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October 31, 2012 by Moreland

Everyone’s Entitled to One Good Scare: Halloween (1978)

It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.

Let’s face it, you all knew this was coming. I mean how could I not end Horrorfest without ending on Halloween, literally.

I saw this movie during my quest to view the Big 3. I saw Nightmare on Elm Street first, which I was very disappointed in. Then I saw Friday the 13th, which wasn’t bad, but not super scary. Needless to say, when I got around to watching Halloween I thought it was going to suck. I had seen one of the many spanned sequels when I was flipping through channels, and that was absolute rot.

I LOVED Halloween though. I thought it was pretty creepy. I mean some parts are a little dumb, like the fact that you can’t kill Michael Myers, because “can’t kill the boogeyman”, but overall it was a very well done film.

The story is of a young boy, Michael Myers, who murders his sister. I hate how they never explain why he murders her. There are “theories”, but John Carpenter really should have given us a reason why Myers became a murderer. What was his stressor? What triggered him to this kind of response? I know you all think why I should care, but it concerns me as I took this quiz, Which Horror Movie Slasher are You?, and got Michael Myers.

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Anyways he is sent to a sanitorium, where he is taken care of by Dr. Samuel Loomis. On October 30, Loomis and nurse Marion Chambers are preparing to take him off to be tried at court. Myers gets away and Loomis heads to Myers’ hometown Haddonfield to track him down.

Carpenter really liked Alfred Hitchcock movies, especially the film Psycho. He pays homage to the film throughout this movie; two of them being Dr. Samuel Loomis and Marion Chambers. In Psycho, Marion Crane is played by Janet Leigh, the poor women who ends up not living through her night at the Bates Motel. The man she loves and is hoping to marry soon, is Sam Loomis, played by the Very Handsome John Gavin.

We now are transitioned to the cute ’70s suburban town of Haddonfield. There we are introduced to straight A, good girl, Laurie Strode. Laurie Strode is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, and this was her first film and it really got her career going. The only reason why she got the part was because Carpenter thought it would be awesome to have Janet Leigh’s, the star of Psycho,  daughter be the star of his film. Janet Leigh had been knows as the “Queen of Scream”, a title that her daughter Jamie went on to also earn.

Laurie is planning on baby-sitting that night, watching scary movies, and carving Jack-o-Lanterns. Her two friends Annie and Lynda are much more wild and eagerly hoping to have wild nights with their boyfriends. While Annie’s plans fall through and she is going to be baby-sitting a girl down the street from Laurie, neither are as serious about it as Laurie.

From Laurie, we see that she has a problem connecting to others. She is quiet and reserved. She is also very wistful that she doesn’t have a date to the dance on that Friday, the night after Halloween. Her friends eagerly make plans for Friday, plans that get changed by Myers.

dun-dun-duuuun

Laurie spends Halloween in a fog, as she keeps seeing someone watching her, but can’t tell if it is in her head or if someone is out there. No one else manages to see him, as just like in the Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, he always slips away.

I mean I totally relate to her in this film. When you are out walking around all the time like her, a lot of weirdos come around and you never quite know whether one is a safe weirdo, or one who might possibly do something.

Loomis meets up with the local sheriff, who is also Annie’s father, and the two search for Myers. They spend most of their attention focusing on the Myers’ old house. Neither is aware that Myers has already chosen his victims and is stalking them right now.

Laurie gets to the house and is a good baby-sitter, paying attention to Tommy Doyle. He is pretty much focused on the monster movie marathon. Two of the films he watches that night are The Thing From Another World (my favorite horror movie), and Forbidden Planet (my favorite scifi film). I recognized the scenes from them right away when I was watching it, and started screaming out their names. Carpenter redid The Thing From Another World, titling it The Thing. Kurt Russell stars in it as he was a fan of the original film. I thought the remake sucked! They changed EVERYTHING. But I’ll save that for another post.

Myers’ bloodbath begins! I don’t want to ruin the film for you guys, and say too much more as I think it should be watched. It is really good and has some definitely creepy music, which Carpenter wrote himself. I’m serious that music sends chills down my spines when I hear it. It totally creeps me out.

I will say one thing. I really liked how Laurie’s character fights back. She is pretty tough, and usually women don’t have that role in a horror film. Definitely check this out!

Also Carpenter references another Alfred Hitchcock film, Rear Window, when the boy witnesses something, but Laurie fails to believe him.

The only thing I wish we had to make the movie better is why Michael kills and why he choose those specific people to be his victims. Alas, we may never know.

When your done watching the film, watch this.

Sadly this ends my Horrorfest. There are now 31 Tales of Terror and Woe, which I suggest you read and watch.

I’m so sad that it is over, but it has been a lot of fun. I already can’t wait until next year to do it again.

Have a scaretastic, terrorific, horrifyingly amazing night. Eat candy, watch movies; just have fun. And be safe in anything you do. I just started getting readers and would hate to lose any of them. Happy Halloween! 😀

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So this artist José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros did a series of disney mash-ups, my favs being the horror films. To see more go to Disnified Horror.

He's climbin' in your windows

He’s climbin’ in your windows

Here’s a facebook cover page I made for my facebook as part of my countdown to Halloween.

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To start Horrorfest from the beginning, go to I Don’t Belong in the World

For the previous post, go to When the Itsy-Bitsy Spider Is No Longer Itsy-Bitsy

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For more on psychopaths, go to I Can Be Your Best Friend or Your Worst Enemy

For more slasher flicks, go to Camp Blood

For more films influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, go to Whatever You Do Don’t Fall Asleep

For more films that have spanned sequels, go to They’re Coming to Get You Barbara

For more on The Twilight Zone, go to Surviving the Worst

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Tagged 1970s, Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Annie, Baby-sitting, Bates' Motel, Bloodbath, Bone Chilling, Boogeyman, Boyfriend, Brain Fog, Butcher Knife, Can't Kill Him, Channel Surfing, Chills Down My Spine, Court, Dance, Daughter, Dedicated, Disnified Horror, Doesn't Have a Date, Dr. Samuel Loomis, Enjoy Life, Family, Fights Back, Flipping Channels, Fog, Forbidden Planet, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th (1980), Good Girl, Haddonfield, Halloween, Halloween (1978), Heart, Horror Movie Slasher, Horror Movies, Horrorfest, I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me, In a Fog, Influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, Jack-O-Lantern, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Carpenter, John Gavin, José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros, Kurt Russell, Laurie Strode, Lynda, Marion Chambers, Marion Crane, Memories, Michael Myers, Monster Movie Marathon, Movie Marathons, Murder, Murderer, Nightmare at 20000 Feet, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Nurse, Psycho, Psycho-Killer, Psychopath, Psychotic Dude, Queen of Scream, Quiet, Rear Window, Reserved, Sam Loomis, Sanatorium, Scare, Scary, Scary Movies, Scifi, Sheriff, Sister, Slasher Flick, Spanned Remakes, Spanned Sequels, Stalk, Stalker, Stalking, Straight A, Straight-A Student, Stressor, Strong, Strong Independent Woman, Suburban, Suburbia, Sucky Remakes, The Big 3, The Thing (1982), The Thing From Another World, The Thing From Another World (1951), The Twilight Zone, Theories, Tried at Court, Trigger, Twilight Zone, Victims, Walking Around, Watching Me, Weirdo, Wistful, Witness, Witnesses
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October 12, 2012 by Moreland

Camp Blood: Friday the 13th (1980)

“He neglected to mention that downtown they call this place Camp Blood”

Well last year I decided I was finally going to see the big 3; Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street. Each of these movies impacted their generation and spanned a multitude of sequels and remakes.

I wish I could post this on Friday the 13th, but unfortunately there is no Friday the 13th this year in October so I will have to settle for the 12th. I know, bleh. 😦

So, I actually thought this film wasn’t that bad. I mean I’m not really into huge slasher flicks, but I thought this was pretty good. I really loved the camera angles they used, as it helped make it look like someone was watching them.

yep from his POV

yep from his POV

First of all I was pleasantly surprised to see Kevin Bacon in the film.

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I like Kevin Bacon, I think that he is extremely attractive, (well in some films with the proper haircut otherwise he looks strange). And he definitely looked hot in this one. 🙂

One of the parts I didn’t like was stupid Annie riding around with a strangers; as she was hitchhiking to the camp.

Hey I’m going to be dumb enough to get a ride to the middle of nowhere with a stranger. Nothing will happen to me.

Also all the sex scenes, that was not for me.

No thank you

The strip-Monopoly idea was kind of dumb too. Who plays that? It almost as dumb as strip chess in Two Weeks Notice.

I was sad when Bill died. I liked Bill.

Well I don’t make out alive. Must have been too much strip monopoly.

The end I think would have been better for me and more creepy  if Scream hadn’t ruined it. Although Mrs. Voorhees was still creepy; in fact she was downright freaky.

Pamela Voorhees: [high voice] Kill her, Mommy! Kill her! Don’t let her get away, Mommy! Don’t let her live!
[normal voice]
Pamela Voorhees: I won’t, Jason. I won’t!

And then when Alice is in the boat and Jason jumps out, that was really unexpected.In fact at this point I jumped out of my seat

Alice: The boy. Is he dead, too?
Tierney: Who?
Alice: The boy. Jason.
Tierney: Jason?
Alice: In the lake, the one – the one who attacked me – the one who pulled me underneath the water.
Tierney: Ma’am, we didn’t find any boy.
Alice: But – then he’s still out there.

The very last scene, when Alice is in the hospital and wakes up screaming she is being killed made me think of the newest When a Stranger Calls when Jill thinks the stranger is after her in the hospital. They must have copied Friday the 13th for that part.

All in all it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t amazing either, a definite fun to watch on a Friday the 13th.

That’s our fearsome Friday tale. More to come!

Here’s a cover page I made for my facebook this year as part of my countdown to October.

Friday the 13th

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To read Horrorfest from the beginning, go to I Don’t Belong in the World

To read the previous post, go to A Squashed Mess

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For more on Friday the 13th, go to Hello? Is There a Killer in My Kitchen?

For more on serial killers, go to A Deliciously Creepy Tale

For more slasher flicks, go to Whatever You Do, Don’t Fall Asleep

For more films that spanned a gazillion remakes, go to I Bid You Welcome

For more films that spanned countless sequels, go to It’s Alive, It’s ALIVE!

For more on summer camp, go to Someone Very Special

For more on When a Stranger Calls, go to A Very Scary Story

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