Halloween (1978) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Movie Reaction | Totally!

[@jaredwatt9846]

Still get chills when Loomis looks down and Myers is gone, just perfect

[@tricko8000]

@Bryan Mack Yeah the sequels are so fking unnecessary, this is a perfect, standalone movie

[@livingincharlestonwv5517]

It's a look of he knew it.

[@owend33344]

@Bryan Mack I thought the second one was good

[@rickardcr8770]

Every time 💀🔪 🎬 📽

[@thedarknate08]

I know that is a Great scene

[@copbaguet]

Michael's face reveal always blows my mind, he looks like a normal dude just with a injured eye, its crazy.

[@oldercloudify]

That’s all he seems to be, really: a normal young man.

[@sarahfemmenicole88]

Honestly the most terrifying thing in the film for me is the neighbor who just ignores Laurie when she's screaming for help. Like I know they think it's Halloween pranks but until I saw Halloween in theaters with an audience it never hit me how unnerving that part is

[@molasorrosalom4846]

Bystander effect is real

[@MrParkerman6]

...Except they DON'T think it's a prank.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

And it's realistic because some people in the face of danger either ignore it or are paralyzed into inaction.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Ryan Jacobson In a sense it’s realistic because cowards do exist, but the vast majority of people would help. Well publicized events where people apparently stood by and let a violent attack happen are usually exaggerated. An example is the murder of Kitty Genovese in New York in 1964. Supposedly 38 people watched and did nothing. Actually most people heard something, looked out their windows and saw nothing wrong, so assumed it was kids playing jokes on each other. The one exception was one man who definitely knew that a woman was being attacked right outside his door, but didn’t call police because as a gay man in 1964 he was afraid of them.

[@mylamename14]

It’s so upsetting because of how real it is, even now. Nobody wants to get involved.

[@HuntingViolets]

"Did he eat the dog? He's a cannibal?" ". . . that's not cannibalism." I enjoyed that interaction.

[@jakemealer9545]

Made me not want to watch the rest, and I didn't 🙃

[@GrahamRawlins]

Ok karen​@@jakemealer9545

[@AlexValadez]

The creepy music in this movie gives me so much nostalgia. I stopped being afraid of Freddy decades ago, but this music still gives me chills to this day.

[@sirmang9032]

To me this is the second best score in a horror movie, Suspiria has that distinction IMO, however this is definitely the most iconic...Exorcist is right there with it. The use of music really adds to the tension and atmosphere and the right music really amplifies the film to a higher level in horror. Without the music this movie isn't anywhere near as good.

[@scotthewitt258]

John Carpenter? I seem to recall he did the music for a lot of his own films.

[@brandoncollins1225]

Carpenter showed the film to a movie executive before the music had been composed and added because he was trying to get another directing job. She wasn't impressed because she said it wasn't scary. He later showed it to her with the music and she was frightened.

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

It's Friday the 13th was never scary either once they did part two because it never made sense that he drowned but yet he was still alive killing people and every new movie the way he killed people was just stupid and not believable or scary. Halloween was scarier because Mike Myers was a real person who was just a psycho going around killing people like so many of the serial killer of the past

[@josephamoraz7990]

John carpenter! Check out - the thing - the fog (original)

[@OfficerShaneWalsh]

Jamie's father: Tony Curtis, famous actor. Jamie's mother: Janet Leigh, scream queen of psycho (1960). And Jamie self: scream queen of Halloween. DAAAAMN!

[@Dogslife_]

Tony Curtis did horror with Manitou. A hoot if you can find it!

[@talktalk2412]

Jamie's God-son: Jake Gyllenhaal, famous actor.

[@MonkeyFarmFrankenstein]

Fun fact: To try to make spring in Pasadena look like fall in Illinois, the filmmakers had grips toss spray-painted leaves into frame. One of those uncredited grips was Robert Englund.

[@vinylsolution2522]

Yep, pay no attention to the palm trees in the distance. Brilliant filmmaking on what? A $200,000 budget?

[@terrusmarkz236]

This is one of the more well-known facts

[@leesaunders7232]

@@vinylsolution2522 $325000 apparently?

[@andrewpowell1734]

I didn’t know Robert Englund was on the set.

[@Nooziterp1]

@@andrewpowell1734 Nor did I? Really?

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

Boris Karloff had a great quote about the difference between horror and terror in movies. I think it applies to Halloween, because it's about the "creepy", not the gore. Horror shocks, terror lingers. That's what the ending of Halloween implies...Michael could be out there waiting for you. That's terrifying. "Horror means something revolting. Anybody can show you a pailful of innards. But the object of the roles I played is not to turn your stomach - but merely to make your hair stand on end." - Boris Karloff

[@TheRaidernation33]

Exactly Carpenter does a great job of building tension creepiness paranoia. He also does a great job of having the audience question whether Myers is a man or pure evil even supernatural at times the ending does stick with the audience because of that he’s the Boogeyman

[@punkem733]

YES! People don't realize that carpenter wanted to make this one film, no sequels. It is terrifying to realize the bad guy actually wins. Since carpenter said he wrote Myers to be the actual boogeyman, the ending of the movie shows all the places he has been to with that breathing getting heavier implies he can be anywhere or nowhere, and that you really can't kill the boogeyman.

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

@@fuzzymeep - of course, in a purely language context. For films, they are different approaches to how you get the scares. Horror is "boo!", you jump and you get over it 5 minutes later. It's like a roller coaster. Terror gets into your head and stays there for days. It affects you long after you've seen the film. The best "terror" films are the ones that give you nightmares, or made you check under your bed for monsters when you were a kid. You might not see it that way, but most film students/enthusiasts know they are two different approaches to making scary content.

[@MrParkerman6]

@PUNKem733 The bad guy doesn't win, dumbass.

[@sirmang9032]

@@MrParkerman6 In terms of this movie, if it was a standalone movie, Michael wins. Laurie does too. It's really well done. It shows that pure evil cannot be stopped and builds Laurie into a strong heroin.

[@thereturningshadow]

I like the fact that Carpenter did a correct 6 shot count of Loomis fire his revolver. Too many movies have a revolver firing 16 shots before it runs out of bullets. Or a pump shotgun firing 25 shots from a 5 shot magazine.

[@motthavenbronx1382]

The house from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 1428 Genessee Ave is featured in Halloween (1978)

[@Xehanort10]

23:03 The head tilt's a signature thing of Michael's just like his heavy breathing. And in wrestling Michael's sit up and head turn was used by The Undertaker and Kane.

[@LA_HA]

And the Terminator

[@trhansen3244]

I think that was originally a blooper but they kinda liked it so they kept it in.

[@LA_HA]

@@trhansen3244 For Myers or the wrestlers? I've never heard that about Myers. Not saying it's not true. Just that I've never heard it. I'd like to hear the story on that

[@44excalibur]

Jamie Lee Curtis was a television actress prior to being cast in Halloween. She'd appeared in TV shows like Operation Petticoat and The Love Boat. The studio originally wanted Anne Lockhart of Battlestar Galactica to play Laurie Strode, but director John Carpenter liked Jamie Lee Curtis' audition and cast her in the role, ironically having no idea that she was the daughter of Psycho actress Janet Leigh.

[@scotthewitt258]

I think Anne Lockhart would have done well. But, I seem to remember Jamie Leigh blowing Carpenter away with her audition and he was like "We do not need to see anyone else" or something.

[@scottrabie]

I came here to say this

[@ryline666]

@@scottrabie You came here to say "I came here to say this"? What an odd thing to do.

[@armenianchik]

And don't forget she was also on my all time favorite Columbo! She definitely was playing a sassy waiters in that one!

[@annieb87am]

She is great in Scream Queens too. Love Jamie Lee Curtis. My favorite roll has to be in My Girl though.

[@t43iavmoi]

I didn't find out for over ten years after the movie came out, that the mask used in Halloween was a Star Trek Captain Kirk mask.

[@Nooziterp1]

That's right. With the sideburns removed, the eye-holes enlarged and the whole mask painted white.

[@MysterD.]

"What's the matter Bob? Can't I get your ghost?" was a play on words. The actual phrase is, "get your goat," which means to be tongue-tied, befuddled, caught off guard. It is similar to another old saying: "Did the cat get your tongue?" She used it in a polysemic way (having a double meaning), as the ghost was already not speaking and was not showing any apparent interest. She couldn't "get his goat"/beguile him.

[@windsorkid7069]

"Did he eat the dog? Is he a cannibal?" That had me rolling! 😂🤣👍

[@rockBRUNO6]

You made me laugh so hard with "is he a cannibal?"

[@danger2bananas]

Jamie Lee Curtis is first ever role was in a Columbo episode as a waitress and Donald pleasance is also in Columbo in a different episode as the killer (one of my favourite episodes)

[@nadronnocojr]

He was a wine guy , I saw that episode , he was so excellent t in that ,

[@Acme1970]

People forget that Donald Pleasance played the first on screen appearance of Ernst Stavro Bloefeld in the James Bond franchise in You Only Live Twice and Jamie Lee Curtis was asked to play Regan in the Exorcist but her mother Janet Leigh said no way.

[@elskeletor3566]

Jamie was also in a episode of Buck Rogers.

[@manny75586]

"Introducing" is a negotiated credit by agents. It can be used once for TV and once for films. It is usually not given to someone over the age of 18 either. She was 19 when she filmed this. But given her family ties they probably felt gracious.

[@swampmusicinfo]

I gotta say I do like the slow burn , atmospheric , good characters in my horror , something with interesting setting.

[@kj7124]

"He's not a dog." Awesome. It just sounds so strange.

[@OneDarkMartian]

I see Halloween I click! My favourite horror movie ever. So perfect in every way imo.

[@dallascowboys4life740]

Agreed Halloween 1978 is not one of the best horror movie ever made but it is the best movie of all time and the Halloween film franchise is my favorite film franchise of all time so totally agreed man if it's Halloween I'm intrigued

[@ThePlaceToBe_RK]

Probably the best ending to any horror movie. The look Donald Pleasence gives is perfect.

[@hannahstevenson27]

Annie: I didn’t answer because I had my mouth full.. Archer: PHRASING!

[@wfkernea]

Danger Zone

[@slothkng]

that bit when Jamie's character is running from house to house and getting ignored is based of an actual murder case

[@MrParkerman6]

No it isn't.

[@adgato75]

@@MrParkerman6 There have been several cases like that , actually. Hell , at the real-life the Kitty Genovese stabbing, a crowd of people just stood around and watched.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

@@adgato75 Apparently the Kitty Genovese case has been debunked.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Most people looked out their window and saw nothing wrong so assumed it was kids goofing around. One man knew that a woman was being attacked right outside, but as a gay man in 1964, he was scared of police so he didn’t call them. There was definitely no crowd standing around watching.

[@Malum09]

If you ignore the sequels and treat it as a standalone movie, the ending is basically Michael still being out there, somewhere in the night, waiting for his next one good scare

[@Selloca]

Next one good scare sounds like an oxymoron

[@shainewhite2781]

Saw this film 20 years ago, a week before my 10th birthday in 2000. My family and I went to Flagstaff for my sister's ROTC training. We left on Friday and came back on a Sunday. My sister and I were in our hotel room, we watched HALLOWEEN and it scared the hell out of me. But I enjoyed it very much.

[@Eowyn187]

Don't forget, Jamie's mom, Janet Leigh, was the scream queen of Psycho. Cool irony

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

Leigh only made two horror films, she was never a scream queen. And that's not irony.

[@johnmalory26]

She's also in the show, scream queens. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJuciaikf6uka7s

[@Ashwgun]

Psycho the original slasher film!

[@sugarbomb1346]

@@edsmith3461-z7m never a scream queen? Kinda weird since she’s always listed on “Scream Queen” lists 🤷‍♂️

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

@@sugarbomb1346 Not sure why. She screamed in 1 movie, Psycho, the other "horror" film she was in was 'Night of the Lepus' and as an older woman with her daughter in two later Halloween films.

[@NightRanger-lz6tp]

One more joke: "Laurie, what's The Boogeyman?" "It's a popular song from KC and the Sunshine Band but that's not important right now."

[@demetriusreynolds8178]

I was waiting for one of them to say Annie are you ok! Guess smooth criminal wasn’t on their playlist growing up😂

[@Emulous79]

It seemed a ridiculous thing for a psychiatrist to say anyway ("That was."). Then again, he seemed a bit nuts himself.

[@davidjames468]

Annie get your gun

[@redlaytee6157]

I'm 42 and Michael Myers has been my favorite slasher since I was a kid. It's always nice to see that the original can still generate scares. Great reaction.

[@brandoncollins1225]

So, I'm probably going to leave some pretty lengthy comments on each one of these Halloween reactions. This is my favorite film of all time. I saw this when I was 6 years old and spent the next 3 weeks sleeping in my parent's bed. I have chased the horror movie dragon for 37 years now, trying to find something that would scare me more than this did at that time. Hasn't happened yet. Halloween was not the first to do any of the things we've come to know as the hallmarks of the slasher genre, but it WAS the first to distill all of the previous hallmarks into one film. Killer POV- Peeping Tom Sex=Death Connection- Psycho Final Girl- Texas Chain Saw Massacre Horror on a holiday- Black Christmas It took all of those individual elements and put them into one film that was then expertly crafted with great actors, cinematography and music. It was the most successful independent film of all time until Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles 12 years later, and it spawned knock-off after knock-off.

[@teslatwitterofficial]

And Scream is a love letter to this movie. Kevin Williamson (writer) says that Halloween is his favorite movie.

[@jedijones]

Carpenter references Westworld as an inspiration in one of the commentaries. The Westworld Gunslinger started the unstoppable stalking killer trope that went into Halloween and Terminator.

[@michaelpoore4817]

Halloween 1978 is my all time favorite horror/slasher movie.

[@Eowyn187]

Me too. Only "slasher" movie I like actually. Not sure why. Maybe just decent writing.

[@djbuddy7836]

Mine too. The first Slasher movie I watched.

[@foroneanotherwinningtogeth1142]

Love it. She says "it wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be" while just having gotten creeped out 100X as much as in any of the Friday the 13th movies. This movie is a slow-creeps into your soul kind of scary.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Well, I think she felt tension building but then was a bit let down as each situation was resolved. Plus the story is so basic, the side characters are pretty flat, and not all that much really happens in the movie (basically Micheal stalks while a concerned Loomis wanders around).

[@foroneanotherwinningtogeth1142]

@@ryanjacobson2508 Yes, I think this is fair. I'll admit this movie really isn't all that terror-inducing in 2021. Movies have ramped things up a lot since 1978.

[@swampmusicinfo]

Although further slasher movies just had the slasher teleport for plot and jump scare convenience, there are reasons to believe in the screenplay and interviews Michael Myers is literally teleporting via the shadows and the ending implies he can be everywhere . The twist is that Michael Myers is actually a supernatural embodiment of old timey evil and not a modern reality based serial killer. As a matter of fact ....he IS the boogeyman

[@caveman3021]

This is a classic that still stands up today! John and Debra were considered "kids" when they made this movie. I love that its creepy without being bloody, and the soundtrack is one of the best horror scores ever (in my opinion). BTW that house where Myers was hiding behind the hedge is the same house they used for the show "Mamas Family" Was fun watching it again with you two. Cheers from Canada : )

[@Lue_Jonin]

Even Danny Torrance knew all about cannibalism.... How did Mrs Movie think Michael Myers eating a dog was cannibalism ? 😂 hahahaha

[@damonmcfarland9364]

THE most suspenseful film I have ever seen, and still, since 1978.....my favorite suspense film.

[@Nooziterp1]

Suspense is what makes this movie. So many that followed relied on spectacular killings and gore. Making a movie suspenseful is more difficult but more effective. Plus so many modern horror movies rely on jump-scares. 'Let's not bother with building up tension and suspense. Just have lots of jump-scares. Job done.' That is lazy movie-making. Okay so Halloween has a few jump-scares but it doesn't rely on them to the exclusion of anything else as so many others do.

[@HollywoodLito]

"Who the hell is Donald Pleasence?" (headdesk) I get it- for people today he's not exactly Tom Cruise, but...man. That guy is legend.

[@Xehanort10]

The newest film Halloween Kills is out on the 15th and has both Tommy and Lindsey coming back with Lindsey being played by Kyle Richards who played her in this. She's also Paris Hilton's aunt.

[@MLJ7956]

And Tommy Is played by Anthony Michael Hall (of Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science & TVs The Dead Zone)...

[@davidjames468]

Paris Hilton is in the new movie too? Whaaaaa....????

[@Xehanort10]

@@davidjames468 Nah. In real life the actress who plays Lindsey is her aunt.

[@damonmcfarland9364]

I mean this with nothing but love for you both....when Mrs. Movies watches a film and reacts and doesn't really say too much, it's the best part of the uploads.

[@MrParkerman6]

The point of a react video is to react.

[@damonmcfarland9364]

@@MrParkerman6 REALLY?! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!!!

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

That IS her reaction, and it speaks volumes.

[@Dd8505]

I dont usually go in for these "1st time movie watch" vids but I really enjoyed this....the guy in the hat was really awesome!! Kinda reminded me of my Father, me constantly asking questions about a movie and him saying "just watch" 🙂. I like the woman too, it really must be wierd to get yourself into that 1970s mind set but she really seemed to enjoy the main hooks of the movie, the important and subtle bits aka Michael just stood there outside the school watching Jamie. Awesome video guys 🙂🙂

[@timothymorris157]

Halloween is John Carpenter’s best movie because he later filmed and directed The Thing remake from 1982, Starman, Escape From New York, They Live, The Fog, Big Trouble In Little China, Vampires, Escape From L.A., In The Mouth Of Madness, Assault On Precinct 13, Prince Of Darkness, Christine, Village Of The Damned, Dark Star, Ghosts Of Mars, The Ward, and Body Bags.

[@brandoncollins1225]

He's not directing the new Halloween films. They are all being directed by David Gordon Greene. He, along with his son and Daniel Davies, are doing the musical scores, and he is also a consulting producer.

[@timothymorris157]

@@brandoncollins1225 You’re right. I apologize for the error.

[@mattcup8541]

Rosemary’s Baby was so ahead of its time in the 1970s that it was released in 1968

[@watchmanschannelofdespair]

Yup, late 60's is what came to mind when they referenced it.

[@scottclimer8834]

Kyle Richards, who played Lindsay, her older sister Kim costarred in Disney's original "Escape to Witch Mountain" and "Return From Witch Mountain." Their sister, Kathy, married into the Hilton family.

[@jeffr23817]

A few things now after watching your reaction here.... The musical score in this movie is so iconic! And so simplistic too, it's basically just 5 main themes with a bunch of musical stingers scattered throughout. And I loved your reaction to my favorite part of the movie! That being Michael just slowly tilting his head from side-to-side after stabbing Bob to the pantry door....

[@darthtrip7188]

This film had such a huge impact on filmmaking and Hollywood and pop culture in general that it was preserved in the US Library of Congress. This is the best film of all of the Halloween, A Nightmare On Elm Street, and Friday The 13th films. Here is a list of the horror films that was preserved in the US Library of Congress. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Dracula (1931) Frankenstein (1931) Freaks (1932) The Invisible Man (1933) King Kong (1933) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Cat People (1942) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Thing from Another World (1951) House of Wax (1953) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) House of Usher (1960) Psycho (1960) The Birds (1963) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Rosemary's Baby (1968) The Exorcist (1973) Young Frankenstein (1974) Jaws (1975) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Eraserhead (1977) Halloween (1978) Alien (1979) The Shining (1980) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Some pretty elite company that Halloween 1978 joined.

[@waterbeauty85]

My little sister met Jamie Lee Curtis once when they were both in college, and they played a game of pool. Jamie Lee Curtis won. When I asked my sister what she was like, my sister said "She seemed like a very nice thug" (i.e. really tough but also really pleasant). BTW my favorite Donald Pleasence film is "The Great Escape."

[@larry01902]

Two fun facts: 1. A third of the budget went on state of the art camera rigs. 2. Robert Englund (Freddy Kreuger himself) was a crew member who collected leaves after each exterior shot. He'd then scatter the leaves at the new location.

[@danger2bananas]

I can't wait for Mrs You Me and the Movies to get Halloween 3s jingle in her head 😂

[@sirmang9032]

That movie is so underrated. Great idea and extremely creepy undertone.

[@itsmefool8056]

If that's on the list I'm skipping I always hated that one "6 more day's till Halloween" repeat repeat repeat repeat👎

[@danger2bananas]

@@itsmefool8056 I hated it when I first saw it but when I went back to it I enjoyed it yes the jingle annoying but all in good fun

[@ImOutOfMtDew]

He said they are skipping 3 until later

[@danger2bananas]

@@ImOutOfMtDew I'm at work so kinda watching as when I can 🙈

[@thereturningshadow]

I love how you did the head tilt a half second before Micheal did his.

[@jssonstillwell3243]

Donald Pleasance is also the President of the United States in Escape From New York, another great John Carpenter film.

[@Acme1970]

I think Christopher Lee was Carpenters first choice to play Dr. Loomis but he turned it down and later said it was one of the biggest mistakes of his career, Donald Pleasance took the role because he need alimony money for his wife and his daughter was a big fan of Assault on Precinct 13 and encouraged him to take the role.

[@marianne5055]

He also is Blofeld from the James Bond movies

[@jssonstillwell3243]

@@Acme1970 sometimes things just happen to work out right. Christopher Lee would have done a good job, but I don't think he would been as powerful as Donald Pleasance. I think we saw how important casting is in with Rob Zombies Halloween. Malcolm McDowell did a great job of acting but it just wasn't the same.

[@MGillDesign]

side note: I love that popcorn sound effect. Makes me hungry and want to stay in (and watch a movie) every time I hear it.

[@Acme1970]

HAHAHA, love the Puma-man reference, that made my day, the Pu-Mamen awesome.

[@thereturningshadow]

23:18 - PJ Soles, the actress playing Lynda in this scene, loves autographing this picture and quotes her lines in the movie. She has a great sense of humor.

[@djbuddy7836]

She also played Norma Watson in Carrie 1976.

[@MrDabulls23]

That mask would scare the living ish out of people back in the day. Scared my brother with it and he almost took my head off with a 2x4. Oh, the good ol days.

[@spongeboymebob771]

Apparently the actor who played Bob said "then we rip Lindsey's clothes off" accidentally, he was supposed to say "Annie's" but it came out as "Lindsey's" instead

[@flexydex8754]

well that is wrong, since the line is in the script and the book

[@lloydneal3137]

best reaction channel on youtube by far. love watching you both

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Appreciate that comment :)

[@thomasbaron5367]

The Michael Myers mask is actually a modified William Shatner Star Trek mask with the sideburns cut off, the hair painted brown and the face spray painted white And Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh who was the female lead in the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho

[@NightRanger-lz6tp]

Ah yes Haddonfield. I remember Haddonfield. It's in the California district named after a town in Kentucky. Also Laurie seeing Michael outside the window at school? Nancy didn't have it any better on the other side of the classroom. (Cue the school scene in Nightmare on Elm Street 1)

[@birdie3rdie]

Fun fact: Donald Pleasence was also Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond movie, "You Only Live Twice."🔫 🕵️‍♂️

[@jssonstillwell3243]

Actually, Psycho was the first since Halloween and Friday the 13th were both heavily influenced by Psycho. And, Wes Craven was actually the editor for the original Friday the 13th.

[@sirmang9032]

Technically Peeping Tom was first. It released just before Psycho did. It just didn't get the critical acclaim that Psycho had.

[@SickMinder]

I didn't know Wes Craven was the editor of Firday the 13th, thank you! God I love comments like these. Edit: Apparently he was not 😀

[@brandoncollins1225]

Friday the 13th was edited by Bill Freda. Craven was already an established director by that point, having made Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes.

[@Eowyn187]

Psycho wasn't a masked slasher. (If you were referring to what Cowboy said)

[@jssonstillwell3243]

@@Eowyn187 I didn't say it was a masked slasher. I said it was influenced by Psycho.

[@hk43xx]

My favorite Halloween costume was Casper, which I got when I was 5, but our town banned trick-or-treating after they heard about somebody in another state putting razor blades in apples. They finally lifted the ban in '78 when I was 10, and I got to go trick-or-treating for the first time.

[@jeffr23817]

Before I even start watching this, I must say, I have been WAITING for you to do this one since I discovered the channel! My favorite horror movie of all time! Can't wait to see your reactions! 😝

[@watchmanschannelofdespair]

She liked _Friday the 13th_ over this?! WTF Gaaah! lol

[@jeffr23817]

@@watchmanschannelofdespair She must prefer the gore.....

[@RicoRaynn]

They just did an episode of "The Movies that Made Us' on Halloween. Was really cool to see the choices they made when it came stylizing the film. Was incredible for the era when everything else was super gory. An ode to the days of Hitchcock and using suspense instead of special effects to really creep out viewers. And it gave birth to one of the most timeless horror icons in existence with The Shape.

[@matthintz9468]

A point on the trick'or'treating - I wasn't around for this much, because I was born in the 1980s, but in the late 1960s and 1970s a lot of communities began doing trick'or'treating in the late afternoon as a way to cut down on drug activity, child kidnapping, and other potential hazards. My mom remembers it in a number of communities around us, and as an ER nurse, she remembers the razor blades and other things that used to get into candy. A few communities around me still do it earlier in the day, and many others have gone to the "trunk-or-treat" style of doing Halloween.

[@adgato75]

Maybe it is regional. I am in the Midwest ( Indiana , very close to Illinois border ) , and in the 70s and 80s , we started trick-or-treating at around 6 pm. But that was mostly VERY young kids that still needed an adult. By eleven or twelve years old , we just went out in groups , without an adult. And stayed out until at least 10 pm , far after it had gotten dark.

I don't know if the razor blades were true, but the tales about it were very popular.

@@adgato75 E X A C T L Y .

[@BGRPiccu]

John Carpenter grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, about 35 miles away from where I live. In the movie he uses quite a few references from the area. Apparently, he hated Bowling Green.

[@innermoppet3378]

this is my favorite movie! i loved that they built up the characters so they mattered more than in something like Friday the 13th where all the kids were interchangeable.

[@76marex]

i really love your introductions in the movies, Mr Movie, and of course all reactions from you guys

[@michaelmesser7837]

I watched the entire 8 seasons I think with you guys. Loved every moment. Saw the preview of the next season of Dexter looks awesome.

[@jtrover]

"That's a weird blouse" 🤣🤣🤣 That killed me. 😁👍

[@Blisteryn]

"They Live" is another classic made by Carpenter.

[@alucard624]

They Live and Escape from New York are my favorite Carpenter movies to this day. I love Halloween but I like those 2 films better for some reason.

[@LA_HA]

@@alucard624 Is it because you came here to kick ash and chew bubblegum? Or because you want us to call you Snake? Hey, Donald Pleasance is the President in EFNY

[@bigcrackrock]

He's got a handful of gold. It wasn't until early adulthood that I realized most of my favorite movies at the time were directed by two guys, being him and Kubrick. I guess it's because I watched most of them on TV and maybe missed the opening credits because Carpenter always made sure you could see his name.

[@backforblood3421]

21:32 The people who live there don't need to be gone for the night because, as is established in the opening, it only takes people 30 seconds to..."complete the mission" in this movie.

[@x-man9473]

20:39 I was waiting for this moment to happen, seeing how you 2 would react. haha This scene was supposed to clarify that he was talking all over the place because he was drunk. But the film didn't do a good job clarifying that. So it just sounds....odd to say the least. lol

[@chrislawson1988]

He was obviously already outside watching het go inside then once she shut the door behind her and looked around he set up rake . got in somehow. Maybe a window he left open? Then once she was upstairs in room he went to neighboring room and waited for her to come out. He moves through shadows lol

[@willE84]

Loved the Friday and Elm Street reactions, but Halloween is BY FAR my favorite of the horror franchises, so I'm mos def looking forward to your reactions!

[@TheYoungDoctor]

Five years before this film Donald Pleasance was the voice of the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water which led to some kids being scarred for life.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

She's making a play on the phrase "getting your goat" which means to anger or upset someone.

[@egoranonymous3223]

OMFG!!!!! Donald Pleasence is my fav!!! Puma Man is pure brilliance!!! It reminds me of a saturday morning show.

[@15blackshirt]

This and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre helped kick off the slasher genre; as for Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies is one her best performances, and her mother, Janet Leigh, was in Psycho

[@Ninnative]

I also think that Loomis' "devil's eyes" monologue is one of the best in horror movies- that and Quint's monologue from Jaws 👁👁🗡

[@marianne5055]

This is a movie I always watch on Halloween! Also, I hope you also get to The Fog, another John Carpenter flick. Also Trick R Treat is a fun Halloween flick too.

[@sirmang9032]

Trick r Treat is a great anthology flick. I hope they decided to watch it.

[@cristianplaza1466]

@@sirmang9032there’s two movies with that title

[@ChristopherMcCullah]

My mom made a homemade Superman costume when I was six and I wore it for the next three years. It wasn't the cheap plastic front with back ties and plastic mask that only covered the front of your face, either. It was the full blue tights, s on the chest, red cape and boots 1978 Christopher Reeve Superman.

[@HopelessHermit]

They should make an edit with no murder where it's just Loomis raving about Michael and looking for his car

[@davidjames468]

😂

[@alucard624]

Now every time I see the Myers house in this film the first thing that goes through my head is seeing how much it would cost in regards for renovations to flip and sell it. I could totally see that house on a house flipping show on HGTV now for some reason.

[@axelduarte5362]

I love ur reactions. U definitely deserve more subs... Greetings from Paraguay! 🇵🇾🇵🇾

[@c976061]

LOVE HOW YOU DON'T GIVE YOUR NAMES EITHER LOL

[@timfahey7127]

Been a subscriber for a few months. Have enjoyed the reactions and the dynamic the two of you provide. Now a Patreon supporter👍🎃😉

[@dorkmier]

Hey y'all, really enjoyed Mrs. Movies reaction to this. I was almost 14 when this came out and loved every minute of it. Mrs. Movies I think Michael Myers is a doggibal not a cannibal. LOL Loved that. Keep up the good work.

[@velinawelch7470]

It's a tradition for me to watch this on Halloween night. When I was younger & still living @ home we had a lot of trick or treaters (none where I live now) and this movie wld be on & I'd be watching it in between handing out candy 🎃 so nostalgic for me.

[@PastHisPrime336]

Clive Barker's Hellraiser series would make a great endless sequel franchise to watch after the Jason and Freddy franchises.

[@State.of.Emergency]

Hellraiser has one of the best concepts but also poor execution. Sort of like The Purge movies.

[@itsmefool8056]

I don't think the missus could handle the nastiness of hellraiser😂👍

[@PastHisPrime336]

@@itsmefool8056 Hehe, I don't know. She nervous laughed at the girl getting split in half in Jason Goes to Hell. She may have a little Cenobite in her.

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

Honestly, the first two films are worth watching. Parts 3 to whatever are total trash.

[@SickMinder]

Yes and no, they HAVE to stop after five. They have to.

[@cleonmagabeefy8473]

What a wonderful birthday present!!! Thanks guys😀😀😀

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Happy birthday!

[@molasorrosalom4846]

Saw this movie when I was 7, and man oh man, for the next......7 years, I thought Michael Myers would be in the shadows of my closet, basement, etc.

[@billiam8554]

My favorite homemade Halloween costume as a kid was a sweatsuit with a bunch of socks pinned to it…. I went as static electricity 🤣

[@jasonvoorhees310]

Keep in mind that Michael in his mind he's still 6 years old. With the strength of ten men. And the evil.

[@ADDButterfly]

I had never really seen the full movie before. So you showing his face is the first time I saw it. I didn't even know we ever did see his face!

[@shinrugal]

John Carpenter wrote this movie to make the statement that evil can happen at anyplace at anytime.

[@MrParkerman6]

He Co-wrote it. He didn't write it.

[@44excalibur]

Haddonfield, Illinois is a fictional town based on Haddonfield, New Jersey, where Halloween co-writer and producer Debra Hill grew up. The fictional town of Haddonfield in the movie was actually filmed in Pasadena, California, and Hollywood, California. The Doyle house and Wallace house where Laurie and Annie were babysitting were located on Orange Grove Ave., between Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard.

[@ImOutOfMtDew]

You can see palm trees in the scene when they are walking down the sidewalk lol

[@44excalibur]

@@ImOutOfMtDew I know. lol Carpenter did everything he could to avoid the palm trees, but it was impossible to avoid them all. 🌴

[@zardox78]

The notion was for the face behind the mask to look "angelic" which was the only reason they brought in that dude to play un-masked Michael that day. Nick Castle kinda looked a little goofy and harmless without the mask on. And yeah, Carpenter later admitted that they should've put some blood around the wound to make it clear that it _was_ a wound from the past 5 minutes and not some deformity. Because so many people made that mistake, possibly due to the low-budget '70s facial appliance not really indicating what it was meant to. Sort of takes away from whole intended angelic thing when everybody's left asking "What's wrong with his face?"

[@definategamecore8531]

When I was young I was a ninja for almost 10 years straight. I still have all my childhood costumes and I have like 7 ninja costumes. But my most memorable was the riddler (right before the ninja) I had an almost exact replica of Jim Carey’s riddler outfit I was 4.

[@tonyloveshorror5763]

Totally Awesome Reaction Video. 😀🔪 I Totally Love these Horror Reactions. 😁 Shame there wasn't many Jump Scares. Looking forward to Halloween 2. 🍿🤠👀😮 Totally.

[@Watching4Change_W4C]

My favorites. Myers and Jason. The strong silent type haha. Great video.

[@baybayreed83]

Awesome. Love the commentary. She’s hilarious

[@TheGemini35]

I really like your guys' videos. Seriously you guys are my relationship goals. Keep em coming!