Halloween [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Halloween [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Satan Has A Son And His Name Is Michael Myers
Summary: 5 Stars
HAPPY THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY, MICHAEL MYERS!!! Thanks to you, Halloween will never be the same.
"Halloween" is a modern horror classic. To date, it has spawned seven sequels, one remake, and a host of imitations including some of the best holiday slasher fare. I was a freshman in high school when "Halloween" was released thirty years ago on an unsuspecting America. My classmates were hailing it as a great horror film; they couldn't stop talking about it. This film went down in history as one of the top grossing independent films.
Expertly directed by John Carpenter and Debra Hill (who also brought us "The Fog" - a creepy ghost story), "Halloween" shocked America with its chilling plot. What would possess a six-year-old boy from a normal, middle class family and make him stab his teenage sister to death? Satan possessed him! Fifteen years later, when the grown Michael Myers escaped from the psychiatric hospital, his psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (horror icon Donald Pleasance of "The Flesh and the Fiends," "Raw Meat, and "Phenomena") insisted he was pure evil, and no longer a human. This would explain his ability to survive being shot, stabbed, and set on fire.
Jamie Lee Curtis (daughter of "Psycho" star Janet Leigh) made her film debut as babysitter Laurie Strode; she and her high school friends are stalked by Michael Myers on Halloween. Curtis gives an outstanding performance as the injured teen who desperately flees the maniac while pleading for help from the neighbors who turn off their front porch lights. She quickly realizes there really is a Boogeyman.
It is a delight to watch the beautiful P. J. Soles when she plays her usual role as a mischievous, free-spirited girl. She was a tom boy in "Carrie" and a cheerleader in "Halloween."
Granted, ""Halloween" is not a gory, high body count slasher flick. However, it does have nail-biting suspense, memorable theme music (on a par with "Jaws" and "Friday the 13th"), and history making originality. "Halloween" proved that monsters are still real. They can be the boy next door - the one who killed his sister.
If you haven't seen the original film "Halloween," you're in for one of the best Halloween treats in history. I envy you!
Movie Review: Halloween - It Set the Standard
Summary: 5 Stars
Halloween-the ORIGINAL-was released in 1978. I don't think I've ever had as much fun at a movie as I did when I first saw this. The entire audience was mesmerized by what was unfolding on the screen. We all screamed, shouted instructions to the people on the screen, and held our breath through ever scene. The tension was unbelievable. John Carpenter (who has never come close to topping this one) proved he was a master at building suspense and definitely chosing the "less-is-more" type of violence. Why it was labeled as a "slasher" film is still a mystery because there is little to no blood shown.
The original Halloween was an independent film and shot on a shoestring budget. With really no known actors (it did introduce Jamie Lee Curtis) and a still wet-behind-the-ears director, the film at first only received a limited distribution. But word-of-mouth took care of that, and soon the film was everywhere. Roger Ebert gave it 3-1/2 stars (out of 4) and his review said, "[I]t will have you screaming."
You all know the story: babysitter Laurie Strode battles the indestructible and masked Michael Meyers, and the audience is treated to one of the best rollercoast rides they'll ever experience. The music used in the film is just as memorable as the screeching violins used in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." Not to be confused with the damning remake by Rob Zombie, this is a must-see for any horror buff. Comparably tame to anything released today, the movie last 92 minutes and is rated R for brief nudity, violence, and some adult language.
The true test of any classic movie is "can it withstand the tests of time?" Halloween (the original) has indeed done that. I never miss when it's on television and I also own several of the movies. As is most cases, the original is always the best. The plotline of this movie has been copied by just about everyone in the horror genre. The majority of those films failed miserably because all they were interested in was the body count.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Movie Review: Halloween goes Blu, thanks to Anchor Bay!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great Blu Ray disc from Anchor Bay,it's shaper than the Divimax release a few years back,and that one looked darn good,but this one is even better, Halloween like you never heard or seen it!!!,a great early Blu title from Anchor Bay,also recommended are Blu's of Dawn Of The Dead(it's the thearical cut),Day Of The Dead,and Evil Dead II.all these Blu's are great,I have em' all,and each one has great choice extras as well,lets hope that Anchor Bay releases other quality Blu's in the near future!!! "Recommendead"(Ha Ha!)!!! A+Movie Review: a tip 4 U
Summary: 4 Stars
just a tip that box set IS NOT worth it. If you want all the movies> walmart has halloween 1 for $10, H-2, H-3 combo pack for i think $8.00 and then theres BEst bUY whom has H-4, H-5 for $15 ea. Walmart just got in recently a NEW odd never seen b4 till recent a box set of Halloween 6, 7, 8 combo for $15. Buy it if yur a hard core fan. Good $ price for 3 movies!! Plus just about anywhere has the 2007 vs of halloween for about $20 i think. so for bout $85 you can get all the Halloween movies if you got the $$$ and are a hard core fan! SOOOO wish a produceers cut of H=6 would come out. I heard its about 45min of additional footage that the theatrical release didnt show?? for whatever reason... SO there you go... AND another Halloween movie a sequal from last years (2007) will be out in 2009 i heard>?? who knows the more remakes and or ssequals they make there just ruining what few great halloween movies there are currently. If there going to make a sequal make one w/ john(josh hartnett) lauries son coming back and facing michael one last time or something like that. who knows what those joker producers will end up doing???Movie Review: It's a classic for a reason
Summary: 5 Stars
Guess, I'll finally weigh in on this one. Halloween is a perfect product of it's time and the fact that it was actually scary allows it to continue to live on all these years later. The cast is perfectly awkward, the scares numerous, the soundtrack exceptional, and the nostalgia brilliant. Every year, after we've killed -- er, I mean fed --the last trick-or-treaters, we settle in for this fabulous, low-budget gem. It deserves it's status among fright films.