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Totally understandable, it can definitely come across as sluggish for a horror film. I can see why it wouldn't be for everyone.
How are everyones costumes looking this year?
Damn that’s a good double feature.
Easily one of my favorite double features. The first one is about as close to perfection as a horror movie gets for me. If I had the time, I'd toss in another Carpenter classic that's a favorite of mine, The Thing.
I watched H20 a few days ago it was better than I remembered it, the ending was good.
Anyway, I managed to watch a bit of Trick r Treat last night. Not the scariest movie but darn entertaining. And today I have the post Halloween blues.
I've watched it twice and still don't get on with it,so I have given up...I honestly don't see what the fuss is all about,apart from the 'did they or didn't they' sex scene.
I like it too @Remington
Very silly, but also entertaining and weird.
It's not really part of the Halloween series of films. Only in name.
>:) 8-X :ar! :O)
In the spirit of the season a double bill of
Halloween (1978) and Halloween (2018)
Obviously the original is a stone cold classic. Beautifully shot. Stylish and influential.
The new follow up is growing on me and i adore the new Carpenter score. It doesn't all work but still a nice companion piece to the superior original.
Also watched Halloween H20 (1997) which i think is a better sequel to the one above. It has a more logical storyline and keeps Michael's previous whereabouts a mystery. Jamie Lee has never been better.
Another Halloween favourite is:
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Much preferred to the original, this is Universal horror at it's finest. So many great and iconic moments and lashings of black humour.
Love the prologue with Shelley and Byron.
A newer horror i watched last night was In The Tall Grass (2019) based on the Stephen King/Joe King novella. Quite enjoyed its strange story. It's really well shot with convincing performances.
Good choice! Loved that film since i saw it on video in the early 80's!
Landis never really got close to topping it IMO.
Agreed. His finest hour! To think Landis was among a number of writers who were considered to write or direct a Bond movie! Don't think he would have suited Bond at all!
I always do a duo marathon of the first two installments, but I've been feeling the same way - I want to spice it up with something. If I didn't have work that day, I'd rewatch the entirety of the The Haunting of Hell House series on Netflix.
So I take my youngest trick or treating and stuff - but the rules are no occult costumes. She can dress as a baddie out of Batman or something (Harley Quinn for example). Also I concentrate on the "getting to see our neighbours/community" part of it all.
It's one of those times of year when I'm glad it's done and over with. But I guess it's a good excuse to watch "The Lost Boys"!
I respect that, @BondStu. I merely think there's Halloween and there's Halloween. One of these two has little meaning beyond the "fun" of dressing up in a horror theme while the leaves are falling off our trees and cinemas organize delicious horror marathons. I don't care about the folklore behind Halloween. For me, it's just an excuse to watch even more horror flicks. ;-)
Hope you have bought candy, cause I am coming knocking.
But I've known people in the past who've taken it a lot more seriously. It's things like that which I choose to steer clear of.
I completely understand that, @BondStu.
I don't even do the pumpkin thing. It's mostly some John Carpenter-ish kind of fun in my house. And trick-'r-treating is something we most definitely don't do here in Belgium. So yeah, it's just another commercial byproduct of our quest for entertainment, I guess. I usually don't partake in those, however. I don't "celebrate" New Year since I fail to grasp what cause for celebration that day even provides. Halloween is my only guilty exception. I'm a fan of horror films, that's why. For the record, I don't even "celebrate" Christmas. I try to be nice to people every day and almost everything else about Christmas is hypocrisy in most households anyway. I don't go to church, so I don't feel "entitled" to the warmth of Christmas.
Halloween simply feels like a harmless guilty pleasure. ;-)
See, that's the point, isn't it. When I hear about Christmas, it's mostly about a "Christmas release" of a movie I'm dying to see. ;-)
Just, you know... don't answer your phone.
What are you talking about? A friendly voice has asked me if I've checked the children yet. Three times, in fact. I am about to. Very nice man, kindly reminding me to do so.
I must say, as an athiest i find my 'born again christian' aunt's revulsion of all things Halloween quite puzzling and amusing.
It's harmless fun for children and has long escaped it's Celtic roots.
I have always loved the Horror genre so Halloween is a good excuse to watch more and i love the dressed up kids trick or treating in my street.
Like DarthDimi i cannot see what's special about new year and the magic of Christmas is no longer there for me.
I might go on lunch today so I can try and get some of that feeling also the producers cut of Halloween 6 is on YouTube maybe I will watch that at work today or tomorrow
What are some of the costumes you've worn before, @Risico007?