What was your first reaction upon seeing this
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TwoThousandOneMark — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 11:35 AM)
I sadly never was able to watch its entirety until my late 20's, when I'd already become a cinephile with vhs & dvds & countless film rewatches.
I remember being gloriously locked in with its snuff film like opening credits + score, & loved how pared down & simple it all played, never pandering to shock or blood.
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horrorfan000 — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 06:43 AM)
I was around 9 or 10.First horror movie i saw that scared me and the beginning of my love of slasher films.Also it was my introduction to John Carpenter who directed a great many of my favorite 80s movies.
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stones78 — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 07:12 AM)
I saw it at the Barclay Square Theater in Upper Darby, Pa. in 1978, as a VERY young boy, and all I remember is Bob hanging upside-down, and thinking that the Devil took Michael underground after he was shot. I also remember seeing an old deceased friend of mine watching the screen with his hands clutched together, and his eyes wide open. Only a year later, I would watch Mr. Barlow in 1979!
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tristanp25 — 9 years ago(September 15, 2016 06:24 AM)
I first watched Halloween around 2006. I always loved my horrors but I hadn't started watching the oldies until then.
I remember the misical score freaking me out while the film had me completely fascinated with the build up to the climax. I was on the edge of my seat cause I knew the big confrontation was coming. And man is the final scenes spooky. They still are. -
Tank-McQuade — 9 years ago(September 15, 2016 10:36 AM)
I saw this on a rainy October Saturday afternoon in 1990, the music, the atmosphere, and overall dark theme is what I remember but overall the ending was what shocked me. 10 years old at that time, and it kick started my horror movie addiction during my teenage years
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LadyDi4476 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 08:20 AM)
Scariest scenes to me as a kid were when Tommy looks out the window and sees Michael just standing there across the street staring back at him. Just the stillness is so eery!
Also when Laurie finds Annie's body laid out on the bed with the jack-o-lantern glowing next to her. It freaked me out as a kid!
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ScaryMary123 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 12:57 PM)
I'm old enough to have seen Halloween upon its original release, and it was April of 1979 when it hit my local theater in Maine. Not exactly a "Halloweeny" time, so I didn't quite plug into the autumn feel of the movie. For one, there was very little of fall OR Halloween in the film. All the leaves were green, the trees were full, and even the pumpkins didn't look quite right.
So, it basically all came down to a psycho killer on the loose who seems to be after baby sitters. That's essentially it. The Halloween motif is not only secondary, it's so far in the background to be practically invisible.
For another thing, when Michael's unmasked at the beginning, it's supposed to be 1963. No way would a boy in 63 have shaggy long hair like that. More than likely a buzz cut, or, as they used to call it, a "crew cut."
The only thing this movie had going for it then was the very ending with the boogie man comment from Dr. Loomis. And the fact that Michael disappeared. What a disappointment to learn, in Part II, that he merely just got up and walked away.