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I love part 1 soooo much. I even edited out the nudity/sex talk in Windows Movie Maker so that my kids could watch it with me.
Serious?
I love part 1 soooo much. I even edited out the nudity/sex talk in Windows Movie Maker so that my kids could watch it with me.
It's iconic.
Can't believe the remake tried to give Myers a backstory and tried to explain his motivations. Not knowing why he did it was what made it scary!
Serious?
The remake had Danille Harris so I aint mad.
And she was great in the old movies too.
She was my childhood crush back when she was on Roseanne.
It's a bonafide classic and still holds up I think. 70's and 80's Carpenter was a force to be reckoned with.
And I'm glad you mentioned the score. Carpenter composed some fantastic soundtracks in his prime.
Love that theme. Used to have this associated to my wife's contact on my phone.
Anyone else feel kinda "wrong" seeing her topless in the reboot after watching her as a kid in 4 and 5?
I thought it was a cool throwback to have her in there, but a bit weird.
Agreed. As a big fan of 80's/synth music, I can hear Carpenter's musical influence in a lot of stuff out there. It's so awesome that a director had that sort of prowess as a composer. Don't see that a lot.Carpenter's scores are amazing! His work in Halloween, Halloween 3 and Escape From New York are brilliant.
I still also think Carpenter has it in him for another classic film (I'm a fan of Vampires and Ghosts of Mars and I enjoyed The Ward) but I don't think he has the fire in the belly like he used to. His use of panaglide is pure perfection.
Agreed. As a big fan of 80's/synth music, I can hear Carpenter's musical influence in a lot of stuff out there. It's so awesome that a director had that sort of prowess as a composer. Don't see that a lot.
If you like Halloween, you need to see some of Carpenter's lesser seen gems (so The Thing and Escape From NY don't apply here). Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness in particular. Prince of Darkness is probably my favorite Carpenter behind Halloween, and features Carpenter's very best score.
Greatest horror film ever shot. Carpenter understood suspense like Hitchcock did and like no one who has touched the franchise since has. What you don't show is a lot scarier than anything you can show. Also big ups to Dean Cundey's cinematography. I could watch this weekly and never tire of it.
And of course, Carpenter's score is the most springe-tinglingly awesome one you'll find in horrir outside a Goblin score.
Roger Ebert said:It's easy to create violence on the screen, but it's hard to do it well. Carpenter is uncannily skilled, for example, at the use of foregrounds in his compositions, and everyone who likes thrillers knows that foregrounds are crucial: The camera establishes the situation, and then it pans to one side, and something unexpectedly looms up in the foreground. Usually it's a tree or a door or a bush. Not always.
If you like Halloween, you need to see some of Carpenter's lesser seen gems (so The Thing and Escape From NY don't apply here). Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness in particular. Prince of Darkness is probably my favorite Carpenter behind Halloween, and features Carpenter's very best score.
That is awesome.
Pretty amazing people were this into a movie, this doesn't really happen with this generation any more (right?). On the other hand, I would be "stfu I'm trying to watch a movie."
It's the greatest horror / slasher flick of all time. OF ALL TIME.
I'm deadly serious.
Halloween 2 was decent, but there was no suspense, no build up of any kind, and it essentially verified (no longer alluded to) that Michael wasn't human (in the scene where he stabbed the nurse in the back and effortlessly lifted her off her feet with only the movement of one arm), all of which only served to extinguish some more mystery surrounding him.
If you like Halloween, you need to see some of Carpenter's lesser seen gems (so The Thing and Escape From NY don't apply here). Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness in particular. Prince of Darkness is probably my favorite Carpenter behind Halloween, and features Carpenter's very best score.
I'm not denying any of your points, but I would STILL kill for a DVD release that combined 1 and 2 into one huge like 3-hour film.
Kinda weird, but it's been something I've always wanted.
But I'll maintain that the franchise can be salvaged. They never truly went popcorn overboard like with Jason (going cyborg) or Freddy. They should ditch the Halloween title and reboot the franchise as "The Shape," which is what the Michael Myers character is referred to anyway. They might have to experiment with new, original concepts since Hollywood has utterly exhausted the horror formula that was originally introduced by Halloween, but the fundamental lore and, more importantly, the theme music are still preserved.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, "In the mouth of madness" is the best Lovecraft story that Lovecraft never wrote.
But the best shot, and one of the creepiest in any film for me, is when Laurie has stabbed Michael and thinks he is dead. She is resting against the door frame in the foreground, and you can see the bedroom behind her, along with Michael's feet on the floor. Then he slowly sits up, and turns to look at her. *shiver*
Yes, this. Halloween is awesome, and probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite horror movie of all time, but Prince of Darkness is amazing and so is In The Mouth of Madness. They both deserve mention alongside Halloween.
Yeah, between Halloween, The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China, Prince Of Darkness, and In The Mouth Of Madness, that's probably my Carpenter Top 5 right there, in order.
Yeah, between Halloween, The Thing, Prince Of Darkness, Big Trouble In Little China and In The Mouth Of Madness, that's probably my Carpenter Top 5 right there, in order.