Friday, October 23, 2015

Good Story 119: Halloween (1978)


Hannah appeared outside the window. Julie and Scott invite her in (after checking for knives) to offer tips on horror movie survival. Like not dropping weapons when you think its over. How to get out of the house when you think its over. And that its never really over, especially when you think its over.


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8 comments:

  1. This is one of the few slasher movies I stand. I think the first, third, and meta (New Nightmare) Nightmare on Elm Street movies are the only other ones. But that's because Craven, like Carpenter, weren't just making mindless slasher movies, they were trying to make movies centered on a boogie man that had to be stopped. Crosses actually hurt Freddy Kruger, for instance, is that well known?

    Halloween might be the first slasher movie, but it definitely transcends its lousy sub-genre. Michael Myers is scary because he's a living boogie man, a monster masked in human flesh. We don't even know, as the audience if he's really human or not, and that helps make it work as well as it does. Carpenter did horror really well since he knew it was about more than jump scares. I find The Thing utterly haunting to this day. Creepy, creepy, stuff.

    Question, have either of you seen the B-movie horror masterpiece, "The Devil Rides Out" starring Christopher Lee? He blows demons up by throwing crosses at them. It's totally sweet.

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  2. The Devil Rides Out has been on my list since I read about it when Christopher Lee died. Then I read a book about the director, Terence Fisher and had a whole list of movies to see. Though that one remains at the top.

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  3. This is a great discussion. You all inspired me to get It Follows from my local library though I am 24 in the queue. Watching Halloween makes me curious about other first movies in horror franchises. I'll take JD's recommendation and try out the first Nightmare on Elm Street (also available at my library and no wait to get it!).

    It looks from the labels like Karl Urban is the new Chuck Norris!

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  4. Hi Joseph, you are the first person to mention our labels - thanks for noticing! We have a lot of fun with those. And yes, Karl Urban is approaching Norris-level in our eyes.

    I've got It Follows in my queue as well. I can't wait to give it a try.

    JD - great idea to revisit Elm Street, too. And Christopher Lee! Would love to see him throw some crosses at some demons.




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  5. Scott, during the Dirty Dozen episode, when you two started talking about recasting the movie for a remake, you and I said "Karl Urban" at the exact same time!

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    1. That is both awesome and hilarious! hahaha, love it.

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  6. just saw an interesting piece about horror films & a Christian worldview... http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/11/darkness-visible-why-horror-films-are-good-for-the-soul.html

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    1. Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that one!

      Here's another good 'un, by Steven Greydanus.

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