A different continuity from that in H20.
And another different continuity that negates stuff from the 2 in the latest version.
Yes, there are enough changes between the cuts to change the experience quite a bit.
Phones were always ringing if you were young back then because there were no cell phones or text messages. You had to plan everything out to the last detail BEFORE you left the house!
I would recommend watching Halloween II, even though it's erased from canon, Halloween 2018 will be more fun that way because of some easter eggs.
My favorite line in the whole movie of the entire franchise. I even have it memorized. "I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes. The devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil." Michael Myers is by far my favorite of the classic horror movie serial killers.
I just found your guys channel and had to sub. Great movie selections the back and forth between you guys is great and adds to the reactions. I started looking forward to what you guys said during the movie lol
What the movie is also famous for is that the camera manipulates the audiences by at one time being a neutral observer and the other time being the pov of Michael Meyers and it plays with your expectations. I think it was even the first movie that did that, which of course subsequently became a standard horror trope.
Yes, you have to realize when watching this movie that there really weren't any "slasher" type movies back then. This movie started that entire genre. I have seen reactions of other UA-camrs who say things like, "They left the door open", or windows open and car doors unlocked or front/back doors unlocked.
What people don't realize is, back in 1978, unless you lived in a city, we didn't lock our doors and windows. It was a very different time back then.
I don't think my parents started locking doors until the early 80s. Which I might add, is how they figured out that I had watched this movie on cable when it first came to HBO. After the end of the movie, I ran around the house, turned every light on in the house and locked every door and window, my parents were out for the night. When they had to unlock the front door and opened it to find all the lights on, they knew something was up.
There just wasn't this type of film out. So the scares and the "killer" getting back up, hadn't really happened as of yet.
As far as Michael falling off the balcony and then not being there at the end, the Movie has a supernatural quality to it. Michael Myers is not supposed to be just a physical person. There are lines hinting at it throughout the movie.
Loomis saying that "looking at Michael you could see pure evil behind his eyes". "There seems to be something else there". In the beginning, when Michael as a boy kills his sister, when his parents take off the mask, the by seems as though he didn't really know what he had done. At the very end after Loomis shot Michael, Laurie says, "He really is the boogieman?". Loomis' reply was, "As a matter of fact, it was". This was all to show that no matter what you do, Michael will return because he is the boogieman, he is evil incarnate.
Watch Halloween 2, then watch the new one. Halloween 2 will give you some insight. as to the first sequel. They made the new one a direct sequel because Carpenter wasn't happy about some of the other sequels. I would have preferred that the new one would have taken place after Halloween 2, but I can understand why it was done.
Dr. Loomis is everything! And Donald Pleasance acting is superb.
Loved it in 1978!!! Remember the audience screaming!!! 😇🎉🎊👀🦍
I went with a friend to see Halloween when it came out. First show was sold out, so we killed a little time and came back and waited in the lobby (2 theaters inside) for the next show. I'll never forget the constant screaming we heard for the last 45 minutes coming from the theater showing Halloween. It's the only time I've experienced that going to any movie. It was worth the wait!
Watch Halloween II next. John Carpenter wanted to wrap it up. But the studios wanted to keep making money which explains the sequels and the remakes.
I think this movie is absolute genius. The story they were able to tell on a tiny budget is amazing to me. I think it was the most profitable independent film of all time for a really longtime. All of it was accomplished with music, tone and practical filmmaking skills. You didn’t like how it ends?? I love the ending. They establish that the boogeyman lives in the shadows and to then leave the film with all of the places he can hide with his breathing? That scared the living shit out of me as a kid. He could be anywhere. Lol
Please watch the horror film Christine. It’s also by John Carpenter
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That cut away to pulp fiction was freaking hysterical
best horror movie ever!!! so simple but brilliant
Great Reaction Video!
"HALLOWEEN" is a Classic and Michael Myers is 1 of my own Top 3 Favorite Slasher Movie Killers of all-time (My own Top 3 Favorite Slasher Movie Killers in order though are actually Jason Voorhees from the "FRIDAY THE 13th" Franchise, Ghostface from the "SCREAM" Franchise, and then Michael Myers from the "HALLOWEEN" Franchise).
love this film love A nightmare on elm street too.
Watch Halloween 2 the Halloween H20
Gary Hull yh and the Halloween 2018 film I think it’s great
Jesus I know I'm years late to this party but I'm going through all your scary movie reactions and I have to comment to point out that Jamie Leigh Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh, the lead actress from Psycho. Horror runs in the family. Loving all your reactions btw, you guys are great.
Micheal’s mask is a white William Shatner mask
Captain Kirk, William Shatner same thing ;)
"Halloween" was said to be best seen in a darkened theater w/a big audience, so its effect is muted on TV. Peers who saw it in theaters said it was quite scary & gen'ly delicious. Its opening up-the-stairs scene is a lift from the Brit film "Peeping Tom" ('60), & some of its kills are from "Bay of Blood" ('71), which was also the template for "F13." Otr horror films you might like (gotta see 'em w/the lights off, guys): Black Christmas ('74; skip the remakes), Homicidal ('61; DON'T read about it, just see it, b/c The Surprise will be ruined!), Watcher in the Woods ('81; Disney, but it's scary!, When a Stranger Calls Back (1993?), Friday the 13th ('80)... can't think of others. For rankings, my top 2 scariest movies ever are The Tex. Chainsaw Massacre & The Exorcist. I do love Final Destination 3. Not sure about your 7 ranking, since the movie was SO influential. When I finally saw it on TV in '81, it had been so copied it wasn't even fresh anymore. It was from a different time. I'd give it a 9-10 or so (I'm not really into rankings, I guess?). Looking fwd to your other vids! / Glenn
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That’s a great movie
Halloween the greatest horror movie of all time imo. And easily the greatest musical score for any horror movie. Love the reactions guys, the little comments under the facial expressions is brilliant, laughing out loud.
Please give Donnie Darko a watch, it's one of favorite movies. Its a thiller/Sci-fi. Cast includes a Young Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swazye, a young seth rogan, Drew Barrymore.
Oh yes please do ☺️☺️☺️☺️
1:56 "Is that a woman's hand"
Funny you should say that. I believe it was Debra Hill's hand.
She co-wrote and produced the film and she was going out with John Carpenter at the time.
I’d love to see you react to “Jeepers Creepers”.
I throughly loved both your nightmare on elm street and Halloween reactions. Those are two some of my favorite films. And I always found the characters of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) from Halloween and Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) from a Nightmare on elm street really inspiring. To see normal people like us, who are realistically scared to tears (like we would be) but have the courage to fight back and try protect others is inspiring. I think Final girls in horror films really pushed more movies towards having more strong female characters. As for which movie I love better overall, I dunno. They are both very good but different! But It honestly brightened my day up watching these reactions. I just really appreciate the honesty and genuine thoughts and feelings you both give during and after the films. I was smiling all the way through. It’s really entertaining and I always love hearing different opinions on films I love (and even ones I don’t lol) Can’t wait to see more of what you guys do! 😊
You guys need to watch Scream after this classic slasher marathon (if you haven't seen it yet).
Loll0saurus it’s not just classic slashers we’re reacting to, but all I’ll say in response to your recommendation is watch this space 😉
Another great modern slasher that isn't very well known is You're Next (2011). Unlike other slashers, the Final Girl in this one is actually depicted as smart and resourceful, using tools and resources around her to fashion into traps and weapons to beat the killers.
It's set completely new standards for slasher movies for me after being a fan of the genre for 10+ years
You 2 are my new favorite reactors! I love how invested you 2 get in the movies and I can’t wait to see what movie you do next (Alien & Aliens)
Elm Street has more replay ability due to the gore and humor but rating as a horror film I’d take Halloween though I’d watch it less.
Halloween: 9
Elm Street: 8
Been watching your first time reaction videos during lockdown which have cheered me up during these crazy time, you guys share great banter & I enjoy your comments in the post movie discussions.
First horror film I seen on ITV premiere in 1982 I was 7 yrs old & was allowed stay up and watch it cause it was a Saturday night & it scared the living crap out of me, Halloween 2 is also a great follow up.
You guys should do black christmas next it is from 1974 and its the movie that halloween is inspirted by
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I'm addicted to your videos. Please consider these if you have not seen them . The Fly, Rosemary's Baby, The Thing, Poltergeist (1982), Friday the 13th, Candyman, The Changeling (1980), Pet Sematary, Cujo, Children of the Corn, The Shining, The Fog....I could go on but these are some absolute gems.