Got into an argument with a couple of 16 year old students of mine about how most of them have the attention span of fruit flies with ADHD and that most modern media seems to cater to their sugar rush needs causing them to lose appreciation for the power of simplicity.

They disagreed.

I showed them the opening scene of Halloween.

That shut them up.

that halloween theme always makes me want to shake my ass....

“i’ll kill you if this is a joke”

so much fun and genuinely had my heart racing, i’m so glad i got to see this in a theater full of people laughing and clapping

ok so yall who have me on instagram know im an employed graphic designer and in my spare time i do alternative film posters (ive put my best ones on my website if youre curious) but today my Halloween one has gone up on bigcartel for people to purchase! it will be printed on poster paper at 17inches x 11 and i can send worldwide, any interest in this or any of my designs is grately appreciated!

jaybennett.bigcartel.com/

edit: ive also added the ex machina one !

Letterboxed needs a button for "I've watched this film about 25 times before"

I still love love love this movie. For modern audiences, yes, it is certainly dated. Many aspects of the movie that seem corny and cliched now, are mostly due to being imitated for decades after its release. For me the films brilliance is capturing the scale of a neighborhood and the boogeyman lurking within it. So much attention is placed on shots focusing on tree lined streets, walking to and from school, going to the neighbors....it has to be one of the first horror films to truly dive deep into suburbia.

If I had to identify one flaw it's the scene with Michael Myers donning the white sheet and Bob's glasses before visiting Lynda. It feels weirdly out-of-character....almost comic relief (a masked man wearing a costume). But the 15 minutes that follow are as good as it gets in horror suspense.

An image of pure evil, a shape which occupies the space between the real and the supernatural and a symbol of the unstoppable march of death... That and a fucking fun horror classic.

- The score is one of the very best scores of all time
- I liked the Late 70s/early 80s Stranger Things kind of feeling it had
- It wasn‘t that scary at all but still pretty good

So I watched this in preparation for the new one. It’s truely a classic and is absolutely a necessary watch for Halloween. The score and the cinematography never cease to amaze me. 10/10

Halloween - a true horror classic, that doesn't really stand up to today's horror films, however, is still a lot of fun to watch. It feels very much like Scream and Michael is a horrible killer, he's so slow, even editing doesn't help in the slightest.

Even though the film is a bit slow and boring, watching it with friends is recommended. Would definitely do it again.

Mh, sehr unterwältigend.

I'm not a horror fan for the most part, but even with that said, I don't understand why this film is regarded as a classic of the genre. The main theme is iconic, but after that it has a slow pace with repetitive shot composition, a simple plot with some nonsensical plot elements, and a villain who is basically an empty shell with a mask. Perhaps, it was a ground-breaking film 40 years ago, but it doesn't do anything for me, and I can't get on board with it at all.