Movies HALLOWEEN: The Official Thread of Michael Myers

[Archie Goodwin]

Kills is straight ass.

And not the good kind

 

[Substance Abuse]

And not the good kind

 

[Five Fingered Fresh Fist]

Halloween was one of the greatest Horror movies ever made, and still holds up well today. Unfortunately, it's been downhill since then.

Some of them still have some redeeming qualities. For example:

Halloween 2

And Halloween 4

 

[Halifax]

Still haven't watched kills and probably won't watch ends

I am always hoping they are gems and bring back the glory to Mike

but I was severely disappointed by 18

I was thinking of this the other day
but of the big three slasher mass murders

I gotta say Jason is king
he never had any thing as good as H1 and 2 but overall here is more quality in F13 franchise than Halloween
which is a shame Mike is my favorite and the scariest

he needs another reboot

if Batman can get 39 reboots than give Mike 40 he is a national treasure imo

LOL.

Friday the 13th had quality if you like strange kills and comedy and Jason doing invasion of the Body snatchers and going to space and shit. The best movie in the Friday the 13th series didn't even have Jason as the main killer lol.

Imagine not being the main killer in your own franchise.

Strangely, you not seeing kills is strange because it is the most "Friday the 13th" style movie in the Halloween Franchise. Invincible fucking Micheal and stupid characters you hope get killed by him.

 

[Halifax]

Me too. I have't truly liked a Halloween movie since H20 and even that one was so-so. But these Blumhouse ones are abominations. If you haven't seen HK yet the only thing you're missing is a headache. Literally, if it wasn't for Resurrection the Blumhouse movies would be the worst in the entire franchise. It's ridiculous.

I love F13th Parts 1-8 (the Paramount ones). Although none of the films are as good or scary as Halloween, they are way more fun.

H20 was an abomination of shit. 90's scream style with the ugliest Mask and most passive least intimidating Micheal of any Halloween movie. The only thing it had going for it was Nostalgia and it failed.

2018 was superior in every way and is arguably tied with Halloween 2 for 2nd best movie. And its almost universally regarded that way with few dissenters.

Kills? yeah kills wasn't great. The only thing it had golng for it was the best looking Mask and one of the best intimidating portrayals of Myers ever. He was a killing machine in this movie and all the characters were so stupid you wanted them to die.

 

[zapataxiv]

LOL.

Friday the 13th had quality if you like strange kills and comedy and Jason doing invasion of the Body snatchers and going to space and shit. The best movie in the Friday the 13th series didn't even have Jason as the main killer lol.

Imagine not being the main killer in your own franchise.

Strangely, you not seeing kills is strange because it is the most "Friday the 13th" style movie in the Halloween Franchise. Invincible fucking Micheal and stupid characters you hope get killed by him.

i dont rate f13 that high i guess its probably at bottom of my f13 top 10 i dont wanna see kills because it is like f13
i want to a see a f13 i watch f13 i wanna watch halloween i watch halloween

the fun of 13th films is they are schlock they are ridiculous and are an achievement of what low budget cocaine fueled shooting crews can come up with and salvage from the mpaa.
i hold Halloween to a different standard (which is why i dont like 4 as much as the other installments Mike was doin his best Jason impression : also being impaled by a shotgun is an all time low kill for mike).

h20, resurrection, 18, rzh2 all ross the line of not being enjoyable and spittin on the main man myers name imo

Jason has a wider collection of fun movies in my opinion 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,X and the reboot are all fun
none of them come close to H1 or H2 and the top 13s can hang with 456 from halloween

there is alot i hate about rzh1 but sometimes it hits right. sometimes i hate wwe mike and sometimes i like him he is big and intimadting in a way jason cant get by the nature of his movies.

i actually kind of want a RZF13, backwater podunk town is a great setting for killbilly gore porn

 

[zapataxiv]

H20 was an abomination of shit. 90's scream style with the ugliest Mask and most passive least intimidating Micheal of any Halloween movie. The only thing it had going for it was Nostalgia and it failed.

2018 was superior in every way and is arguably tied with Halloween 2 for 2nd best movie. And its almost universally regarded that way with few dissenters.

Kills? yeah kills wasn't great. The only thing it had golng for it was the best looking Mask and one of the best intimidating portrayals of Myers ever. He was a killing machine in this movie and all the characters were so stupid you wanted them to die.

ill agree with you on H20
i hate that movie
its not fun, cool j sucks, the hartnett laurie dynamic is wasted and worst of all as you said Mike sucks in it.

 

[zapataxiv]

also any Halloween heads wish they continued the thorn/man in black storyline
over h20, resurrection and the reboots

I just was doing some youtubing and found a vid about the producer cut of halloween 6

the producer cut version leans heavily into the thorne storyline and has runes, loomis becoming evil? mike escaping and becoming the man in black

its pretty messy but i want to dive into that world

 

[Snowblindlove]

It depends on which one you watch.

H1: No
HII: No
H4: No
H5: Kinda
H6: Yes - He was inflicted with a curse which forces him to kill - P-Cut. // T-Cut - He just kills to kill but the curse keeps him from dying. (I like T-Cut better)
H20: No
HR: No
RZH: Yes - White trash family upbringing. Kills because people treated him like shit.
RZH2: Yes - Same thing + see's visions of his mother. Kills for her.
H'18: No
HK: No

Rob Zombie films are the best from a storyline perspective although very dark. He isnt made invincible and he dies.

If the New Halloween sticks with the leaked draft that Myers actually dies and gets chased to a tower while injured and falls off then is beheaded. And his mask inspires a copy cat killer well that is better. However, Halloween is such trash now they may just make Michael invincible again and yet again give no true ending to the films. I suspect if they do that it will end like Halloween 2018 with the belief he will die but it not proven.

Halloween II doesnt say why he kills but it does tell people he is following some Pagan stuff likely because he rights names in the school. And indicates he sought out Laurie to finish the job of wiping out his family. Also he dies in the end which is realistic.

 

[NoSmilez]

I never saw any of the originals. I only seen the newer incarnations with Jamie Lee Curtis as the older lady. I never understood why he doesn't die.

 

[zapataxiv]

I never saw any of the originals. I only seen the newer incarnations with Jamie Lee Curtis as the older lady. I never understood why he doesn't die.

do yo'self a favour
H1 is a legitimately good movie that transcends the genre.
H2 is a fantastic slasher and they play together masterfully

its the young laurie/mike saga

it is punctuated by 3 which is a one off that is a pretty damn fine 80's horror movie..but is not a mike myers horror movie

h4-6 is the danielle harris/jaime strode and mid age mike saga which introduces some big ideas but end up dying on the vine for each movie

h20 sucks
resureection is worse

rob zombie halloween 1 and 2 are contraversial
the first one has a twist on the lore so if you watch it you will learn all the lore with a zombie twist and the 2nd half is a pretty faithful copy of the first flick (without the magic i might add)

the 2nd is wackadoo crazy shit but it is nasty has gore and i think sherri moon's tits so that might make it worth it to you

 

[Halifax]

do yo'self a favour
H1 is a legitimately good movie that transcends the genre.
H2 is a fantastic slasher and they play together masterfully

its the young laurie/mike saga

it is punctuated by 3 which is a one off that is a pretty damn fine 80's horror movie..but is not a mike myers horror movie

h4-6 is the danielle harris/jaime strode and mid age mike saga which introduces some big ideas but end up dying on the vine for each movie

h20 sucks
resureection is worse

rob zombie halloween 1 and 2 are contraversial
the first one has a twist on the lore so if you watch it you will learn all the lore with a zombie twist and the 2nd half is a pretty faithful copy of the first flick (without the magic i might add)

the 2nd is wackadoo crazy shit but it is nasty has gore and i think sherri moon's tits so that might make it worth it to you

The Rob Zombie Halloween movies are appropriately called "Halloween: Trailer park trash". The workprint version is the best one, if only because the Musical score is superior to the theatrical release or Directors cut or Unrated version. I have a copy of the workprint, but its hard to find.



Skip to the 20:10 mark of this to hear just how superior the score was compared to the released versions.



A good score is everything

 

[zapataxiv]

The Rob Zombie Halloween movies are appropriately called "Halloween: Trailer park trash". The workprint version is the best one, if only because the Musical score is superior to the theatrical release or Directors cut or Unrated version. I have a copy of the workprint, but its hard to find.



Skip to the 20:10 mark of this to hear just how superior the score was compared to the released versions.



A good score is everything

i agree the score is key to the movie its one of the carpenter legacies

 

[Halifax]

I never saw any of the originals. I only seen the newer incarnations with Jamie Lee Curtis as the older lady. I never understood why he doesn't die.

The Original is a masterpiece that holds up to this day. The pacing, musical score(Carpenter was a genius for scores) and sense of menace is perfect. Grab your girlfriend and watch it. it is an atmosphere thriller, much like Alien, which also holds up to this day despite how shitty the technology looks on a ship supposedly hundreds of years in the future.

 

[zapataxiv]

The Original is a masterpiece that holds up to this day. The pacing, musical score(Carpenter was a genius for scores) and sense of menace is perfect. Grab your girlfriend and watch it. it is an atmosphere thriller, much like Alien, which also holds up to this day despite how shitty the technology looks on a ship supposedly hundreds of years in the future.

the build up and mike stalking and the atmosphere of haddonfield is beautiful
it is amazing and is a real show of what slashers wanted to emp but never quite could
and that carpenter score is so good

 

[Halifax]

i agree the score is key to the movie its one of the carpenter legacies

Carpenter was a genius with his scores. Even watching 2018, a scene came up and I realized he MUST have written the score for it. And I looked and i was right.


Prince of Darkness isn't the greatest movie or anything, but Goddamn the Music elevates it from Mediocre to much better

 

[zapataxiv]

Carpenter was a genius with his scores. Even watching 2018, a scene came up and I realized he MUST have written the score for it. And I looked and i was right.


Prince of Darkness isn't the greatest movie or anything, but Goddamn the Music elevates it from Mediocre to much better

damn that is a good catch
i can hear it for sure
but i must admit my bias is towards that old synthy keyboard from the old ones

but that is a beautiful piece

 

[Snowblindlove]

Some of them still have some redeeming qualities. For example:

Halloween 2

And Halloween 4

The booby scene in Jason 12 aka Friday the 13th 2009 is really awesome

He says lol "your tits are stupendeous!!"

And you are rooting for Jason to kill him. That was the last good Slasher it wasent gorey really and had spookiness to it. Just didnt like the ending.

 

[Snowblindlove]

The Original is a masterpiece that holds up to this day. The pacing, musical score(Carpenter was a genius for scores) and sense of menace is perfect. Grab your girlfriend and watch it. it is an atmosphere thriller, much like Alien, which also holds up to this day despite how shitty the technology looks on a ship supposedly hundreds of years in the future.

The original had so many creepy scary shots. Like when Michael is seen by Tommy through the window Tommy sees across the street at the house a white face mask and the man in black Michael carrying a body that he placed in white sheets while he kicks open the front door.

 

[Halifax]

The original had so many creepy scary shots. Like when Michael is seen by Tommy through the window Tommy sees across the street at the house a white face mask and the man in black Michael carrying a body that he placed in white sheets while he kicks open the front door.

They redid the scene in part 2