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John Carpenter only directed the first movie, but he did write the second one, fyi. My fav outside of the first two has got to be 4, with H20 in a close second (even considering the aformentioned awkward retcon).
Season of the Witch deserves a mention, as it gets a lot of flak, more than I think it deserves. It's fun, entertaining, cheesy (in a good way) 80's popcorn horror. Last edited by Tangleduponblue; 12-19-2011 at 10:55 PM.
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12-19-2011, 11:17 PM
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My favourite aside from the first two would be Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers. It seems to cop a lot shit but I thought it was great. The series would've been a lot better if it ended after it because the films that followed were utter shit.
Resurrection is easily the worst apart from it's brilliant opening. I've always hated H20 particularly for how it steered the series into a rubbish Scream hybrid.
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12-20-2011, 12:23 AM
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Halloween (1978)
Halloween II  Halloween: Revenge of Michael Myers
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H20 was abit self-referential, you're right about that. It didn't bother me much , though, because their aim was to acknowledge their roots in the original movie, while building in their own way. Unlike 'Scream', where random references are made constantly. I'm guessing that's why you call it a hybrid and not a clone, huh?
As far as Curse goes, I the fact they tried to do something other than the standard kids get chopped we saw in 4 and 5 (and there's no little kid Jamie, score!) by adding the cult and radio show subplots. I didn't like how it all fit together, though. There seemed to be a lot going on. It doesn't surprise me that so many alternate cuts supposedly exist.
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12-20-2011, 12:43 AM
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Other than Halloween, I've only seen Halloween 3.
Even so, I liked it in a cheesy kind of way. It's like a drawn-out section from a Creepshow film. Plus the premise is just crazy.
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The premise is so ridiculous your right, radio waves from Stonehenge turning kid's head into worms and snakes with some kind of cursed halloween masks, wtf? But then they pull you back with some good stuff, too, like the suicide robots and that creepy town.
But, you gotta check out 4-8 out, man. They aren't groundbreaking, but they're worth looking into. Plenty of kills and one of my favorite horror heroes Donald Pleasence. I bet you can find them super cheap, too.
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It's more a matter of just never looking into it, than consciously avoiding it.
I'll admit that I don't share may horror fans' reverance for it (I reserve that for Black Christmas which I consider a better, and more innovative, film.) but I still enjoy it. I do like Donald Pleasence. He's from the same local area as me, so I've always been interested by him. Not to mention his work as Blofeld is one of the best Bond villains ever. And his work with George Lucas (THX 1138) has also helped endear me to him.
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