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Tuesday 1 November 2011

HALLOWEEN [1978]

One of the most significant films of it's kind, John Carpenter's Halloween is hailed as a slasher flick masterpiece.
Independently produced on a very low budget, John Carpenter showed audiences everywhere that you can make a film without extreme violence and gore and still make it scary as hell. Using a simple story line, simple haunting music with deafening stings and interesting camera techniques, Carpenter turned a suburban neighborhood into a living nightmare.
Aside from some really shoddy acting from some of the teenage co-stars, Halloween holds up to this very day as a classic slasher flick and without a doubt on nearly every top 10 list out there.

4½ Shapes out of 5
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4 comments:

  1. budarc1 November 2011 at 06:45

    4½? :\

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  2. cuckoo1 November 2011 at 06:49

    Can't get past the REALLY bad acting from Laurie's friends. It really took me right out of it during a few moments. ...and some of Dr. Loomis' melodramatic dialogue is cringe-worthy.

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  3. Dr Faustus2 November 2011 at 07:44

    I'm with bud. 5 Shat masks out of 5.

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  4. N-12_Aden23 October 2012 at 01:26

    The remake is better

    YOLO #gitonmylvl

    I can kind of see where your coming from on Loomis being a bit too melodramatic, but I think it fits his experiences.

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