Halloween (1978) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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- Halloween (1978)
Annie - “Stepbro I’m stuck in the washer…!”
Doctor - “So anyway, I started blasting”
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Happy Halloween!! We loved our Spooky Halloween themed movies and hope you did too! We will have more variety on the channel going forward but will still have horror reactions so always feel free to leave us suggestions!
You should react to the 1992 horror movie “candy man”
part 2 picks up right where the first ended...
I think these movies would make for fun reaction videos and are also some of my favorites: Halloween II (as many have suggested already), Jaws, The Shining, The Exorcist, Nightmare on Elm Street, Hereditary, Carrie, It Follows, Psycho. Also, if you google image search “Halloween franchise timeline” a bunch of people have made graphs that explain which movies follow which timelines throughout the franchise, but I suggest watching Halloween II before looking into the others. It’s all a big mess, but I’ve grown to love having alternate versions of certain sequels and different plot threads and different Michael appearances/masks, etc. It’s all fun 🎃 🔪
This film is the first one (other than some earlier Italian gialli films) that had a supernatural element to a supposedly human killer, and the first one really to establish the killer that doesn't die trope. In the script the killer is merely referred to as "The Shape," basically representing a supernatural form in a human shell. There is no motive, there is only a force of evil that preys on humans. The whole calling him "Michael Myers" thing and establishing lame motives for the killer didn't come until the hastily put together sequel. John Carpenter and Debra Hill had originally crafted the script of the sequel to be in-keeping with the supernatural ideas of the first film, but the production company, being the no-vision dolts that they typically are, demanded a bunch of changes that ruined the vision of the first film and thus began a series of mediocre (and often downright crappy) sequels.
I own multiple versions own the first film and none of the sequels (except the third film - which has nothing to do with the others) or the very underwhelming and highly disappointing 2018 sequel, because they just kind of urinate all over the greatness of the first film and are nowhere near as good. Skip those and just react to other John Carpenter films. Escape From New York would be a great one to check out if you've never seen it.
You should check out "The Innocents" (1961). And you should check out "The Witch" and "The Wailing" for the past decade's horror films.
This was the origin of almost every "trope" we now associate with slashers. And it was the first movie to combine all the elements that now seem cliche because they were imitated SO much. This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
It's a great favorite to have! I figured the tropes had to start somewhere so that is awesome to learn this was one of the originals that set the standard!
Actually this was heavily influenced by Psycho. Hence the female star of Psycho getting a cameo in H20
Yeah, but let's not forget Black Christmas 1974
right after Psycho and the Halloween series, my favorite thriller
Jamie Lee Curtis the "scream queen" and the position in her acting career "Prom Night " 1980
We still have "Sleepaway Camp" 1983
@@magdanosek2192 Yeah, Psycho sets the groundwork but is still a VERY different kind of movie. And Black Christmas is the earliest iteration of the holiday horror movie and the real pioneer for use of killer POV in North America. But Halloween was the first film to really perfect the formula and become incredibly successful, by connecting with audiences. Strangely, those are my 3 favorite movies of all time. But Black Christmas wasn't really successful until many years later, when it became a cult classic on VHS. Halloween was the movie that changed the horror genre forever and genuinely birthed the slasher craze of the 80's.
@@nathanielbacon2661 I absolutely agree
Halloween and Friday the 13th (without Freddie) are my favorite series.
Movies - especially genre like horror/thriller - in my opinion from the 50s,60s,70s,80s have something in them that makes me want to go back to them
At least Jamie Lee's character had a reason for the slow running and tripping.
The fall down the stairwell supposedly damaged her leg.
Very good point! Still had the strength to fight him off multiple times!
Yes you are correct, it messed up her ankle. She had a legit reason to fall and move slowly.
@@TBRSchmitt That's because Jamie character was strong badass woman. A real Woke woman without being Woke.
Dr. Loomis's role was to fill us with a sense of deep apprehension about Michael before the climax of the film. We have to assume that at one point Dr. Loomis was a totally buttoned-up aloof professional criminal psychologist who had dealt with a great many deranged and psycho patients before Michael came into his care. But he saw something in Michael over his many years studying him that so utterly unnerved him that he came to refer to him as "it" and "evil" -- hardly clinically correct terminology -- and drove him to purchase and carry a firearm. By the time we meet him here, he's developed an almost superstitious dread of Michael, seeming to perceive a supernatural demonic quality in him (which is ultimately vindicated, as he proves to be inhumanly strong and perhaps invincible).
That's true! adds another layer of fear that a silent man can cause such a change to a Dr to view "it" as supernatural
Never have i ever seen a more brilliantly worded take on Loomis. Kudos
@@valeweathers Never have I received a more flattering reply! ☺️ Thank you, Jordan!
Couldn't have written that better myself - spot on. I love how they refer to Michael as "The Shape" in the credits, for that is precisely what it is. It just adds an extra dimension to the unnerving nature of this classic. An embodiment of pure evil. The sequels are mostly crap though, in my opinion. (Not including Halloween III, which is a different beast altogether)
That's pretty much explained in Halloween 2.
"All these doors suck" had my dying (no pun intended).
Hahaha thank you!
I wonder if John (Carpenter) fitted those doors! See what I did there?
Michael is kept in the shadows on purpose to enhance the suspense. Always on the edge of the shot.. making you think he's somewhere close.
I loved the part of him slowly coming out of the black to attack Laurie! So scary
I think that this and many other techniques utilize
It's like how Spielberg did Jaws. Not showing the monster entirely, but only giving us little glimpses until near the end.
The best example of this excellent technique is when Laurie is standing near the darkened doorway and then _very subtly_ we see some dim light illuminate Michael's mask. When I first saw this even the manly men in the audience screamed. It was awesome. And the power of John Carpenter's score from the very first frame of the movie cannot be understated. It fills you with a sense of dread right from the beginning.
I'm honestly surprised few (if any) subsequent horror/slasher films were able to successfully replicate this formula of maintaining the level of suspense and dread that "Halloween" put forth. Even the "Halloween" sequels, remakes, and reboots fell short imo.
It was Jamie Lee Curtis's first film! They didn't plan on making a second one, The breathing at the end was to symbolize that evil never dies. However, it was such a big success that people wanted another. So, in 1981 we have the second one which was a direct continuation of the first one. Sidenote: Her mother Janet Leigh was Marion Crane in Psycho.
I had no idea that her mom was in Psycho! I haven't seen that movie yet so ill have to wait until after we watch it to know which character that is!
@@TBRSchmitt You won't be disappointed!
Another nod to Psycho was Doctor Loomis. There is a character in Psycho named Sam Loomis.
@@TBRSchmitt Her mom also has a small role in H20.
"It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare"
Too bad people these days get scared too easily and can't take a joke.
I could watch this movie over and over and never get tired of it. This is the best horror movie of all time. The music makes it that much better.
It’s definitely in my top 10….Carpenter is one of my all time fav directors…the thing is my favorite horror film.
@Chris Cole And an amen from me!
theres a nice couple!
what I like about your reactions is that you are pretty chill, dont talk much senseless or try to be funny unnecessarily and, know how to do a nice editing that match the reaction
nice, keep going with your channel, u are great together
Awesome thank you so much for the support! We are having a great time and the channel will keep on rolling!
yes my thoughts too. reaction not overreaction and blabbing on
You guys should watch the 1981 Sequel "HALLOWEEN II".
It begins 10 or 20 seconds after the First Movie ends and the Whole Entire Movie takes place on the Exact Same Night as the First Movie.
Yeah, but "Laurie" aged 3 years and is wearing a bad wig.😂
I second this! I love part II! These movies are fun to watch back to back.
That's technically not the sequel anymore though :P
Filmed so bad, Akaad begged Carpenter to reshoot and rewrote most of the movie. Carpenter didn’t take credit because he didn’t want the credit.
Underrated sequel
Great reaction. John Carpenter’s intent when co-writing the film was to have Michael Myers essentially be a real “boogeyman,” an unstoppable supernatural shape. His breathing at the end and the few locations you see is intended to let you know he is everywhere. John Carpenter never intended for there to be sequels, but he got involved when Universal told him they were making another one and he didn’t want someone else to take it over. He has never spoken highly of it, in fact, he has always said he was drinking a lot when writing it. A crucial part of the sequels story was also never intended. You’ll see if the both of you watch it. It’s not a good sequel as the blood and graphic kills are a slap in the face to the great stylish original. Happy Halloween! 🎃
It was 1981 - the slashers were arriving and included special effects. I don’t think the violence is out of place in Halloween II because the stakes are higher and the night is growing longer. Michael is hitting his stride after observing his work all throughout the first movie, and now we are seeing what COULD happen to Laurie if he gets her. Michael plays games, like the sheet over his head like a ghost with the boyfriend’s glasses. Of course he would use the hospital’s environment against the staff. It was also Carpenter’s idea to include some of the gore. As for the twist, I think it worked for some of the sequels and less for some others, but every slasher icon has some kind of limitation...Michael is still the most free roaming slasher killer compared to Freddy, Jason, Leatherface, etc. I think Halloween II is a really solid, creepy sequel that gives us more Dr. Loomis and some new elements attached to the old ones started in the first movie. And because it’s the same cinematographer, the movie is gorgeous to look at...
The second Halloween, which takes place on the remainder of the same night, is my fav of all the franchise. Watching both back to back is the ultimate.
I love the entire series (not Resurrection) but Halloween II is my go-to Halloween film 🎃 🔪
Ugh!!! Thank God it’s not canon anymore!
Halloween 2 is definitely my.favouriite.
You guys are the best. Love when "Don't fear the reaper" came on and you said "I know things" 🤣 Happy Halloween to you both 🎃
Yeah I liked that too. I love how relatable they are. It's one thing to watch someone's reaction to a movie or show, but an entirely other thing when they pop for the same stuff you popped for when you watch it!
Same here
Just a note for dog lovers. All the shot of the dog dying is, is the owner of the dog in the jumpsuit and he's holding the dog and then letting him down and they filmed it in slow motion. So really it's a doggy hug.
hahaha gives a whole new perspective of the scene!
I got a sense that Michael wasn't trying to kill Laurie, but was instead terrorizing her, cornering her, and getting her to kill (him). He was courting her in his vile and horrific way.
Courting his own sister.
Ehm....no
Also check out Jamie Lee Curtis in The Fog (John Carpenter) Jamie's Mom Janet Leigh, from Psycho,
is also in it.
There were one or two slashers before this but this made them hugely popular and started all the popular tropes too, the sequels attempt to give Michael more back story and motivations which obviously dampen the horror. It's unsettling and scary when someone starts killing people randomly and without reason.
Yeah I was hoping for a motivation but you are totally right... the killing without reason is even scarier because everyone is a target now!
@@TBRSchmittHalloween has a place in film history and is admired and studied for the filmmaking for that time given its budget limitations etc, the sequels well get just as bad as the knock offs that tried to emulate it. They even introduce cults and magic stones that also star Paul Rudd in one of his earlier roles. So they become more guilty pleasure movies.
Black Christmas that came out before this was good
You're right. The Shape's mask was customized from a 1975 Star trek Captain Kirk Mask, which was created by TOMMY WALLACE, who would later go on to direct HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2, and the original 1990 "IT" mini-series. Plus, be prepared for MORE of the NIGHT HE CAME HOME as HALLOWEEN II picks up THE SAME NIGHT as the town goes into chaos while THE SHAPE continues his 'trick-or-treating'....and it gets REALLY BLOODY!
Halloween didn't exactly invent the slasher genre, but John Carpenter came close to perfecting it in this movie. Such a classic!
The greatest horror score of all-time. Absolutely haunting.
John Carpenter the Director wrote the music. Assault on Precinct 13 1976. Carpenter directed and wrote the music. Very enjoyable. His 1987 movie The Prince Of Darkness is an excellent horror movie.
19:58 that was hilarous knowing that in the begining of halloween 2 that doctor keeps saying "i shot him six times"
I never noticed Carpenter used the original 'The Thing' movie as TV eye candy in this. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise he ended up remaking it a few years later.
12:29. Hands down the creepiest shot in the whole movie IMO. I still get chills because of just how close he was there just staring at Annie.
5:50 -- If you look in the distance in this shot, you can see palm trees, which belong in California where this was filmed but not Illinois, where it is set.
This movie was so much giddy fun to watch in a dark, crowded theater when it was new.
Robert Englud (freddy k.) Actually worked a day on the Halloween 78 film set. His job was spreading and picking up the fall leafs, since it was march in California.
Hahaha that's awesome! Totally fooled me!
There are also scenes in which you can see Carpenter’s smoke from his cigarette. I once saw a documentary in which they said something like “they make mistakes, like every movie ever made, but it believes so much on itself and is such a masterpiece that our minds always erase all those mistakes and tend to say it’s perfect”
The way you two glanced at each other when Annie died, that was funny.
Your scared reactions are hilarious I saw this movie when I was 5 years old. It scared me almost to death.
Yes, this is the film that started the whole slasher genre and established the rules.
@1:38 - sort of correct. The mask used for Michael Myers is a William Shatner “Captain Kirk” mask. Alterations made to the mask were: the face was painted white, the hair dyed brown, the eye holes were widened, and the sideburns were removed. Pictures of a side-by-side comparison can be found online
You were right on the money. Halloween was the first “slasher kills slutty teens” movie. Setting the stage for horror movies of the future.
I've seen this movie a thousand times but somehow didn't realize until just now that the girl who gets killed in a car is the same one who yelled at Michael while he was driving by in his own stolen car. "Speed kills" indeed.
You two were awesome! I loved how you really got into the movie. One specific thing I loved is how you both noticed the details, like the matches over by the pay phone, and how you appreciated the way Michael stalks his prey.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
This was a fun reaction! Now that you've seen Halloween, you gotta see Scream if you haven't already! It's fantastic!
Thank you! Unfortunately, we’ve both seen Scream, but that would have made for a fantastic reaction
Side Note: the girl who played Michael's sister in Rob Zombie's Halloween is the girl who played Jenny in Forest Gump.
Michael Myers was posting on walls long before Facebook came around!
True true classic horror movie love all the Halloween movies are the best cant wat till the new Halloween kills this year 😃😃😃
Side note Halloween 2 starts right where this film stops.
That totally depends on which Halloween 2 you’re talking about at this point
@@Chipotleadvisory The original halloween 2
@@Chipotleadvisory I mean, it's quite obvious which part 2 they were referring to.
@@mariocampos5607 We don't talk about the Rob Zombie fiasco. Just too much trauma from that piece of sh..junk.
You guys are so fun to watch and listen to. You pick up on the subtleties, you don't wash over everything, it's fun re-watching these with you guys. Stop being so adorable.
Haha thank you, Dan! So kind of you!
@ 5:24 you can see the wrench they strapped to the actor's hand so he could break that window. They even spray painted it to match his skin, but you can see it.
15:29 I’ll never forget the first time I saw that I laughed soooo hard 💀
This IS where that started! 🎃🖤🧡
When I was 10 I saw this on VHS back in 1980. I was hooked on Horror movies from this point on.
“You never want to have sex in a horror movie!”
Don’t you know that we are all living in a horror movie?
hahahaha 2020 has been one giant horror movie! Hopefully 2021 is like a fun romantic comedy for everyone lol
@@TBRSchmitt Yes, I'm hoping for Forgetting Sarah Marshall or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, that's 2021
@@TBRSchmitt greetings from February 2021 that comment did not age very well at all lol 😂
I know this is 2 weeks late but I just recently found your channel. One of my favorite stories from the making of this movie is about the expression on Dr. Loomis face after Michael disappears. Donald Pleasence went up to John Carpenter right before filming the scene and asked him how he wanted him to play it. The script only said something along the lines of "worried look" (I don't remember exactly what it said). Carpenter asked him what he meant. Pleasence said he could play the look as "Oh my God, he can't be stopped" or as "I knew this would happen". Carpenter filmed both and after watching them back they went with "I knew this would happen". I love the videos, keep up the great work guys.
Wow thank you for sharing that! We love reading these types of fun facts. Thank you for your support!
John Carpenter is one of the top 25 Director's of all time. An one of the 3 most under appreciated Directors of all time. Man gave us horror classics like Halloween, The Thing, Christine and In the Mouth of Madness, gave us hope in Starman, and just amazing fun films like Escape of New York, and Big Trouble in little China. Man should be an Icon and it will forever *iss us off that he will NEVER get his place as one of the best most varied Directors and Story teller's of all time. PLUS he did his own music, The Halloween theme, the Shape Hunts Allyson theme, and Escape from New York Theme's alone are all ICONIC.
I LOVE watching both of your reactions to this movie! I have LOVED this movie for at least 38 years! I saw it for like the fourth time in the theater last month with my dad and it was his first time seeing it in the theater! My favorite part in the movie is his tilting his head from side to side after killing Bob and your reactions to that scene were perfect! lol
Thank you so much for the kind words!
"The doors just wide open?".... yeeaah.... we kinda did that in the 70s...
It was the 70's & yes we left not only our front doors open but our windows too js y'all
I would be more afraid of bugs getting in lol..... Went from open doors to doorbells with built ins security cameras!
Great reaction to a classic you two! Its funny you mention the music as when this movie first screened in select theaters, one of the producers in the audience noticed that the audience were not covering their eyes, but their ears! This is a classic example of what a good soundtrack can do. Its not mentioned here, but in the novelization by Curtis Richards, it is explained that Micheal is a conduit for an ancient dark Celtic demon. This is why he may be temporarily subdued, but never truly killed. Thanks for posting this reaction for us🎃
When you were asking “Where are you Michael?!?”.
Looks back to
12:31-12:33 is the iconic movie poster shot-
Watch in In the upper frames of the rear kitchen door-
Of Mike Myers faintly in the mist behind the rear kitchen door upper window panes...
Great reactions by you two. love this channel. yup the music is the key element of this film. giving us that tension knowing something is gonna happen which is far scarier than simple jump scares. they go off as they scare you but this music makes us suffering even before we get scared. i remember how terrified I was from this movie in my childhood of 80s because of music. masterpiece of the horror genre
Thank you for your support, Colin! The use of music is incredible!
Halloween 2 is a direct sequel. It takes place the same night after Laurie is brought to the hospital. Halloween 3 was not a sequel at all. Its secondary title was "Season of the Witch". In recent years, they've brought back Jamie Lee Curtis' character and nothing ever seems to kill Michael Meyers. Definitely watch part 2, the others, eh, not so much.
Leatherface, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Pinhead, Chucky and the Leprechaun are the best known slasher characters
That one blonde haired girl was definitely going to die because she mixed the two most dangerous professions in horror movies.
-The final girls best friend
-Horny teen
Carpenter, and debra hill (they created the movie) said it was just a coincidence that the slasher rules of the teens fucking, doing drugs are killed, while the virgin lives. They said they never meant to do it, it just happened. Also Laurie smokes weed in the film, so you know from that, they had no intentions of showing the teems that had sex/did drugs killed off.
@@punkem733 I mean, they obviously said that they didn’t follow the cliches because this movie invented the cliches… in any case, the movie is a reflection on how the new American generation was starting to get too reckless even though they were becoming the most dangerous ones, and they wanted make the audience realize that they needed to be scared of their society. The 70’s were a really conflictive decade for people (but a really great one for movies with the New Hollywood movement)
@@carlosmejido3244 That's the thing, they didn't invent shit, they said it was all a coincidence, people aw what they saw and ran with the narrative that became a staple of 80's slasher horror. You make no sense " I mean, they obviously said that they didn’t follow the cliches because this movie invented the cliches" WHAT!? They didn't invent anything.
@@punkem733 they did. The cliches. Only we don’t get to call them cliches because it was the first time used
@@carlosmejido3244 OK I see what you're saying. Yes they might have created them, but again that was not their intent, like I said Laurie smokes weed.
You two are the best reactors around. I'm SO glad I found you :)
Awesome!! Thank you so much for the support!
Now you gotta react to Halloween 2018 with Jamie Lee Curtis as a grandmother and an older, but even scarier Michael Myers :D
Great reaction to my most favorite horror movie. Halloween II picks up right where this one ends. Here's some things I put on another reaction that not many people know:
* The iconic wrestler The Undertaker took a spot that he did for years in the ring from Michael Myers. in the ending sequence where Michael sits up by the closet then turns his head towards Laurie, Taker said he got that spot from him. He did so in almost every match for his whole 20-plus wrestling career.
* The whole movie was shot with John Carpenter's college buddy playing Myers most of the time until the very end when the mask is pulled off. Nick Castle was the man in the mask through most of the whole movie with Tony Moran doing the only part where Laurie takes the mask off. Others who have played Myers in sequels include:
Halloween II (Dick Warlock)
Halloween 4 and 6 (George P. Wilbur)
Halloween 5 (Don Shanks)
Halloween 7 (H20) (Chris Durand)
Halloween 8: Resurrection (Brad Loree)
Halloween 1 and 2 Rob Zombie remakes (Tyler Mane)
Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) (James Jude Courtney)
* The first movie to have the camera shot from the killer's perspective was called Black Christmas (1974) about a crazy killer hiding in the attic of a sorority house. It was a bit cheesy and definitely doesn't hold up today, but it was remade twice so far (2016 & 2019). The climax at the end was epic though. Carpenter got his camera shot from this movie.
Just a correction: Black Christmas (1974) was initially thought to be the first slasher film ever to put the audience in the Killer's POV; however, Peeping Tom (1960) was the first. This convention was then popularized by Halloween (1978).
Debra Hill also played the Shape in a small scene (you'll notice Michael shrinks in it) and was the hands of child Michael in the prologue.
Don't know if you noticed, but there is essentially no gore in the film. Which goes to show you, gore does not (necessarily) = scary.
I wish I could like this twice awesome reaction
Thank you so much!
Hey, Schmitts. This landmark movie practically invented the slasher genre although a case can be made for Rene Clair's 1945 "And Then There Were None" based on Agatha Christie's novel.
As you both had heard, the mask Michael wears is actually a William Shatner "Captain Kirk" mask bought off the rack for a buck! They removed the eyebrows and sideburns, darkened the hair and sprayed the face white. It forever became associated with the Halloween franchise.
John Carpenter is a one-man band who writes, directs, edits and scores all his films. His body of work includes a number of pulpy classics and B-movie greats like "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween", "Someone's Watching Me!", "The Fog", "Escape From New York", "The Thing", "Christine", "Starman", "They Live!", "Memoirs of an Invisible Man", "Body Bags", "In the Mouth of Madness", "Vampires" and "The Ward". His first film, "Dark Star", was a sci-fi horror-comedy that partially inspired "Alien"! He also wrote the screenplay for "The Eyes of Laura Mars". His scores are instantly recognizable with their throbbing notes and he expertly uses silence and stillness to generate unbearable tension.
Jamie Lee Curtis' film debut as horror's first Final Girl made her a Scream Queen icon. John Carpenter would work with her again in "The Fog" and "Halloween II". She is the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Janet Leigh has a famous horror movie to her credit as well having been Norman Bates' first victim in "Psycho"'s famous shower scene directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Donald Pleasance was a veteran British character actor of some standing known primarily for portraying unpleasant, grubby fellows. Haunted Dr. Loomis was one of his few heroic characters. John Carpenter would work with him again in "Escape From New York", "Halloween II" and "Prince of Darkness".
Charles Cyphers, who played Sheriff Brackett, was part of Carpenter's troupe and appeared in seven of his films: "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween", "Someone's Watching Me!", "Elvis", "The Fog", "Escape From New York" and "Halloween II". Nancy Loomis, who played Annie Brackett, appeared in three Carpenter films: "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween" and "The Fog".
Michael seems to be triggered by some suppressed sexual hang-up over his sister that he projects onto other females but he's an indiscriminate killer who was meant to have no motivation. He is simply murder incarnate. In one of the inferior sequels, Pleasance returns to the role of Loomis and has a terrific line about Michael: "I always knew WHAT he was but I never knew WHY."
Michael's left eye is swollen and disfigured during his brief unmasking only because Laurie jabbed him with a wire hanger moments ago!
The sequel, "Halloween II", picks up where the first leaves off and is primarily set in a hospital where Laurie is recovering from her wounds. Curtis, Pleasance and Cyphers return. Rick Rosenthal directs but John Carpenter writes the screenplay. The second entry and "H20", set twenty years later, are the only worthy sequels.
Hey!! Dang thank you for all the great information! I'm sure we will watch many more John Carpenter films as this channel goes on since we have loved everything so far! We noticed his eye was disfigured but didn't immediately connect the dots to the wire hanger... we thought maybe something went down while he was away for 15 years
Donald Pleasance played many many hero types, most famously as the kindly forger whose going blind in THE GREAT ESCAPE, but yes he played some bad guys like Blofeld in the Bond pictures that Mike Myers, the comedian not the slasher, lampooned in Austin Powers as Dr. Evil.
John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China” starring Kurt Russell as Jack Burton is a fun, unique, action comedy you should check out together.
That's definitely on our list!
I love this movie! I had it on VHS years ago and I actually wore out the tape from watching it so many times, lmfao!
Mike Meyers is the actor. ‘Michael Meyers’ is the killer.
No, Michael MYERS is the killer
Baby Driver joke. I got it🤣
Feels bad when you correct someone and the correction is wrong too.
@@jeetkunedoatlanta2464 Michael Myers is evil. Mike Myers is Dr. Evil.
Not just because it's current affairs, Escape From New York (Shot in St. Louis) is a cult sci fi by John Carpenter worth checking out.
FYI Halloween 2 is a immediate continuation to Halloween. As in it starts with the end of part one.
I don’t know if anyone else has brought this up but did you notice when the car window is smashed the actor has a wrench in his hand to help with the smash ? I really didn’t notice until I watched with John Carpenters commentary and he pointed it out .
As a Halloween hardcore fan and one that knew exactly what was coming during your viewing, I do appreciate this video and have become a subscriber to this channel. For a movie 42 years old, I am glad you didn’t poke too much into it and appreciate the movie for what it is. A killer like Michael can literally happen anywhere at anytime. Could happen in May, October, December, doesn’t matter. Having no motivation is terrifying. Very well done. For horror movie intros if you haven’t seen, would love reactions to the first Nightmare on Elm Street and even Halloween 2 since it’s the same night as this one. 10/10 for you guys.
Halloween II is a great companion to the first, and Nightmare on Elm Street is probably the next step in slashers after Psycho, Black Christmas, and Halloween. I’ve seen some reaction videos poking fun at the film because of certain horror tropes that didn’t really exist before this movie, (And let’s be honest, how many people have been in these situations to know how one would react anyway? Lol) and for such a small amount of money and having Pleasence for only three shooting days and having a young and inexperienced cast and crew, Halloween is a true masterpiece as a film but also a great filmmaking story for aspiring filmmakers.
Thank you so much for the support!! I think its always important to watch stuff with no bias! You're never going to like everything you see but at least going in without a negative start lets classic movies have a chance to show their true worth! We will add those movies to our list!
@@TBRSchmitt awesome! Yup my idea is for these movies that are dated, you gotta think back to the year the movie was made and go back in time to you going to the theater and seeing it. You’ll get this feeling to Nightmare in Elm Street. Go back in time to 1984 and it will see how it’s revolutionary.
@@CarloisBuriedAlive yes. Tons of mistakes in Halloween but revolutionary. It’s a classic to me because it can happen at anytime. Different than nightmare on elm street but you can’t escape sleep. I like the Jason movies more than Michael or Freddy but Jason movies are I guess supposed to be campy even after part 2.
I like to think that when Michael pins Bob to the wall he takes a moment to step back and appreciate the simplistic beauty of what he did.
He does. He tilts his head from side to side, like he's admiring a piece of art ; )
In my opinion the director of "It Follows" drew inspiration from "Haloween" for the making of his film.
Got to watch Halloween 2 its the from this ending and explains everything! Its really the most important Halloween because of the meaning or reason why he is back here.
Black Christmas predates Halloween, made in 1974, its about a mysterious psycho stalking a fraternity of women. Includes POV from stalker. Directed by the guy who directed A Christmas story. And there is another film that predates Black Xmas, a film from the late 60s.- Peeping Tom. These were the pioneers in the slasher genre, as they created many tropes like promiscuous teens getting picked off, or people 'splitting' up. Halloween, however, perfected the formula.
Off to part 2 haha hope u guys have great Halloween
Thank you!! Hope you had a great Halloween too!
Your welcome guys hope u both watch the Halloween franchise
That's not Carpenter's remake of "The Thing" from 1982. That is the original "The Thing from Another World", from 1951. It's a good movie too
Hallowe’en is actually an old Irish holiday (the carved pumpkins synonymous with the holiday were originally turnips, which I also vaguely recall from my 1970s childhood before We started in recent years carving pumpkins too). I don’t think we had relentless supernatural serial killers and slowwwww steadicam shots in mind at the time though, back in the 1800s day, as was not the fashion at the time...
No, all these doors suck. LOL!!! That had me laughing man.
This was the movie that created all the tropes. When this came out, it was all fresh and new.
It's a little off topic, but the game Dead By Daylight added several famous killers into the game. Michael Myers was the first, and he plays EXACTLY like this. He's rather famous for being one of the scariest killers to go up against, especially a build called 'jumpscare Myers', which can see you through walls and gives absolutely no warning about where he is.
7:05 the kid that runs into Michael, he comes out in the 2018 Halloween movie as Cameron, he dates allyson, lauries granddaughter.
That was a really enjoyable video from you. I loved watching it.
There is a why John Carpenter is called "the master of horror"
I can’t wait to check out more John Carpenter!
Hi, i love your channel. You guys are so young. I was born aprox the same time this movie was made, and it makes me feel old.
There was a film in the 50s I think called Peeping Tom that's credited with inventing the slasher genre. It was the first film to put the audience in the killer's POV.
You are right. Its a great film. Came from 1960 same as Psycho
The way you to look at each other is adorable.
The jump count went for dayz!!! LOL Great reaction.
The big 4 are Leatherface(1974),Michael(1978),Jason (1991) and Freddy(1984)
big 5 forgot ghost face
John Carpenter's 'Halloween' is one of my all time favorites!! Another classic John Carpenter you should react to is 'The Fog'
I love when they're having the "Can we make Jack O lantern's?" talk as they're crossing the street you can see pine trees in the distance. California posing as Illinois. LOL
You have to be in a 1978 mind set. To that point "horror" movies were Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man. Carpenter included The Thing in this movie because that is the only movie outside of Psycho that upped the horror genre. So he combined them and made Halloween for almost no money. There was no Freddy or Jason before this. Killers stayed down when shot. Every trope you associate with slasher films now grew out of this movie and got expanded again and again.
Great reaction guys!!!!!! Seen movie at theaters when I was a kid, scared the heck out of me. Loved John Carpenter movies some of my favorites is The Fog, Escape from New York
Thank you so much! We are excited to watch more John Carpenter films for sure!
Halloween 2 picks up immediately where this leaves off, like immediately.
I never noticed before (and I've seen this movie dozens of times) but when the window is broken at 5:25 you can totally see a crescent wrench in the palm of the hand (to make it easier to break the window). I only know about this because of the excellent series on Netflix called "The Movies That Made Us" where they document the making of these classic movies from beginning to end, frequently with hilarious narration. You'll find out lots of things, like the fact that the budget for this movie was only $300,000 but they spent over $70,000 of that budget on the Panaglide system which is how they got those super-smooth handheld shots in certain parts. It was actually only the second movie to have used that system. Because of the weight, it could only hold about 4 and a half minutes of film so they had to break up that seemingly continuous shot with a clever trick: When Michael puts the mask on they switch the film.
One thing stressed by the main producer of the film was that he wanted this to be a horror movie that takes place primarily in your mind, so they used blood very sparingly and there's virtually no "gore" (at least compared to almost every other horror movie of that time). Even with that restriction I'd say they far surpassed their goal. "Halloween" still stands as one of the best horror movies ever made.
Y’all should react to Halloween 2018, it’s a direct sequel to 1978
I heard it was good! Also movies coming out in 2021 and 2022, correct?!
@@TBRSchmitt yes! Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, there is a teaser for Halloween kills that just got released
@@TBRSchmitt The official canon timeline for Halloween is Halloween (1978), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends. Halloween Kills will be out this October 2021. The other movies are not canon and basically just different timelines. There are 3 timelines including the canon timeline, plus the Rob Zombie remakes, which most Halloween fans don't like since they give Michael too much back story and show his face too much. Rob Zombie's Halloween remakes were also very brutal, he makes Michael go overkill. Yes, Michael Myers can be brutal, but Rob Zombie took it to the next level. I personally am not a fan of Rob Zombie's remakes and prefer the official canon timeline. Also, keep in mind that Halloween 2018 takes place 40 years later, so Michael Myers is captured that night after he gets shot by Dr. Loomis, and is 61 years old in Halloween 2018.
@@jmc28J17 I like the first Rob Zombie Halloween movie but 2 was just terrible.
I’m not sure where the whole punishing immoral people started but it definitely happens in Psycho which is much earlier. Halloween and all of the slasher films that came afterwards certainly milked that trope. Speaking of Psycho, that movie also starts with a really long tracking shot and has a killer soundtrack as well.
Good videos. Good editing. Easy to follow.
This film utilizes music/score and sound design to such great effect…this is how you properly use it for tension and jump scares in a horror film.
This movie essentially started the slasher genre. After Halloween, every studio seemed to set out to make their own slasher movie. There would be no Jason or Freddy without Michael Myers.
The Halloween sequels get crazy when it comes to the continuity. There are roughly FIVE different timelines because the franchise has been rebooted repeatedly over the years. There's literally a "Choose Your Own Adventure" graph that outlines the different branching timelines.
Before I start watching this ... the first thing I did when I got up today was attempt to play the "Halloween" theme on the piano :) So iconic.
AND it was the director that wrote the music!
Hahaha I'm sure your neighbors get real stressed when you play that! That theme is iconic!
The fog 1980 with Jamie Lee curtis in it is also a recommendation.
@@samantha_schmitt no problem
What's crazy to me, is if they were watching a monster movie or horror movie that was as old as this movie is to us now, they would be watching something from the mid 30s.
@20:11 Nice movie making trick in this scene, you can see the wrench that was strapped to the actor's hand. It was spray painted to try and match his skin, but you can still see it.