Movies Psycho (60) vs Halloween (78)

[GoodBadHBK]

Alfred Hitchco*k vs John Carpenter
Leigh (Mother) vs Lee (Daughter)
Norman Bates vs Michael Myers

Which slasher film is your favourite?

For me its not even close its Halloween.

 

[Intermission]

Psycho is the greatest movie ever made and Halloween would have never been made had it not been for Psycho.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Halloween by a mile.
Donald Pleasant as Loomis, that iconic synth soundtrack, even Haddonfield the town feels and looks distinctly halloween.
They both like to stab women so that's a wash

I'd rather dress like Michael Meyers to kill women than dress up like my dead mother to do it.

 

[Bob Gray]

I think its easy to argue Psycho is a better film. But I think unlike a lot great movies, it really loses some steam on repeat viewings. It isnt that the second half is bad or anything, its great. But the most iconic thing about it is a twist that everybody knows, and even if you didn't then you would after one viewing.

I vote Halloween likely out of my own personal bias.

 

[Thai Domi]

Halloween

Psycho is a masterpiece and created the blueprint for slasher horror. Whenever the slasher Mt. Rushmore debate comes up I'm always the dork arguing that Bates should be on there ahead of Freddy.

Halloween is GOAT tier though, and Michael Myers cannot be F'd with.

 

[Adamant]

This is a tough one. I love both movies. Halloween is my favorite slasher franchise (up to a certain point, after that the movies are straight dogshit) and Psycho is an all time masterpiece. I'd say it's probably 50/50 and just depends on my mood on the day.

 

[Osculater]

Halloween since I have seen more times

 

[Otto!]

Tough choice. Psycho is a masterpiece of its own, but Halloween is almost perfect too, and very rewatchable

 

[Intermission]

"Martin Scorsese has spoken extensively about Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, praising its masterful use of restraint, framing, and editing to create suspense and psychological tension. He specifically highlights the power of the driving scenes, the "restraint

• Framing and restraint: Scorsese points to how Hitchcock carefully frames shots, like placing Janet Leigh's face within the steering wheel, to control what the audience sees and how they feel. He also praises the restraint shown in the scene with the policeman staring into the car, arguing that "the more you restrain, the better it is when the explosion happens".

For Scorsese, besides it being “deeply disturbing on so many levels”, it is also a “great work of art”.

Scorsese openly admits to using lots of techniques done in Psycho in his own movies.

John Carpenter has stated that Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was a significant influence on him. He paid direct tribute to Psycho by naming his Halloween character Dr. Sam Loomis after the character in Psycho.

• Direct influence: Carpenter has acknowledged the influence of Psycho on his work, indicating that he had the film in mind when creating his own horror films.

 

[Deaths Head]

Psycho doesn’t have enough ammo in it to compete with Halloween which has overall a better everything, Psycho has the iconic shower scene but as a movie it’s to slow a crawl and not enough ppl Bates actually makes disappear it’s more a mystery movie where ppl are looking for stolen money half the movie , Halloween is an edgy thriller even supernatural stuff thrown in and you are seeing ppl stalked which brings true fear and a sense of dread even after the movie ends .