John carpenter's 1978 Halloween is not only a horror movie classic but a personal favorite of my own. As a horror movie enthusiast myself, you can't go wrong with starting with the very first Halloween to kick off a good night of screams and sleeping with the lights on. Halloween starts off in 1963 Halloween night when a teenager Judith Myers is at home supposed to be watching her six-year-old brother Michael Myers but ignores him in favor for her boyfriend to spend a romantic night with him. After her boyfriend leaves Michael proceeds to walk into Judith's bedroom still in his clown Halloween costume and mask with a butcher knife from the kitchen and repeatedly stabs her. She falls to her bedroom floor where she dies. Michael moves on without …show more content…
She actually saw Halloween right when it was released and said “I saw original release it was one of the first of its time of an edge of your seat early days of slasher. That later became a slasher classic movie.” And I must agree. It is a classic horror movie that carries with a heavy fan base. The signature music when Michael is terrorizing people is not only haunting but unforgettable. His mask that kids wear every Halloween is terrifying by itself. But the history behind the aesthetics is truly scary and will keep you up at …show more content…
Even though the three girls in the movie are babysitters I think the title fits much more with the story. Either way Halloween being rated R is a perfect film for new or old horror movie enthusiast. As Rodger Ebert says who wrote a review in 1979 on the film “We see movies for a lot of reasons. Sometimes we want to be amused. Sometimes we want to escape. Sometimes we want to laugh, or cry, or see sunsets. And sometimes we want to be scared. I'd like to be clear about this. If you don't want to have a really terrifying experience, don't see “Halloween.” I honestly couldn’t put it better
To begin with, some people would say they enjoy a horror movie that gets them scared out of their wits. They go see these movies once a month on average, for fun, each time choosing a newer sequel like “Final Destination” or “The evil Dead”. King says “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie we are daring the nightmare” (405). As a writer of best-sel...
Halloween is rife with psychological scares that affect its audience greatly. “Symbolism, dreamlike imagery, emotional rather than rational logic” are present in Psychoanalytic criticism. Siskel and Ebert talked about how the movie makes you feel as if you are the protagonist, scared for your life and feeling every bit of suspense (Siskel and Ebert). The movie is purely fueled by emotional responses to what is happening to the characters and focuses itself purely on how the audience will respond. In the clip shown, the main protagonist talks about how she killed the killer but he is shown alive. The movie is not concerned with the logic; otherwise, the killer would have at least been slowed down by the injuries he sustained. Siskel and Ebert laud the movie on its set up of scenes, score, character development, and use of lighting to make the audience feel the terror the characters undergo.
...ost slasher films, she is the sole survivor usually the one who resists peer pressure and it pays off. This type of film usually ends with the “final girl” killing the tormentor and ending his killing spree, unless it’s Jason who will continually come back from the grave. The violence in slasher movies is on a whole different level than thrillers, it is meant to be more gore and graphic. These are all significant characteristics of slasher films, of which Friday the 13th is categorized.
I would have probably been on the opposing side of my current opinion.I see and understand why some people feel this. One good reason could be they feel there are a lot of Halloween characters and the fact that this movie came out in October.October is to Halloween like December is to Christmas.Although they are both very strong and valid reasons, I feel my evidence wins the debate.Yes, there is a lot of Halloween characters but there is also a lot of both Christmas characters and traditions.Yes, the movie came out in October but the movie has the word “Christmas” in it and people watch the movie in both seasons.I strongly feel that my evidence is stronger than the people’s who believe it is a Halloween
Suspense embodied this film and luckily during the late 1960's Hollywood was at a time where filmmakers were able to push the limits. Many religious groups were outraged with the movie but if it weren't for the work of Polanski in Rosemary's Baby, classic horror films, such as The Exorcist, and other suspense films would cease to exist.
My hands were clenched tightly around the armrest of my couch, ten minutes in to my first horror movie. I was in middle school as a 7th grader, brand new to the world of sleepovers, late nights, and scary movies. My best friend invited me over for a sleepover on a Friday night to pig out on candy, and watch a movie that would surely leave us with nightmares for a long time. I did not show it and neither did my friend, but I was apprehensive whether or not this was a good idea. I could hear my mom in the back of my head at the time saying, “scary movies are for adults, and you will regret it if you watch one.” We both acted like the movie we were about to watch, wasn’t a bigger deal than it actually was; I was terrified yet excited about the
How the Opening Sequence of Halloween Captures the Attention of the Audience ' 'Halloween' was made in 1978 and is a good example of the 'Slasher' movies from that time and this is an interesting piece of cinema as it can be related to the German expressionism of the late 1920's which used jerky camera shots and high contrast lighting to enthrall the viewer .In this essay I will discuss how the opening to Halloween captures the audiences attention and how codes and conventions create suspense and tension for the audience.
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Movies of the past had a different approach to scaring the audience. In the 20th century, scary movies were more than entertainment. They were designed to lure the viewer into buying the action figures and tee shirts that the movie had spawned.
I was profoundly shaken by this film. But when I tried to gather my thoughts, compose myself and determine what about this film is truly the most horrifying part, I drew a blank. What exactly is it that makes this film scary? The best I could do was mull over some of the contenders for the scariest scene. The scene where Jennifer was lusting after the Low Shoulder drummer in the bar was suspenseful, climactic, and kept me on the edge of my seat with cold dread and apprehension.
Many teens and adults said it was hilarious to them, while some people thought it was too scary for younger teens and children to watch. Then there were people saying that I was a good 80’s horror movie, although the viewer’s said it was horrible movie. In this movie review site called “Common Sense Media” one of the parents named “Nervous Parent Of Boys” stated that “Not for kids or Teens. Only if your teens are mature. My 15 year old wanted to watch with his friends and it really scared him” (CommonSense). That I can agree with the parent because just looking a wooden doll and seeing it run and tries to kill you will terrify a child or teen real bad. Also, another person in Common Sense Media states
The fictional novel IT was written by award winning author Stephen King, who released the book on the date of September 15th 1986. IT follows the horror genre sufficiently and is, in my opinion, a very well done horror novel that contains very well done characters with excellent character development. The novel IT is an extremely adequate novel due to four reasons, the first of which is that the novel contains extremely well done character with sufficient character development, the second of the four is the main plot and storyline located in the novel, the third reason is the formation of rivalry and conflict between the antagonist and the protagonist, and the final reason which is the organization of chronological events, or lack thereof,
One of Stephen King’s short stories would be The Boogeyman which indeed falls into horror genre. It takes third person point of view with dialogue that is first person which informs the reader about everything that is going on. The story starts off with Lester Billings the main character saying he wants to tell a story to his therapist Dr.Harper. He proceeds by saying,”All I did was kill my kids. One at a time. Killed them all”(Page 1), which makes the story interesting right from the start by attracting the viewer with ideas of murder and introducing the horror aspect of the story. Billings goes on about how his three children Denny, Shirl and Andrew were killed by the Boogeyman. His first child was the first case of the Boogeyman when Denny
Halloween ★★★★★ Joseph Swift September 15th, 2017 Halloween, originally made in 1978 and directed and Screenplay by John Carpenter is an American slasher film (a film where victims are slashed with knives or blades) set in a quiet, suburban midwestern town in the state of Illinois. John Carpenter’s Halloween, having been inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s slasher film, Psycho (1960), it is stated to be one of the most influential films of this era and regarded as a classic amongst other horror films. The plot of the film focuses on the antagonist, Michael Myers, who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital after fifteen years of attempts at treatment, and begins to murder a series of teenagers in his home town. The main characters, who play the
Would you rather be horrified beyond repair or thrilled to the point of no return? In horror, the main purpose is to invoke fear and dread into the audience in the most unrealistic way. Horror movies involve supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, teleportation, and being completely immortal. As thriller films are grounded in realism and involve more suspense, mystery, and a sense of panic. Though both genres will frighten the audience, it will happen in two different ways. Whether the horror thrills or the thriller horrifies, a scare is always incorporated.