WATCHING *HALLOWEEN* MADE US SO HAPPY (1978 Movie Reaction)
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In honor of October, we watched and reacted to HALLOWEEN (1978), one of the earliest slasher films to grace moviegoers! This is one of Chris' favorite horror movies, and we hope you enjoy!
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Give us some fun TRIVIA about this movie!! Or just share some personal memories with *Halloween*. We love learning from you guys in the comments!
Try ghostbusters 2 and ghostbusters afterlife
Still amazes me that the mask is captain Kirk so strange
fun fact: some actors playing michael after this asked this guy how he did his signature walk, and the guy was confused cause he didnt do anything special, he just walked.
i would love to have a walk that is that effective at scaring people for decades. xD
Fun Fact: There is no blood in the movie.
You want a personal memory, this is one of the few horror films that scared me as a 5 year old kid in 1985. The scene where he stalked the girls in the bushes coming home from school, but especially Annie's death lol. Even though i don't drive, and ride in the passenger seat, this film taught me from a young age to check the back before getting in a car lol. Maybe why in recent years it overtook Die Hard as my favourite movie. I always watch it at Halloween usually with a few sequels as well, but tend to watch it at least 3 or 4 times throughout the average year.
Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of Janet Lee, the victim in the original “Psycho”. She comes from Scream Queen Royalty. :)
Trivia 2: The budget was so low that there was almost no budget for costumes, so most actors used their own clothes (except Michael, the cop, the nurse).
And even Michael’s costume looks pretty cheap! In a good way, of course.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight But, it goes with his character because he just broke out of the asylum. So, all he's wearing is the hospital gown. When he meets up with the tow truck driver, he kills him for his uniform - coveralls and boots.
My theory is also that Myers got his first mask from the tow truck driver, as well. If you notice, we don't see his mask during most of the day. Only when he's standing across from the school staring at Laurie Strode. But, later, he steals masks, knife, and rope from the hardware store. Then, when we see him again, we finally see his mask in full.
I wonder about the rope. He didn't use it for getting the headstone from the cemetery. So, he had to have been planning his "arts and crafts" with her friends' bodies for a while.
One more thing: I think Myers kept missing Laurie Strode on purpose to terrorize her, extend the chase because she's going to be his final victim of the night, and because he wants to make his final kill worth remembering the way Judith's kill is still on his mind 15 years later. He likely knows he's going back to the asylum afterwards if he's caught, so he wants to make sure it's memorable.
The scariest thing about Myers isn't his ninja skills, breathing, silence, strength, or homicidal tendencies. It's his high intelligence, dark cunning, and seriously twisted sense of humor. haha
Fun reaction. I look forward to seeing more
@@LA_HA The rope he did use (which is why Bob is hanging upside when Laurie finds him. The level of detail is the knife. Later on, after Laurie stabs Michael with the knitting needle, she picks up his knife and has it ready in case she needs to stab him again when she looks over the couch. She drops this knife by the couch. When Michael attacks her upstairs, she uses the knife he was carrying with him after she stabs him in the eye. However, the knife is still shown to be downstairs next to the couch. Many chock that up as an editing error. However, there's a reason for that to not be an editing error. Brackett said earlier in the film, the only things taken from the hardware store was, "A Halloween mask, some rope and a couple of knives." A couple of knives, as in two knives. Michael had two knives on him the entire time, and one was left downstairs next to the couch while he came up stairs with the second one.
@@DanielS2001 Yep. I wrote "knife" in error. I meant to write "knives" since "a couple of knives" is typically 2, but could be 3. In one of the comic books, Myers actually had a stash of his favorite masks, which makes sense. So, it wouldn't surprise me that he kept many knives that he favored as well. Though, I also note that he has no problem taking knives where he finds them. Just like the coveralls and boots.
Myers did carry a knife up the stairs, so I agree with you about it being a second or third knife that he stashed away either in the car or elsewhere he'd been stalking around. He may have had them in the coveralls, too, but it seems more ninja to hide some around than carry them all. haha.
That he did the same with a few masks could explain why his mask is always clean after he kills someone. But, he may simply be cleaning it, or it stays clean because Myers wills it. A lot like I think he wills the strange way his knives can do things for him that they wouldn't normally do for anyone else. Even in Resurrection, he's able to walk up and down the stairs without so much as a creak while the others fall through the rotted areas a few times.
I know it's geeky, but it's fun thinking about the little things that seem to be a mystery to other fans. ha. So, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. If you have any other ideas, I'm down to hear them
Trivia: It was supposed to take place in Illinois but it was filmed in Los Angeles. If you watch the distant background you can see palm trees from time to time. They also used fake painted leaves to make it look like the fall, which they collected and re-used after filming each scene.
Ha, that’s super cool. The leaves looked real enough from far away! Thanks for sharing!
Here's a trivia. The song that's playing when Laurie and Annie are driving around and Michael is following in the car behind them is "Don't fear the reaper". A different version of this song also plays during a scene between Sidney and Billy in the original "Scream" as one of many homages to "Holloween".
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. The audience lost their damned minds because no one had ever seen anything like it before. And the theatre experience at that time was very different. No distractions. No cell phones. You were trapped there with whatever the director wanted to show you. 🤌🏻
It’s only a problem in America with cell phones
Dude that’s amazing! I would kill to go Back and see all these classic horror films in the theatre. Y’all really got the luck of the draw in terms of cinema
I refuse to go to the movies anymore. Complete waste of time and money with everyone talking and all the fucking previews and the phones. Dont go to a movie if you can’t stay off your phone for 2 hours.
All the stage direction John Carpenter wrote consistently refers to "the figure." by referring to it only as "the figure" John Carpenter got into the mindset to portray it as something distinctly other than human. "Michael Myers" is what it used to be before it turned into this twisted thing. That is explicitly reflected in the "it versus him" dialogue.
Trivia:
- There is no "Haddonfield Illinois, the town was based on Debra Hill Capenter's hometown of Haddonfield, New Jersey"
- The Mask: In 1975 William Shatner did a movie the "Devil's Rain" in it they did a special effect with his face, so they made a life cast of his face and used it for props. When the film wrapped up, they used he cast as a negative for "Captain Kirk" star trek masks. In 1977, Halloweens Producer tommy lee wallace on the budget of just 325,000 dollars; wanted a mask on the cheap so he went to a hollywood Costume shop and bought three masks, one a childs clown mask (in he beginning of the movie) a Sad clown Emmett Kelly mask (abandoned) and a kirk mask prop master, cut the sideburns/eyebrows off, fwipped the hair, cut out the eyes and spray painted it Krylon "Applianace White"
- was filmed in 20 days
- All the dark scenes in the movie are real, unlike most hollywood movies which are backlit, Halloween was filmed at night, without accessory Lights (They couldn't afford it)
- There was no costume budget: All of the actors wore their own clothes, since there was no money for costumes
Wow those are all amazing facts! Thanks so much for watching and sharing!!
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how it's made
I live in Haddonfield, NJ. I knew the Haddonfield in the movie was fictional, but never knew NJ's Haddonfield was the inspiration.
"This movie is about the innocence and neglect of white people"
Holy shit, I laughed my ass off at that. Subscribed.
Some more trivia you'll like is that the mask is William Shatner's face. The film had a really low budget so they just went and bought the cheapest mask they could find, which happened to be Captain Kirk. All they did to complete the mask was cut the eyes a bit bigger, paint it white, and mess with the hair.
The ending is perfect. Nothing more required. I'd like someone to explain why we needed any sequels to this whatsoever, from a story perspective. Yes, money was involved, and Carpenter himself had to be bribed heavily to write Halloween 2 so he could make The Fog, but those things aside - no need.
My favorite is that Mike Myers follows traffic rules while driving but doesn't care for human life.
Also, just found out that the house that Linda's character goes to is the house used as Mama Harper's house in the Mama's Family tv show.
Well it's not like he wants to get caught
I love how you guys makes this your own channel. You don’t try to be like other channels and I appreciate that! Really enjoyed this episode. Ready for y’all to finish twilight!!
Late to the party, but here's another fun piece of trivia: the opening sequence is the very first use of Steadicam in Hollywood history. Carpenter is awesome.
Movies like these show me how REAL good horror can still be made! It's not about jumpscares and music cuts!
Real masterpiece imho, as you said, the scenery, camera angles and distances, lighting are always on point and let's not forget the music...love your reaction.
The year after it came out , my high school rented the reel to reel movie and played it in our gymnasium at night ! We had popcorn and sat on bean bag chairs !! Super scary and fun !! 🎃
I came across this channel today and I can honestly say that you guys deserve so many more subscribers. I subscribed. Halloween 1978 is my favorite horror movie of all time. Watching you guys react was HILARIOUS
Thanks so much! That means a lot to us. Welcome aboard the channel!
This is the quintessential horror flick. All elements get it right. The camera angles, the foreshadowing, the jump-scares, the harrowing sound of Michael’s breathing, the psychological aspect, all of it is perfect. John Carpenter is a genius.
here's one of the trivias dudes 5 people actually played michael myers in this one , debra hill was michael in the scene standing in front of the house when toomy looks out the window, tommy lee wallace who was production designer was michael with the closet scene, some stuntman was michael when he gets shot multiple times, the unmasking scene was tony moran, and nick castle was the main person playing michale myers!
Wow, that's a lot of people lol. The character was consistent enough in the film, we never would have guessed
The movie they're watching is actually The Thing From Another World, which was an oldie even then, released in 1951. It was based on a novella from 1938 called Who Goes There.
I took a class in college that compared all three versions of the story and put them in context of their moment in history. The teacher's hypothesis was that the 1938 version was about nazi sympathizers hiding among us. You know, how they look just like everyone else. The 1951 version is supposedly about communists, that being the worry at the time. The 1982 movie is about HIV/AIDS, which is why blood testing was added to the storyline and the whole thing became much more about body-horror.
Carpenter kept the cool lighting/font from title card of the 1951 movie when he made his own remake, because it looked so badass. But if you watch the earlier movie, you'll see, much smaller, under "THE THING" are the words "from another world."
The scene at 1:58 you can actually see the wrench in the stunt guys hand used to break the glass...
The fall leaves on the ground were flown in from another state to make Pasadena, CA look like illinois in the fall. John Carpenter & Debra Hill themselves had three garbage bags of leaves that they'd drop in front of a fan on an extention cord for each shot requiring.
Tommy Doyle's pumpkin that gets broken and the pumpkin Laurie carves for the kids were actually green gords spray painted orange because they couldn't get pumpkins in the spring when it was filmed.
The scene when Laurie sees Michael hide behind the bushes and her friend goes to see, when she says "He wants to take you out tonite" You can see a smoke ring blow by from the left. This was John Carpenter smoking off camera.
Nick Castle the actor playing Michael Myers directed The Last Star Fighter & Mayor Payne
Donald Pleasence was a famous British character actor with a huge filmography. Lots of low budget horror and science fiction. His performance as Dr. Loomis was the best performance of his career and and iconic role. One of the best character actors of the 20th century.
The window shot is the funniest one in my opinion because she sees him out the window and without breaking eye contact he disappeared
The reason why the neighbors "checked and don't open" is because it's Halloween night. They see someone screaming for help, covered in blood, they think it's just a teenager pulling off a prank (which pranks are common on Halloween night), which makes things even more frightening as a result. The fact that had this been any other night, those neighbors would have opened that door and took her inside. But the fact that it was Halloween night, they instantly took it as a prank by default.
As for trivia, how about this: The station wagon used in the film isn't really a champagne color that it looks like in the film. The real station wagon is silver in color, but due to the color grading used on the film, it gave the car a more champagne color look. A fan actually managed to track down the original car used in the production and restored the vehicle back to how it looked at the time of filming (using the original silver color and added the correct cage in the back of the car, and the "Official Use Only" stickers wit the Illinois state logo). You can find the video interview with him about the car on TH-cam.
Another interesting one: The interiors used for the Wallace and Doyle houses are actually not the same interiors of the houses you see used for the exteriors. The interiors used were from houses next door to the houses used for exteriors (in fact, the neighbor's house that Laurie runs up to for help after escaping the kitchen while being chased by Michael is actually the real exterior for the house used for the interiors for the Wallace house, while the house used for the Doyle house's interiors are actually next door to the exterior used for the Doyle's house, which you are able to see the exterior of in Halloween II). In fact, if you look at the exterior of the Wallace house, you can see that the room that Bob and Linda go into after going through the door doesn't exist on the outside (which can be clearly spotted in the closing montage).
And finally: The house used for the Myers house was really an abandoned house that was purchased for the production. After filming the present day scenes, the cast and crew (Carpenter included) painted and dressed the house to make it look great for the opening 1963 scene (and the only areas shown in that scene were the only ones made up, as the rest of the house was left alone because they wouldn't be seen in the film). The house continues to exist in fact, as it was relocated from the street that it was on seen in the film to across the street from where the hardware store is in the film (the lot it now sits on is to the right of the screen as Laurie and Annie pull up to the hardware store to speak to Brackett). The house itself is a doctor's office now, and it is still visited by many fans of the film.
Playing Jumpscare Meyer's in dead by daylight is a lot of fun
I love how you can see plumes of smoke from John Carpenter's smoking off screen in at least one shot near the hedges.
Carpenter was the first to use the body cam shots if I’m not mistaken. And in the 70’s it certainly wasn’t a little go pro lol BIG ass cameras and harnesses
I LOVE this movie, it’s a classic
I really, really love horror that’ll scare the shite out of me, but this? It’s amazing, the tension, the lighting, the shots, it’s perfect.
A great movie experience when it came out; people were actually yelling at the screen when Michael was after her at the end of the movie. Been copied endlessly of course but it's still a low budget classic
Dude Altaf needs to tell me where he gets his potatoes 😂 I need that hookup
IT LOOKED LIKE A BIG POTATO OKAY?
@@NiceDudeMovieNight haha. It's the Great Potato, Charlie Brown
8:33 they're actually watching the original The Thing From Another World, which came out in 1951. John Carpenter just used the same title intro.
That makes more sense! Haha, thanks for watching 😁
@@NiceDudeMovieNight You guys should react to Howard Hawks' _His Girl Friday_ and _Rio Bravo._
Here's an interesting fact. The mask that Myers wears is one that William Shatner had made of him for an episode of the original star trek
Trivia: there was a theory that Mike’s head turn was the actors idea, but he confirmed that it was always in the script
Its so much better when hes human. I hated in the new movies when they said hes supernatural. It just takes away any chance that they can hurt him and matter what they do they can't fight him, not even in a mob.
That's s funny. He was so god in the other kills now he's losing his tiuch. He's becoming like a storm trooper now lol. But you figure the other ones didn't fight bacj. She does. Probably a bit of luck too. Maybe Michael is getting too confident after how easy the other kills were. Or the other kills didn't mean anything so they were easy but this is the main one he's been waiting all day for no pressure Michael lol. They do same in Friday the13th where no one fights back in other kills so its so easy for killer so when you vet to final girl she fights back gets lucky and takes advantage of the overconfident killer that's been so successful up to that point. Awesome reaction. This is such a perfect awesome masterpiece of a movie. Love watching this over and over and watching any reactions and videos on this lol
Haha, this is true! He didn't expect Laurie to come in hot with that coat hanger in the eye 😂Thanks for watching!
To me, this movie is so perfect and horrifying bc yeah. Thats how people are. They dont help even when its clear they should. When its obvious the situation is real and dangerous and you can save a life, but they just dont.
My favourite movie of all time, one of the first horrors i saw, aged 5 in the mid 1980's.
One of few movies i would give a 100% rating for and consider faultless, some of the others include Die Hard, A Fish Called Wanda, Beverly Hills Cop and Dirty Harry.
Nice reaction Guys!
On my first Halloween where I didn’t go trick or treating (I think I was around twelve? Not sure), my mom had the brilliant idea of showing me this movie. Freaked me out something good, but I loved it.
You two should check out Night of the Comet, if you haven't seen it already!!
It's a post apocalyptic sci-fi horror teen comedy from the 80s. Highly recommended!!
This is the first movie that Willian Shatner scared the bleep out of me, the mask is William Shatner's face. For years after that I couldn't watch Star Trek.
Trivia: the appearance of the eye and nose holes in the Jack o lantern at the very beginning of the movie are supposed to look like Michael holding a knife.
Also, my wife and I watch this movie with Rifftrax every year while carving pumpkins. It’s one of our favorite traditions. :)
0:22 it was her first movie and her mom and dad were very famous.
Have you guys watched Assault on Precinct 13? Another John Carpenter movie, about a violent gang that lays siege to a Police department. (That only has a skeleton crew in) Really good, I also recommend The Fog! :D
Also I really like the sequel to this, set in a hospital later in the night. Underrated and many people forget about it
Some more trivia for you guys
6 different people played Michael Myers/The Shape in this movie
1. Will Sandin (Michael aged 6)
2. Debra Hill (Michael's arm in the opening scene and when Tommy sees "The Shape" standing outside across the street)
3. Nick Castle (Michael, masked, aged 21)
4. Tony Moran (Michael, unmasked, aged 21)
5. Stunt Michael (for the balcony scene at the end)
6. Dog Handler Michael
Thanks, Chris! Thanks, Altaf! 🎃 #NiceDudeMovieNight #JohnCarpenter #Halloween #Halloween1978
I am having f***ing nightmares
It’s a great movie. Yay yay!!!
OMG please react to a movie called Black Christmas, the 1974 version. That movie terrifies my mom to this day. Honestly gives the same creepiness factor that Halloween did.
Awesome!!
Totally
I think the fact Michael has his first killing spree when he’s like seven ups the fear for a lot of people. Especially in America we romanticize childhood and see it in ways that we can’t conceive of a child that young doing something like that.
You guys should watch The Stepfather (1987).
Laurie was the adopted sister, michael escaped the hospital with loads of drugs in him thats why he kept getting up after being stabbed. More is revealed about the kills in part 2.
Michael and laurie are half brother/ sister. I bet no one knew that. That's why you gotta 2 part 2 .
After 40 years Halloween kills 2021, and HALLOWEEN ENDS october 14 2022.
They finally end the Halloween saga. The film makers gotta do justice to the story to the Halloween fans .
They had to do us justice after H20... Man, seeing Michael Meyers bright blue eyes throughout that movie instead of gaping black holes turned me off this series something fierce! I had even enjoyed all the sequels up to that point!
12:18 Uhh, new phone, who dis?
Did somebody mention that the mask was just repainted white mask of captain Kirk from Star Trek.
Did you know that the mask that Michael wears is a Star Trek Captain Kirk Halloween mask spray painted white?
If the message doesn't hold up today, then man are we fucked as a society
My favorite Halloween movie is the Rob Zombie 2007 remake, if you haven’t seen it I hope you add it to your list.
Try ghostbusters 2 and ghostbusters afterlife
watch Bigfoot and the Hendersons aka Harry and the Hendersona, and Innerspace
Why are you looking at your hand while stabbing me!?
Some more trivia: The hand you see grabbing the knife from the drawer and stabbing Judith Meyers is actually Debra Hill, co-writer and producer. If you really want to stay within the timeline then you should jump to Halloween 2018 followed by Halloween Kills. All the rest divert from the original.
Ha, that's awesome to know! And yeah, we've actually seen the new 2018 film! Still have yet to see Halloween Kills, but maybe sometime we'll muster up the courage to watch Halloween: Resurrection for fun 😂 Thanks so much for watching and sharing!
Pretty sure Halloween 2 doesn't divert from the original. Seeing as it takes place literally after the first ends.
@@promontorium Unless you count reshooting the ending of the first movie and pretending like we never saw Michael Myers' face as "not diverting".
This review could've been a little better but not bad. Nice job bros. This is my fav film of all time.