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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 12:59 PM
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I've never seen the movie, "Halloween"
am I missing anything? :shrug:
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freetobegay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 01:02 PM
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1. The first one was great
But as with most, it was run into the ground. Jason comes to mind in Friday the 13th!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 01:03 PM
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2. The first one is pretty good
Edited on Sat Oct-30-04 01:03 PM by flamingyouth
SPEED KILLS! :D
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 01:10 PM
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3. Yes, it is a classic movie...
Edited on Sat Oct-30-04 01:41 PM by sundog
At the time it was basically guerrilla filmmaking... John Carpenter was an unknown & it was made for virtually nothing. A lot of careers & bank accounts were launched from it. Its profit margin at that point was unprecedented.

It borrows heavily (both stylistically & thematically) from German Expressionism. It touches on a lot of themes of repression, isolation, and the facade of suburban America.

I wrote my thesis on this flick, so I am partial to its influence & brilliance :7
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 01:32 PM
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4. watch em all
and judge for yourself...for me numbers one and two where great...and the one when Michael went into outer space was great on several different levels...seriousley..

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flaming bondage mask Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 03:42 PM
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11. The landscape of my sides was permanently altered from
laughing so goddamn hard at the 'beach party holodeck' sequence.

Wow.
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Johnny 99 Donating Member (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 02:47 PM
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5. Classic horror flick
The scene near the end with Jamie Lee Curtis resting on the railing to the staircase, thinking that she's just killed Michael...then he slowly sits up, turns his head over, gets up and starts stalking over...fucking great scene.
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FreedomFry Donating Member (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 02:57 PM
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6. Agree, see the first one.
It's great fun -- atmospheric, silly at times, Jamie Lee Curtis makes it highly watchable because she plays it intelligently. Turn off the lights when you see it for the full effect.
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smbolisnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 03:00 PM
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7. Must see......
It's a classic, and I am pretty sure it is on at 8pm on AMC....watch it! :evilgrin:
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 03:01 PM
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8. The first one is worth seeing, but the sequels were all shit.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 03:22 PM
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9. i disagree
but i will fight to the death with a machete to defend your right to think so.

and by the way that one in outer space was really Friday the 13th part ten...or "Jason X"

great flick...

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KayLaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 03:39 PM
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10. See it
I saw it one night when I was kept up baking cookies for a Halloween party my friend and I were throwing. It was so scary that I was afraid to leave my chair and walk to the bedroom when it was over.
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GingerSnaps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 05:09 PM
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12. Have you seen the first Chucky movie?
Well if you didn't then you need to rent both movies.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 05:13 PM
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13. LOL
I have all the Chucky movies.

The first was the best, BTW.

However, I will watch Halloween on AMC tonite :D
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GingerSnaps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 05:28 PM
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14. I can't wait until the new Chucky comes out
Have you seen the previews of it? I kind of gathered that they would have another sequel because of the baby being born at the end of the last one. Jennifer Tilly fits perfect in the Chucky movies.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 05:30 PM
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15. here's the trailer
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GingerSnaps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 05:54 PM
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16. Thanks
I fell in love with the apartment and the building that it was in from the first movie.

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