Yes, but what always made no sense was Laurie seeing The Shape stalking her after school and then shutting down Tommy later on it when he told her that he saw the Boogeyman outside. She quickly forgot about being stalked just a few hours prior.
@@ccjjpp1966 That's easily explained. Tommy was a child on Halloween night, probably with an overactive imagination. This is most likely what she thought. There's no way she would have connected what Tommy "thought" he saw..according to her, and the strange man following her around. She was probably having trouble trying to understand what was happening to her. Although she instinctively seemed to 'know" something was wrong, she couldn't have realized just how much danger she was in until she was attacked by that same man. This man must have been responsible for what she had just seen only moments before. Not until she hit the floor after her fall did she REALLY know what was happening. I LOVE how quickly she went into a defensive posture, not wasting even a second of time. Classic!
@@justinjanicki6561 She obviously didn't believe him. Why would she? After all, he's child on Halloween night, watching a scary movie. Is she going to take him seriously and call the police? Of course not! How could she possibly think what he saw (or didn't see, in her mind) was the same man that's been following her around? She probably wasn't even sure what that was about. SOMETHING was up, but she more than likely wasn't exactly sure what aside from being a bit worried. Remember, it's 1978 in a suburban neighborhood. People were different then, trusting and much more gullible. The serial murderers of that period had no trouble convincing most of their victims to go with them for that very reason, unfortunately.
This scene is so well conceived and shot, masterful. Gives sense of the era and the community while maintaining the feeling of horror to come. John Carpenter's finest work!
True I love the steady cam it just makes it perfect and suspenseful. My only complaint would be the change in weather from when they first leave school and when they cross the road a few minutes later. Then again since it had to be filmed in a matter of weeks on a low budget I will forgive them
What makes the film so real is that Carpenter holds a single shot and lets the scene develop in front of it. Like here, from 0:13 to 0:54 it is a single perspective. No fast cut editing. No changing perspectives every 2 seconds. When you talk to someone, you have a single perspective. This just shows that it doesn't take much to be a director these days, and the audiences don't have any alternatives to the fast cut editing that "directors" think people want. Yet their films will never have the life of Halloween.
Her peers secretly try to bait her into coming into a popular event, Red flag alert and Was attempt to invite a nerd into a popular event but Their motive was not to invite her to be apart of the party.
I was around at the time - the speed limit on highways nation wide had just been lowered to 55 mph. The Carter administration considered it necessary to conserve energy. The slogan of "Speed Kills" went with it and it was all over the place. I doubt it was a drug reference in this case.
When horror used to be about great build up, tension, fear and pure dread. The kind that use to leave with chills down your back within minutes. Not about excessive, over the top bloody gore, constant jumpscares and loud jolting sounds. God I miss classic horror. Why I appreciate directors like Jordan Peele, Mike Flanagan and Robert Eggers. They appreciate real horror.
Most horror from this era was the same kind of complete garbage you just described. It's just forgotten now. Horror wasn't better back then, you're just looking only at the critically acclaimed classics and assuming it was all like that. In reality, for every 1 movie of "Halloween" quality from the '70s, there are 20 "Slaughter Hotel"s.
@@amityislandchum you can say horror movies back in the day had lots of over the top gore but nearly none didn't have all the stupid jump scares and loud noise as of today trash horror also why is it so damn dark you can't see most of the killings
This scene is really soothing to me, I just like their friendship dynamic and the environment is really nice, it reminds me of when I was in high school, simple times.
I like how subdued Laurie's reaction to seeing Michael by the bush. Like, she's obviously unsettled, but she still looks calm and composed, as if she's trying to rationalize in her head what's going instead of immediately panicking. It makes sense given her character and the fact that this happens very early in the movie before shit really hits the fan.
I don’t understand why not though. Given this was made on a shoestring. I think it’s because audience IQs have dropped dramatically since 1978 and filmmakers are more obsessed with telling and not showing. It’s similar to films made in the 30s through to the end of the 50s. A lot of the noir films did so little and conveyed so much. It’s a lost art but it’s not impossible to resurrect imo
Its cause now a days people are lazy and just want to cgi everything if they used more actors and make up artist they could make the movies have a better feel to it. Thats why the 70's ans 80's horror movies were the best cause movies now a days have to much cgi and make it feel weak.
In the book it says and I quote: “She was also known for trendy phrases, which she used to exhaustion for a month, then dropped from her vocabulary forever, to everyone's relief. In July the word was weird; in August it was gross; In September, she was calling everyone “Jack”. The October word was totally.”
Saw this in a movie theatre in Israel in 1980 with my best friend. In English with Hebrew subtitles. The Israeli audience went bananas at the jump scares. Total classic. Never gets old.
Expertly shot - what a master at building tension, John Carpenter is....and that bit with Michael behind the bush, then disappearing is genius and gets us wondering is this man real or supernatural- he disappears into thin air. One of my top 3 horrors.
This was actually South Pasadena in the spring of 1978. That part of town has more trees than Los Angeles proper. The fake falling leaves helped a lot in making it resemble a MidWestern suburb in the fall. 🍂 🍁
What a nice area and kinda looks back easty a bit love the trees and lawns that are stackEd higher with cement border and the lower sidewalk area. Seems to be a Cali thing. Pasedena really nice looking aon google maps as well.love this whole scene for the homes and the greenery🎃
The TV series of the same era as this movie, “Family” (which Kristy McNichol became a breakout star of as a teen, and Meredith Baxter Birney also starred in before “Family Ties”) was set in Pasadena and the exterior of the house they live in is in Pasadena. The street looks like it could be right around the corner from this scene.
It was filmed in California in the spring, so they had to paint leaves and scatter them around (then sweep them up) to try and make it look like fall in Illinois 😂
This scene, with the branches arching and stretching overhead like evil fingers reaching, that the girls are completely oblivious too, was inspired by the work of some French director who apparently influenced John Carpenter. And in the dialogue, Linda Kloch mentions she forgot her French book.
@@beardedbaldie2698 yes, they do; very beautiful indeed, especially the area around CalTech University. Can personally vouch for it. So much shade, so many oak trees.
@@itachiuchiha1714 Exactly. It’s so unfair. Americans are so lucky. The UK has beautiful countryside and villages, but our city suburbs are drab, grey, ugly and full of rows and rows of terraced housing, or a semi if you’re lucky!
I still get chills as they walk down the street past all the hedges even in broad daylight. When Laurie turns to look back over her shoulder and there's only the leaves being blown by the wind makes it even more scary for some reason...
IMO this scene demonstrates how the Final Destination franchise owes much of its success to Halloween. The fact that the main character can see signs of death (in this instance Laurie with Michael Myers) before it happens while the others are completely oblivious until it's too late.
Annie and Linda we're not even caring about who the stalker was the thought just went out of their heads like normal teenagers! But Laurie was the only one who was smart an aware that something wasn't right about this person because she was so viligent! She was very mature at 17!! That's why i like Halloween 1978!! ❤️
Michael just heard the word "Jerk" and thought he was going to get his pickle tickled for the first time in his life, which is why he stopped the car so abruptly, Fact.
For 1978 this movie is one of the greatest horror movies ever not just for that year but for any year. I mean this shot is a panoramic shot it's like an entire shot of the scene and it's remarkable and chilling at the same time. This movie is the first slasher movie that did different things with the camera angle and make the viewer interest in the whole movie from start to finish
Loved the suburban setting, so much more plausible than a haunted castle movie. You can sort of tell this was shot in May not October from the trees but never mind.
Actually, that was Alfred Hitchcock. Still, John Carpenter was definitely a contender. If it hadn't been for the existence of "Psycho" (most ripped off shower scene in movie history), there would have been no "Halloween".
Their the best slasher movies Halloween and Friday the 13th were my favorites I like jason better than micheal but I like the Halloween characters better but both are horror legends.
I saw this a few times, with different people-- boy friend, the quartet i sang with, my best friend, etc . It's something that teenagers did , in a cold climate, in the 70s. The visuals were effective , but as a musician , it was the music that really got to me
I actually think the young ladies in it are just average looking,back then it didn't matter so much what you looked like,like Christopher Reeves and Margot Kidder in superman,it was more about screen chemistry,nowadays everyone has to be at least an 8 out of 10.
2 fun facts about this scene. 1. The smoke you see at 3:58 on the left side of the screen was John Carpenter's cigarette off camera. And 2. after they walk pass the hedge you can see a crew member stand up on the porch behind Laurie and Annie at 4:28...I'm a nerd when it comes to Halloween 🎃
it appears there are two people if you look closely, man with dark hair and black clothing is standing to the right of the guy in the white shirt. Nick Castle🤔
4:28 If you look even closer, Michael is standing next to him, wearing the iconic mask. Although this video is not the clearest. "But he's definitely there"
I absolutely loved the feelings of this whole part. I feel like it set a tone for the girls. They did a great job with it! A natural classic they gave the back then feelings of a horror movie I absolutely love it!
Its funny how when it hits this time of year all I do is watch the Halloween movies! They're all so good I can't decide which is my favorite. Either the 1989 one or the 2018 one.
4:28 The guy in the background stands up on the porch. And if you look even closer, Michael is standing on the porch next to him wearing the iconic mask.
3:27 it always kind of cracks me up thinking of Michael Myers hauling butt (undoubtedly looking like a complete dumbass) to get away so they won't see him when they look around the bush.
3:58 This fast plan really gave me the feelings that Michael's hands will reach out from behind the bush while Sandy is looking at Laurie, to choke her and kill her. I had chills for 2 seconds. Smart use of the reverse angle and the law of "Hiding is scarier than showing" And right after this scene, when the girls resume their walk, with the camera only showing what's behind her, not what's in front of her, you're a bit scared because you think Michael can jump in front of them and you AT ANY SECONDS. He appears only for 5 seconds, and that's enough for scaring you. BRILLIANT !
I saw this at the movies in Hollywood on October 31, 1979. 😱 In those pre-cable, pre-VCR days, new releases stayed in theatres for months, even longer, or were re-released for holidays and whatnot.
I love the photography in this movie. Such a beautiful scene. And Greenery. I love Fall of the year but whats weird is there’s still leaves and stuff around. When it should look like Fall. But its still a beautiful scene. On my families big giant tv. Some of the photography in this movie are absolutely beautiful. .
If you read up on the movie they had to bring leaves and scatter them on the ground because it was filmed in California in the summer and not Illinois in the autumn 🙂
@@leew1598 For real, I watched the 4K yesterday and the colorimetry is much darker, it fits the tone of the movie better and it’s truer to Carpenter vision. So watch it on 4K if you can
Right from the start, Laurie KNOWS something is wrong, while her friends are completely oblivious. That's why she survived and they did not.
@Sharon Jensen Indeed!!
Yes, but what always made no sense was Laurie seeing The Shape stalking her after school and then shutting down Tommy later on it when he told her that he saw the Boogeyman outside. She quickly forgot about being stalked just a few hours prior.
@@ccjjpp1966 That's easily explained. Tommy was a child on Halloween night, probably with an overactive imagination. This is most likely what she thought. There's no way she would have connected what Tommy "thought" he saw..according to her, and the strange man following her around. She was probably having trouble trying to understand what was happening to her. Although she instinctively seemed to 'know" something was wrong, she couldn't have realized just how much danger she was in until she was attacked by that same man. This man must have been responsible for what she had just seen only moments before. Not until she hit the floor after her fall did she REALLY know what was happening. I LOVE how quickly she went into a defensive posture, not wasting even a second of time. Classic!
Still doesn’t explain why she disregards Tommy seeing a boogeyman when she’s been seeing a weird masked man all day.
@@justinjanicki6561 She obviously didn't believe him. Why would she? After all, he's child on Halloween night, watching a scary movie. Is she going to take him seriously and call the police? Of course not! How could she possibly think what he saw (or didn't see, in her mind) was the same man that's been following her around? She probably wasn't even sure what that was about. SOMETHING was up, but she more than likely wasn't exactly sure what aside from being a bit worried. Remember, it's 1978 in a suburban neighborhood. People were different then, trusting and much more gullible. The serial murderers of that period had no trouble convincing most of their victims to go with them for that very reason, unfortunately.
This after school walk is one of my favorite scenes. From the camera work, the dialogue, the music, and Michael stalking them.
One of my favorite parts of the movie as well
This is the coziest horror film ive seen its creepy yet so relaxing i love the calm music the long and wide shots of isolated streets
It's classic Friday the 13th could never compare or nightmare on elm strest Halloween is the greatest of alltime
I always liked when they were smoking a joint in the car while listening to blue oyster cult. Probably cuz its relatable lol
Yes very good scene. Gives you that walk home from school feel
Him standing by the bush is legendary
Him standing between the hanging clothes and staring from his home as Tom say it were badass too
Him standing behind the bathroom door and you taking a dump and looking at the feet scares you and you better hope you have enough 🧻 or you’re SOL.
Creepy ass hell
Totally
Totally
This scene takes place in the day time and it's still scary.
@Joshua ColdStone Just like Suspiria and Shining
You feel extremelay uncomfortable...Even though the scenes takes place in daylight.
Brilliant ♥
I think that makes it even more scary
😢tggg❤❤ujjhgyhuttty5756rhhh huhjyuyyuy
This scene is so well conceived and shot, masterful. Gives sense of the era and the community while maintaining the feeling of horror to come. John Carpenter's finest work!
Absolutely!!!
True I love the steady cam it just makes it perfect and suspenseful. My only complaint would be the change in weather from when they first leave school and when they cross the road a few minutes later. Then again since it had to be filmed in a matter of weeks on a low budget I will forgive them
"Totally "
Except for the midwest on Oct 31st looks NOTHING like this
now a days they'd just enhance the lighting and give it a grey like atmosphere
I can watch this anytime of the year..... absolutely awesome....
Def!!👍🏽
TOTALLY.
Same i love this movie and friday the 13th.
Im.watching right now
I like how the music sped up when Michael stopped
@Andrew Reed Of course. There's a giant man with a mask walking around.
@@balabanasireti Giant? He was 5’10 in this.
For some reason IIRC it doesn’t speed up in my 35th Anniversary Blu-ray. I wonder why?
@@chrisp.5954proably 5 11ft or 6ft
With military Boots on
The moment she shouts, Speed kills!
Michael marked them for later...
*Best to keep quiet sometimes 🤐*
What makes the film so real is that Carpenter holds a single shot and lets the scene develop in front of it. Like here, from 0:13 to 0:54 it is a single perspective. No fast cut editing. No changing perspectives every 2 seconds. When you talk to someone, you have a single perspective. This just shows that it doesn't take much to be a director these days, and the audiences don't have any alternatives to the fast cut editing that "directors" think people want. Yet their films will never have the life of Halloween.
There are very few shots in that whole sequence, and they’re only cut when they need to be. Carpenter was a master at shooting great coverage.
Best horror film ever!
Marcus Mc Sharry not only best horror movie one of the best movies of all times
I miss the old movie video rental stores, Great memories.
The Carrie Movie,
It was about a young girl harassed and picked on for not being like the others.
Her peers secretly try to bait her into coming into a popular event, Red flag alert and Was attempt to invite a nerd into a popular event but Their motive was not to invite her to be apart of the party.
.. Hey Jerk! Speed kills!
What a line that is.
Those three should have had a show of their own. Great scene.
Speed Kills was a slogan at the time - on commercials, etc. Not sure who put it out - some government agency. It was like "click it or ticket".
I was around at the time - the speed limit on highways nation wide had just been lowered to 55 mph. The Carter administration considered it necessary to conserve energy. The slogan of "Speed Kills" went with it and it was all over the place. I doubt it was a drug reference in this case.
@@wendyjones6077 Thanks for that info.
These 3 should have a show of their own? Are you on fucking crack? This movie has some of the worst acting ever out of all the all time great films
@@chuckjammy9251 Calm down. Its just a movie scene.
Debra Hill wrote all the girls dialogue. She did such a great job
She apparently was from my hometown of haddonfield, NJ
it's hardly a hard task now, we were all teenagers ourselves so not really hard to know the kind of stuff they'd talk about at 17.
This is a true classic.
When horror used to be about great build up, tension, fear and pure dread. The kind that use to leave with chills down your back within minutes. Not about excessive, over the top bloody gore, constant jumpscares and loud jolting sounds. God I miss classic horror. Why I appreciate directors like Jordan Peele, Mike Flanagan and Robert Eggers. They appreciate real horror.
Most horror from this era was the same kind of complete garbage you just described. It's just forgotten now. Horror wasn't better back then, you're just looking only at the critically acclaimed classics and assuming it was all like that. In reality, for every 1 movie of "Halloween" quality from the '70s, there are 20 "Slaughter Hotel"s.
sharksandsheep Exactly.
sharksandsheep r/iamverysmart
@@terrortower666 Lmao... You go ahead and post it there, bud. See what they say. 😂
@@amityislandchum you can say horror movies back in the day had lots of over the top gore but nearly none didn't have all the stupid jump scares and loud noise as of today trash horror also why is it so damn dark you can't see most of the killings
This scene is really soothing to me, I just like their friendship dynamic and the environment is really nice, it reminds me of when I was in high school, simple times.
That's true.
I’m still in high school at 22. I kept failing so I had to re take my grades. Love it
Ive always loved how the theme slightly pitches up and speeds up a bit during the “speed kills!” line
I like how subdued Laurie's reaction to seeing Michael by the bush. Like, she's obviously unsettled, but she still looks calm and composed, as if she's trying to rationalize in her head what's going instead of immediately panicking. It makes sense given her character and the fact that this happens very early in the movie before shit really hits the fan.
this was one of my favourite parts of the film. when he drives by and the music gets louder and further out of key it literally gives me goosebumps
What does out of key mean ?
Totally
Take this all in folks! You’ll never get another scene put together like this again.
I don’t understand why not though. Given this was made on a shoestring. I think it’s because audience IQs have dropped dramatically since 1978 and filmmakers are more obsessed with telling and not showing. It’s similar to films made in the 30s through to the end of the 50s. A lot of the noir films did so little and conveyed so much. It’s a lost art but it’s not impossible to resurrect imo
Its cause now a days people are lazy and just want to cgi everything if they used more actors and make up artist they could make the movies have a better feel to it. Thats why the 70's ans 80's horror movies were the best cause movies now a days have to much cgi and make it feel weak.
I love the fact that as she says "you're seeing men behind bushes", you can actually see two crew members behind the bush.
Wait, what? Which scene?
@@whiterunguard5633 4:26
@@christianhuertas329 omg your right. I see them
@Jarred Mello-Neyhart-May lol yeah they was someone did a video about it saying people live there
@@christianhuertas329 If you look even closer you can see Micheal Myers standing next to the guy on the porch.
Lynda loves the word ''Totally''
Totally
Well that's how teens talked then...
She was a pioneer since the phrase would be popularized in the 1980s, which was just two years away.
Lynda totally loves the word "totally."
FTFY
In the book it says and I quote:
“She was also known for trendy phrases, which she used to exhaustion for a month, then dropped from her vocabulary forever, to everyone's relief.
In July the word was weird; in August it was gross; In September, she was calling everyone “Jack”.
The October word was totally.”
When she said "hey jerk...SPEED KILLS!" I felt that.
“He wants to take you out tonight.” ALL THE WAY OUT!
Saw this in a movie theatre in Israel in 1980 with my best friend. In English with Hebrew subtitles. The Israeli audience went bananas at the jump scares. Total classic. Never gets old.
Halloween has the best music I love this theme music especially when he's lurking
I love Halloween, This is where it all started
There’s something about the way Michael moves that makes him Terrifying than others. It’s just that subtle movement of his body.
Rule 1 about yelling jokes at the unbeatable psycho killer: DON'T.
God, can't he take a joke??
@@stevennieto9898 no.
He has no sense of humor
Expertly shot - what a master at building tension, John Carpenter is....and that bit with Michael behind the bush, then disappearing is genius and gets us wondering is this man real or supernatural- he disappears into thin air. One of my top 3 horrors.
Agree about Carpenter but he didn't pickup on the nosy real life neighbor watching the filming from his porch stairs 04:26 upper right hand corner
Trev , I noticed that lol
@@trevmac8362 I never noticed that before.😃
@@trevmac8362 There is something said in the movie about an old neighbor watching her.
@@trevmac8362 Well spotted T
What a beautiful street. I can see the appeal of small towns.
South pasedena ,ca
This is actually filmed in Pasadena lol
One of the most iconic scenes in the Halloween franchise I love it
Michael was the master at diaspering in one second
My mom calls me Myers since I appear behind and and just vanish
@@JavaScrapper That’s actually really funny 😂
@@adamjustadam she’ll be washing clothes in the washer
And I’ll just appear right next to her
And she’ll be given a heart attack
I liked it the first time it happens but then it happens like 4-5 times and it just starts to get a bit silly but that's just my opinion.
@@leew1598 movies are supposed to be silly
This was actually South Pasadena in the spring of 1978. That part of town has more trees than Los Angeles proper. The fake falling leaves helped a lot in making it resemble a MidWestern suburb in the fall. 🍂 🍁
What a nice area and kinda looks back easty a bit love the trees and lawns that are stackEd higher with cement border and the lower sidewalk area. Seems to be a Cali thing. Pasedena really nice looking aon google maps as well.love this whole scene for the homes and the greenery🎃
The TV series of the same era as this movie, “Family” (which Kristy McNichol became a breakout star of as a teen, and Meredith Baxter Birney also starred in before “Family Ties”) was set in Pasadena and the exterior of the house they live in is in Pasadena. The street looks like it could be right around the corner from this scene.
I thought was central illinois??
@@M.N.K.792: No. It’s California.
@@hereforit2347 Woooau he look so much like Illinois,,..all this years I thought was really a Midwest Suburbia Town.
One of my favorite scenes
“ I think he’s cute” I laugh every time I I watch this scene
I've always thought that the reason this film is so wonderful is because above all of the gorgeous fall color photography
It was filmed in California in the spring, so they had to paint leaves and scatter them around (then sweep them up) to try and make it look like fall in Illinois 😂
@@beardedbaldie2698 yep, exactly, it was a masterpiece of photography
This scene, with the branches arching and stretching overhead like evil fingers reaching, that the girls are completely oblivious too, was inspired by the work of some French director who apparently influenced John Carpenter. And in the dialogue, Linda Kloch mentions she forgot her French book.
Chemistry book
"There's a lot of TOTALLY in this dialogue!"....Lolol.....however this is a TOTALLY classic movie!
This Is My Favorite Halloween. #Classic
Laurie, my Dear
He want's to take you out tonight
@Andrew Reed
Glmombo flmmbon
Jimmy Dean scared another one away. 😎
bEn TrAmErRrRr 😏😏
It was the Boogeyman.
As a matter of fact it was.
Beautiful empty neighborhoods huge streets and roads full of old trees.. Lucky people..
South pasedena and pasedena California,,I love it too wish I could live there
I love American suburbia. We don’t have anything like this in the UK. I wonder if these streets still look this beautiful 40 years on.
@@beardedbaldie2698 yes, they do; very beautiful indeed, especially the area around CalTech University. Can personally vouch for it. So much shade, so many oak trees.
@@beardedbaldie2698 also from the uk. Wish we had something similar to this. I love our countryside but american suburbia is something else
@@itachiuchiha1714 Exactly. It’s so unfair. Americans are so lucky. The UK has beautiful countryside and villages, but our city suburbs are drab, grey, ugly and full of rows and rows of terraced housing, or a semi if you’re lucky!
I still get chills as they walk down the street past all the hedges even in broad daylight. When Laurie turns to look back over her shoulder and there's only the leaves being blown by the wind makes it even more scary for some reason...
This movie still scares me when i watch it at night.
IMO this scene demonstrates how the Final Destination franchise owes much of its success to Halloween. The fact that the main character can see signs of death (in this instance Laurie with Michael Myers) before it happens while the others are completely oblivious until it's too late.
Totally..
LOVE THIS SCENE FROM HALLOWEEN 1978❤
“I think your whacko” now your seeing men behind bushes” hahahaha omg 😂
Carpenter must be a music genius... Indeed
Scariest movie still today. No blood no craziness just pure
I love the way he just stopped the car and kept going like bitch what the hell did u just say
Exactly lol
Annie and Linda we're not even caring about who the stalker was the thought just went out of their heads like normal teenagers! But Laurie was the only one who was smart an aware that something wasn't right about this person because she was so viligent! She was very mature at 17!! That's why i like Halloween 1978!! ❤️
" guys think I'm too smart " foreshadowing what a formidable opponent she would be for Jason.
My favorite part about this movie is how Michael Manages to make a Tuesday afternoon, broad daylight and all eerie and uneasy
Evil doesn’t die , It changes shape
~ Laurie Strode
Michael just heard the word "Jerk" and thought he was going to get his pickle tickled for the first time in his life, which is why he stopped the car so abruptly, Fact.
Chris, what you wrote is called "projection".
buzzcrushtrendkill
what he wrote is called a “joke”.
Mike don't play
I love this movie, however the fact that he could hear her from a car about 70 yards away is funny.
Myers has a pickle?!!! I wonder if it's way bigger than a $5 foot long If so Michael might have a new career in another industry. Hit it Charlie!!
"Totally!"
A clear example of you dont need 300 millon dolars to make a masterpiece..
For 1978 this movie is one of the greatest horror movies ever not just for that year but for any year. I mean this shot is a panoramic shot it's like an entire shot of the scene and it's remarkable and chilling at the same time. This movie is the first slasher movie that did different things with the camera angle and make the viewer interest in the whole movie from start to finish
Loved the suburban setting, so much more plausible than a haunted castle movie. You can sort of tell this was shot in May not October from the trees but never mind.
"sort of " it look absolutely nothin like central illinois in october lol, which make sense bc it was filmed in california xD
Carpenter was a master of suspense! 🔪🎃
Actually, that was Alfred Hitchcock. Still, John Carpenter was definitely a contender. If it hadn't been for the existence of "Psycho" (most ripped off shower scene in movie history), there would have been no "Halloween".
Halloween, Texas chainsaw massacre, Friday the 13th, A nightmare on elm street and Alien are great slasher horror movies.
Their the best slasher movies Halloween and Friday the 13th were my favorites I like jason better than micheal but I like the Halloween characters better but both are horror legends.
Jamie Lee Curtis was so damn gorgeous in the first Halloween 😍
Like the way Linda says she looses all her books!! She seems so responsable!! Lol
John Carpenter's cigarette smoke in the scene 😂😂😂.
Where?
@@DGodwithaplan2 when Annie says "he wants to take you out tonight"
Carpenter just standing there smoking lol can't you wait 5 more mins John?
Nick Castle As Michael Myers
Jamie Lee Curtis As Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence As Dr Sam Loomis
Original Halloween 1 (1978)
I saw this a few times, with different people-- boy friend, the quartet i sang with, my best friend, etc .
It's something that teenagers did , in a cold climate, in the 70s.
The visuals were effective , but as a musician , it was the music that really got to me
This scene is Classic but so is this whole movie !!! 👍🏻🎃👍🏻
This movie was a masterpiece and Linda was hot.
I actually think the young ladies in it are just average looking,back then it didn't matter so much what you looked like,like Christopher Reeves and Margot Kidder in superman,it was more about screen chemistry,nowadays everyone has to be at least an 8 out of 10.
@@paulanthony5274 now every female gets surgery and has onlyfans.. Society has evolved backwards
Linda?
It's not Linda Hamilton from terminator
It's Laurie Strode
@@abhijithanilkumar4959 No shit. I was talking about the character her co star was playing.
Lynda is very beautiful is wish she never got killed
This is TOTALLY awesome
The last time I saw this was in 1985 on television.
2 fun facts about this scene. 1. The smoke you see at 3:58 on the left side of the screen was John Carpenter's cigarette off camera. And 2. after they walk pass the hedge you can see a crew member stand up on the porch behind Laurie and Annie at 4:28...I'm a nerd when it comes to Halloween 🎃
was it really a crew member? i know theres a debate over if it was or not. honestly i never noticed it until my 100th viewing.
it appears there are two people if you look closely, man with dark hair and black clothing is standing to the right of the guy in the white shirt. Nick Castle🤔
4:28 If you look even closer, Michael is standing next to him, wearing the iconic mask. Although this video is not the clearest.
"But he's definitely there"
Good catch
I absolutely loved the feelings of this whole part. I feel like it set a tone for the girls. They did a great job with it! A natural classic they gave the back then feelings of a horror movie I absolutely love it!
1978 was my favorite year, I was 17. at the time. 😁
Michael is just trying to reach her in regards to her parent's vehicle's extended warranty but he is too shy to actually inform her.
He looks like hes listening to his own theme song in his car
Daytime scenes were scarier than the nighttime scenes. And those three looked like mid-30s not high school.
PJ soles and Nancy Lomis were in their late 20s but Jamie Lee Curtis was only 19
Anyone else like how they made nick castle look at Jamie lee Curtis as he drove by to help with the stocker vibe he was going for.
Its funny how when it hits this time of year all I do is watch the Halloween movies! They're all so good I can't decide which is my favorite. Either the 1989 one or the 2018 one.
4:28 The guy in the background stands up on the porch. And if you look even closer, Michael is standing on the porch next to him wearing the iconic mask.
I never ever knew that!!! Now I’m gonna have to look for it every time I watch it 🥰
@@AnGeLfLaVa 😂 Learn something new every day.
The hedge is still there in 2021
That's really cool. 43 years on. Love info like that.
This scene alone is why the OG Myers will NEVER be beat
This movie has minimal gore ( if any) and is the scariest horror film
I always viewed the original Halloween as a thriller, since it does relay more on suspense and tension than kills
3:27 it always kind of cracks me up thinking of Michael Myers hauling butt (undoubtedly looking like a complete dumbass) to get away so they won't see him when they look around the bush.
"Speed kills"
Subtle
But very funny.
Because you know, Michael is very fast and DEADLY !
So yeah, Speed does kill.
3:58 This fast plan really gave me the feelings that Michael's hands will reach out from behind the bush while Sandy is looking at Laurie, to choke her and kill her. I had chills for 2 seconds.
Smart use of the reverse angle and the law of "Hiding is scarier than showing"
And right after this scene, when the girls resume their walk, with the camera only showing what's behind her, not what's in front of her, you're a bit scared because you think Michael can jump in front of them and you AT ANY SECONDS.
He appears only for 5 seconds, and that's enough for scaring you.
BRILLIANT !
I saw this at the movies in Hollywood on October 31, 1979. 😱 In those pre-cable, pre-VCR days, new releases stayed in theatres for months, even longer, or were re-released for holidays and whatnot.
I love the photography in this movie. Such a beautiful scene. And Greenery. I love Fall of the year but whats weird is there’s still leaves and stuff around. When it should look like Fall. But its still a beautiful scene. On my families big giant tv. Some of the photography in this movie are absolutely beautiful. .
If you read up on the movie they had to bring leaves and scatter them on the ground because it was filmed in California in the summer and not Illinois in the autumn 🙂
This movie is a classic and I still love it
This is totally awesome xx
My favorite part about this movie is how Michael Manages to make a Tuesday afternoon in broad daylight and all eerie and uneasy
Wow this good picture quality. Blu ray?
Check Amazon
@@robertjoseph5206 Oh I have it since on blu ray since I wrote this 🙏 although I wouldn't mind picking it up on 4k sometime
@@Facelessman254 The 4k is pretty much considered the best. The earlier blu ray releases were criticized for being too bright.
@@leew1598 For real, I watched the 4K yesterday and the colorimetry is much darker, it fits the tone of the movie better and it’s truer to Carpenter vision. So watch it on 4K if you can
I love this scene
"Totally"
great location scouting for this scene. Well done
That lady that plays Annie seemed like she wasn’t even trying to play her part in these scenes lol
i know but other than that it still captures that creepy suspenseful feeling
Love the after school walk and Michael prowling behind bush
“Doesn’t really matter if you have your books or not. I always forget all of my books.” And that’s why you dead girl. 💀
Helen Tasker + Laurie Strode = FTW. Halloween had moments of Kubrick suspense; opening scenes of women walking neighborhood streets.
"I hate a guy with a car and no sense of humor."
Very specific.
@@maunide3365 Not to be confused with a guy with a sense of humor and no car, who she loves.
"He wants to take you out tonight".
Sure does.
this movie will always be horror classic to watch on every halloween 🎃