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Steffen said:
Watched the original Halloween. I've never seen this before. I saw H20 and the Rob Zombie ones, but never Carpenter's original. It really was an impressive debut from a then-inexperienced director, and it's no surprise it birthed the slasher genre of the 80s. I enjoyed Rob Zombie's remake (the second one was crap), but he missed a big part of what made the original so special: sometimes less is more.
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Halloween was actually Carpenter's third film. Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13 were his first two. Dark Star is pretty crappy but does have it's funny moments (not sure they were intentional though). Assault on Precinct 13 is brilliant. It's one of Quinten Tarantino's favorite films.
 
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swiftdog2.0 said:
Halloween was actually Carpenter's third film. Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13 were his first two. Dark Star is pretty crappy but does have it's funny moments (not sure they were intentional though). Assault on Precinct 13 is brilliant. It's one of Quinten Tarantino's favorite films.
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According to Wikipedia Carpenter made the tv-movie Someone's Watching Me prior to Halloween, making the latter his fourth film. But by the time Someone's Watching Me aired on tv (at the end of November 1978), Halloween had already been released. So it depends if you count the films the order he made them, or the order they got released.
I'm not entirely sure which of the two Carpenter made earlier, and sometimes there are mistakes on Wikipedia. I suppose you need a comprehensive book about Carpenter to be sure.

Also surprisingly, while Carpenter wrote Halloween (together with partner Debra Hill), he didn't come up with the idea of babysitters being stalked by a psychotic killer. That was in fact brought to him by the producers, Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad (who had seen Assault on Precinct 13), who also came up with the idea of setting it during Halloween and naming it such. The original title of the Carpenter/Hill script was The Babysitter Murders, not too catchy.
 
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fljoe0 said:
One of the disturbing things I found in the wikipedia page about him is how many times he was questioned or arrested for creepy things before he was eventually found out.
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I agree, especially the poor 14 year old boy who was sent back into his 'house of horrors' to die because the police believed Dhamer's story that the boy was 19 and was Dahmer's lover.
That Dahmer was one sick individual - I see he was finally beaten to death in jail by another inmate.
 
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Steffen said:
... sometimes less is more.
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The first Halloween has the least amount of deaths: 5 people (and two dogs, one unseen on screen). After that there are more and more. The second film is a lot more gorier already. And what Rob Zombie was doing, had little to do with the original spirit of Halloween - which is more about suggestion. Carpenter said the film was inspired by childhood fears - hence the reference to the Boogeyman.

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I must admit though, the first time I saw Halloween I had already seen other slashers, like Friday the 13th, and Halloween felt very tame. It is however much better shot than a lot of slashers that followed later, and the music is what made it iconic. I'm not sure if it would have done as well without the music, but the same is true about the impact of the violins in the shower scene in Psycho, or Harry Manfredini's music for Friday the 13th (the famous whispered kill-kill), or Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells in Exorcist.
Music often can make movies iconic, whether it's Jaws, Star Wars, James Bond or Morricone's western music. It's impossible to imagine those movies without the music, and would they have done as well without it?
 
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This an oldie from 1951 called Ace in the Hole with Kirk Douglas. It's a truly timeless story. A journalist (Kirk Douglas) is sent write about a man who fell down a collapsed mine. He plays it for all it's worth creating a media frenzy before there was social media. He leaves the guy as his Ace in the Hole to get as much attention as possible. Even refusing ways to get him out faster. Watch it, it's timeless.
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One of the really good movies I remember from childhood. The ending has stayed with me all these years.
 
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Ice Castles (1978). One of my favorites - haven't done a re-watch in over five years. I was crying 15 minutes into it. :teary:

I've thought about this many times, but kind of wrote it off due to how long ago it was made.
Alexis is 16 years old. Nick is probably 18-20. But what about that news guy?? He had to be at least 30. Ewww.

I know I've talked about this movie here with other fans (at least of Robby Benson LOL). Trying to remember who was in that conversation...

Dana Jean danie not_nadine
 
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swiftdog2.0 said:
Assault on Precinct 13 is brilliant. It's one of Quinten Tarantino's favorite films.
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Saw this when it came out. I worked in a theater that was showing it. It's fantastic. I highly recommend it. NOT the lousy remake.

I watched Suicide Squad again. Liked it even better the second time.
 
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morgan said:
Ice Castles (1978). One of my favorites - haven't done a re-watch in over five years. I was crying 15 minutes into it. :teary:

I've thought about this many times, but kind of wrote it off due to how long ago it was made.
Alexis is 16 years old. Nick is probably 18-20. But what about that news guy?? He had to be at least 30. Ewww.

I know I've talked about this movie here with other fans (at least of Robby Benson LOL). Trying to remember who was in that conversation...

Dana Jean danie not_nadine
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Oh, you know I'm all about the Robby Benson.
 
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The last two movies I watched were The Grey and American Sniper

Liam Neeson was pretty good in The Grey although I found the movie itself to be slightly boring and more than a little bit depressing.

American Sniper was a different kettle of fish altogether. I was mesmerized by that one and a great performance by Bradley Cooper.
 
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Dana Jean said:
Oh, you know I'm all about the Robby Benson.
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I was just looking up his bio online. He's been married since 1982. She's three years older than him, but now looks much, much older than he does. (Don't get me started on how unfair the male/female aging process is! LOL) Good for him for not "trading in" on a girl 30 years younger than he is! Makes me think he has some integrity.
 
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I watched Hostiles on Netflix. It's one of the best movies I've watched in a long time. Beautiful, savage, poetic, visionary. My jaw came off its hinges the first two minutes of the film and I couldn't look away until two and a half hours later. It was better than 3:10 to Yuma, I think. With a haunting and understated soundtrack and panoramic scenes of the West that are like oil paintings, this is a movie not quickly forgotten. 5 out of 5 Remingtons.

"I envy the finality of death; the certainty. And I have to drive these thoughts away when I'm weak."
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Do you like Remington's work doc? I live just short of an hour away by car from the Frederic Remington Museum. Most people are familiar with his bronzes but he was a prolific painter as well. It's a pretty nice place to visit, I have three of the bronzes myself, the Cheyenne, the Mountain Man, and Trooper of the Plains..images.jpeg
 
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Do you like Remington's work doc? I live just short of an hour away by car from the Frederic Remington Museum. Most people are familiar with his bronzes but he was a prolific painter as well. It's a pretty nice place to visit, I have three of the bronzes myself, the Cheyenne, the Mountain Man, and Trooper of the Plains..View attachment 27618
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You do? That's great. I bet they add a lot of character to your room. Post a pic if you can.
Yes, I like his stuff, always have.
 
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Wayoftheredpanda said:
can you summarize it? I know he survived a horrific car accident but did they really test this theory to the extremes?
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Young cliche adults arrive at lake near SK home. Weird townspeople who very vaguely resemble SK characters all whisper . Young adults slowly killed off by hooded man for making too much noise. Last to die is a SK fan who prevents others from harming murderer whom he theorizes is SK. Thus the title of movie.
 
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