What was your first reaction upon seeing this
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pop-actor — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 07:03 PM)
Never saw Halloween at the Theater, but I was privilege to have seen Rambo First Blood Part 2 & Rocky IV when first came out in 85I was like a kid going to Disneyland, Stallone was larger than life when I was a kid in the 80's
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pecinqa — 9 years ago(October 07, 2016 07:07 PM)
I was born in 86, I didn't see the film until sometime in the late 90's on VHS.
To give some context, I was really beginning to explore the horror genre for the first time. "Scream" came out in 96', when I was 10, and that beep floored me. It was the catalyst for me getting into horror.
One day my parents came home with a copy of "Halloween". I begged my mom to let me watch it. She warned me that it was the scariest movie she had ever seen, telling me of how terrified the entire audience at the theatre was when she saw it on release.
The anticipation built up, I finally took the VHS from the sleeve and watched "Halloween". The movie started, the music set the mood and I prepared for a murder-fest.
"That was boring!" was my initial pubescent response.
All that I remember taking away from it was that there was one cool kill, and almost no blood. The hyperbolic nature of "Scream" unfortunately lead to myself finding it boring.
Many years later I re-watched it after gaining appreciation for the craft of film, and an appreciation for the influence of "Halloween" in the slasher sub-genre. Now I feel like I can safely say this is one of the most effective horror films ever made. Even if you don't like the film, you can not deny the impact this film had.
This is a yearly watch now.