Reviews of Halloween

This Mike Myers Is No Comedian

Posted : 8 months, 2 weeks ago on 16 April 2009 12:03 (A review of Halloween)


While Texas Chainsaw Massacre introduce us the idea of an unstoppable masked maniacal force intent on making all mere mortals that it comes upon into it's chopped sushi bitch, Halloween introduced us the formula of this theme before it became formulaic. And also before the formula became stupid.
Pay attention to the handling of the characters, the situations of each victum & even the simplicity of the musical score, & you'll find that even though this film requires the usual suspension of belief that is needed to swallow the outrageousness of this genre, Halloween does not require that you hide your intelligence too much behind any kind of William Shatner mask in order to enjoy it.
Which is why, even though I'm not a big fan of the way the genre is handled these days,
H-1 still is & always will be a classic for me.





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The Greatest Horror Film Of All-Time.

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 1 November 2008 04:18 (A review of Halloween)

I am not joking when I say that this is easily the greatest horror film ever created. From the music and the suspense, to the creepy yet amazing villain "Micheal Myers", this film did more than just prove itself, it redefined movie history.

Filmed in just several weeks and with a budget of just over 300,000 dollars, Halloween was the most successful independent film ever made. But the whole process would not have been possible without the help of the amazing John Carpenter, and His inspiration, the amazing Alfred Hitchcock, specifically his film "Psycho". Carpenter's goal was to create a film different from any others, (with the exception of the classic slasher villain related to the film "Psycho"). The title as well. As he was searching for other movies with a similar title, he realized that there had never been a film called "Halloween" nor had there ever even been a film with the word incorporated into it. He and his crew were surprised, and at the same time very excited.

The film was first based on babysitter murders. He thought it would be a clever and unique idea to have a film about a few babysitters being stalked by a murderous villain. Though the whole stalker idea came up later, along with the famous Micheal mask, which is my favorite mask out of all the horror characters. Ever wonder where the mask originated from? The mask was originally made for William Shatner's 1960 character "Captain Kirk". They just redid the facial features and the hair so that it would look a little better to suite a creepy killer. I just recently figured that out.

John Carpenter was not the only genius mind behind Halloween. Also helping out was Debra Hill who was in charge of the amazing screenplay. Since Hill was also the script supervisor for John Carpenter's 1976 film "Assault On Precinct 13" this worked out perfectly. Debra Hill did an amazing job writing the screenplay.

I know I have already mentioned this, but "Halloween" is the best horror film ever made. If you have not watched it, then please do, and you will agree with me. Micheal Myers continues to be, and always will be my favorite horror villain ever.

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