Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut) and Donald Pleasence, with P. J. Soles and Nancy Kyes in supporting roles. The plot centers on a mental patient, Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his babysitting teenage sister on Halloween night when he was six years old. Fifteen years later, he escapes and returns to his hometown, where he stalks a female babysitter and her friends while under pursuit by his psychiatrist.

Filming took place in Southern California in May 1978. The film premiered in October, whereupon it grossed $70 million, becoming one of the most profitable independent films of all time. Primarily praised for Carpenter's direction and score, many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974). It is considered one of the greatest and most influential horror films ever made. In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Halloween spawned a film franchise comprising thirteen films which helped construct an extensive backstory for its antagonist Michael Myers, sometimes narratively diverging entirely from previous installments.

Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers - What Happened? :specter:

Megathreads and spaces to hang out:

reminders:

  • 💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
  • 💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes struggle sessions over upbears
  • 💜 Sorting by new you nerd
  • 🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can go here nerd

Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):

Aid:

Theory:

Remember nerds, no current struggle session discussion here to the general megathread, i will ban you from the comm and remove your comment, have a good day/night :meow-coffee:

  • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    i watched Halloween yesterday and kept making fun of it the whole time

    the doctor is like "I looked at that little boy and I saw pure evil" and it's like "is that your medical diagnosis"

    • AssadCurse [none/use name]
      ·
      2 years ago

      i also like the cartoonish morality it plays off as deep

      "Pure evil has no meaning or purpose, it is random and a force of the universe"

      Uhh no, pretty sure evil is just causing suffering in other sentient beings and it's done mostly for selfish gain or because of systemic issues, and the darkest and most depraved human actions often arise as purposeful libidinal reactions against the superego (sadists and cruel people who do things specifically because they are perceived as bad). That's not random or a platonic force, its a direct relationship to our social structures.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
        ·
        2 years ago

        It's a low budget horror movie from the late 70s. They're trying to make a scary killer for a horror movie. This isn't a character study of Micheal Myers and the interwoven systems that led him to wear a a white Shatner mask and a janitor uniform to kill Jamie Lee Curtis.

        • AssadCurse [none/use name]
          ·
          2 years ago

          Yes I know it’s fun for what it is but there are people who take it very seriously as deep or saying something about morality or human nature.

    • Cromalin [she/her]
      ·
      2 years ago

      "the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes..."

      is it goofy? yes. does it work for me, especially in setting up the ending where he gets shot 6 times and manages to walk away to kill again? yeah

      the existence of any sequel to halloween basically is guaranteed to destroy everything cool about the original

        • Zoift [he/him]M
          ·
          2 years ago

          God, I'd watch a mashup where Captain Quint has to track down Myers instead of Loomis. Id watch that so hard.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
      ·
      2 years ago

      I heared about that diagnosis a few times in real life if it helps