Frankly I think you should watch the 1951 version of The Thing over the 1982 version. More romance and talking with less gore. Howard Hawks movies are under appreciated by modern audiences.
you were sooo brave! so much out of your comfortzone and made it to the finishline - I am looking for you finishing Star Wars - have nice dreams until then... :-)
11:50 You confuse the guys in the masks - the one with the hockey mask is Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series. 12:43 She was 20. PS: If you want to watch a "horror" movie that is actually more funny than scary I recommend watching Army of Darkness, another classic.
It's like that old Hitchcock quote about a bomb under a table - the bomb goes off, that's action/tension release. The bomb doesn't go off and you keep waiting for it to...that's suspense. Michael does enough in the early scenes that you know he is lethal, then we just watch him stalk and stalk till the final 30 min.
What always scared me, and still does, about Michael Myers is that unlike other slashers, Michael is unknowing. All we have is Loomis's monologue about him being nothing but pure evil.
I took a film class in college and the professor said, "If you want to see two films that build the ultimate levels of tension from the first second until the first credits roll..watch John Carpenter's Halloween, Jaws, and The Terminator. Three distinct genres of the ultimate mastery of effective tension."
Psycho (1960) was the first "psycho killer on the loose" film, but it had to be pretty tame in regards to gore because of the time period. Plus it was Hitchcock and Hitchcock always preferred psychological tension over action/gore. There had been murder movies before that, but the killers all had motives or the killings were mysteries, etc. Psycho was the first to just make a killer who killed because he was nuts. If you want a direct ancestor of Halloween, then Black Christmas (1974) is what you're looking for. Black Christmas actually inspired Carpenter to make Halloween and he intended for Halloween to be a sequel to it (never came to fruition, so he went in his own direction).
@@egglady Agree. Psycho was deliberately made in black and white because Hitchock thought that showing the blood would be too shocking. Also it was the first time a toilet bowl had been shown in a movie.
It's rather reminiscent, really, of the woman who read Shakespeare's _Hamlet_ for the first time and, supposedly, said, "I don't see why everybody says it's so great. It's just a lot of quotes strung together with a plot." 🤭 🤓
It's not scary at all... well, for me at least. I don't get scared by movies. On the other hand, she's scared by her own shadow 😆 Interesting enough, I'm easily scared by video games
I saw the closet scene as a little kid and so this movie always scares the crap out of me. The static shot of him walking across the street while she is trying to get in the door conjures up so much fear.
Would you consider Halloween 2 a good sequel? Was going to suggest it...but can't remember much of it. Vaguely remember a hospital and a slutty nurse and MM on fire. I think.
The reason why Michael can't die is that he is just pure evil. The reason why you hear his breathing at the end is to show that evil is everywhere and he is everywhere in plain sight. This was Jamie Lee Curtis's first role. I like how Carpenter utilized the darkness and made Michael slowly appear and disappear. I also love the score for this movie. Iconic.
This is the face of my nightmare, from the first time I saw it on the Halloween 4 VHS cover as a kid to now. Baghuul in SINISTER is pretty freaky also. Something about a white terror face in the dark is just terrifying.
Mom comes home: "What's this mess?!" Me: "I tried to learn to cook rice.." Mom: "Why were you trying to cook rice?" Me: "Well, I got hungry last night."
@@Aeneiden No, they weren't. Violent crime has done nothing but decrease in the years since. What increased was nationwide coverage of crime, when in the '80s we'd mostly just hear about crime in whatever city we lived in. We didn't have national news back then.
I agree, she makes movie watching soooo fun and memorable, my wife is the same way, especially when it comes to always looking for a love story in every movie she watches, even when there isn't one.. 😂I love the innocence 🙏
so many younger people these days seem to think this is slow or dumb, its refreshing to see someone see this as the terror classic it is. thank you for this
Yeah people don't appreciate building suspense. I watched this movie with my sister and her friend. Her friend had never seen it before. After the movie was over she said she thought it sucked and that nothing happened the whole movie. I was just like "you don't get it and you have no taste in film."
One frequently overlooked detail of this movie that’s just as cool as any other-and is my favorite-is how Michael is listed in the credits: *The Shape.* Downright sinister.
When he appears in the doorway with just the slightest bit of light illuminating his mask, so spooky lol. He's around every corner except when people go to check, and he is always behind you, watching.
This was sooo much fun watching your reaction. This is WHY the film is so iconic. An independent film made with a shoestring budget is still absolutely terrifying to watch.
@@markcaldwell2831 no one ever has ever learnt one of the most basic bits of trivia for one of the longest running and most well known horror series? Gtfo.
Cassie has come so far. I was here from her very first upload (Shawshank Redemption back in January) and it's just incredible how far she's come. 133k subs, ad live reads and now the biggest shocker, she's hitting us with the OG slasher film??? brb getting my popcorn.
I saw this movie in the theatre when I was 10. The scene at the end where Michael Meyers was gone, it was like he could be anywhere and when the film kept pulling out. It felt like he’d be waiting for you to go home.
my bedroom had the same closet Curtis hid. I was scared from Halloween night to mid February always imagining him in there waiting for me to fall asleep to kill me.
I'm actually surprised Cassie watched this. This is a straight up slasher film. I appreciate that she's willing to watch this stuff even though its out of her comfort zone.
Yes, it's scary. If it wasn't we wouldn't be watching it more than 40 years later. Thanks for bringing back the dread we felt when we watched this in 1978.
Watched this as a 13 year old kid back in 85. One of the only horror movies that really scared me, simply because any sicko can put on a mask and decide to do horrible things. Over the years I have actually grown to appreciate it for the masterclass in suspense that it is. The fact it was made for around $400k at that time is amazing. Great reaction as always! 🎃
Literally the same croftatron, I watched this aged 13 in 1985 alone in the dark because I was 'tough' 😬. It definitely left an impression on me for a few weeks. Good horror takes its time, allowing the viewers fears and insecurities to fill the space. The fact that this film begins with Michael commiting murder as a child sets a strange unnerving tone of 'evil' because his crime cannot be easily explaied away, and then his slow but relentless pursuit (and seeming invincibility) just add to the tension. The music is itself a masterpiece and the film legendary. I've never been scared by gory horror, it just seems fake and silly, but Halloween aged 13 absolutely gave me a nightmare or two! 😨
@@previouslyachimp Great response. I think the effects department were actually surprised how little fake blood was used. As you said it’s more effective without the gore. Carpenters talents with the score is so good and integral at setting the tone for the film.
I was 5 when i first saw it in 1985, it's one of the few horror movies i found scary in places, i watched it several times as a kid, I only truly came to appreciate it's brilliance in my late teens.
I have actually never watched a horror movie before😂 lol maybe I should try it sometime but I am too scared. I do like movies with a bit of suspense and mystery though! Mainly I love action/superhero movies, sci-fi movies, and fantasy movies, ooh and let's not forget disney movies🥺
The Thing on the TV isn't the one that everyone wants you to watch, the one on TV is the original one made in 1951, the one everyone wants you to watch was made 4 years after this movie 1982.
True, but she may appreciate the original, also. It's one of those movies that can be watched with the remake and both can be enjoyed independently as their own individual films.
Halloween proves that you don't need gore to ramp up the scares. After 40 years it's still effectively terrifying. Also, I love that they give you zero closure. It makes your mind go to some dark places knowing that psycho is still out there...
@@ItApproaches disagree completely. This is one of the few films that knows how to build tension with next to nothing happening beyond Michael just watching his victims. He's not after the people he kills, he's using for a Halloween trick on the girl who walked on his front porch. He has the mind of a 6 year old psychopath with the body of a healthy man.
@@ItApproaches the plot alone makes this movie terrifying. But I guess a seemingly immortal serial killer getting away to kill again is just too tame for you.
@@WOLFxLORD All these horror movies are the same formula. An evil person/soul returns from the dead to kill people who split up and cause jump scares. Theres no depth, no actual story. No why does Michael have his supernaturality, why was Michael chosen to be the unstoppable monster? I wrote my own horror story and i'm on book five, it actually gives a STORY that grows as it goes on, rather then just each time he's back a few die for no reason.
Great reaction. Funniest opening: "I've dealt with worse." Moments later: "That pumpkin is getting awfully close.." 😂 You nailed it when you called Michael Myers "pure evil", he's literally meant to be that. Like a walking Grim Reaper almost: unstoppable, inevitable and his nickname when he's skulking around is "The Shape". I hope next year you'll watch the other two slasher greats: Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street!
One of these reactions, Cassie is going to have a brain hemorrhage. She's too on edge for these types of increasingly bloody and gory films. Try to keep suggestions a bit more "tame."
this movie was filmed in my town and its so cool to be able to take a 10 minute walk and see practically every shot in this movie, minus the indoor shots. The Meyers house is a huge horror fan attraction every Halloween.
I am officially jealous. My bucket list is. Halloween sights. 30 days of night in Barrow Alaska, Georgia namly sequoia for the walking dead show. The Wraith also has bests sights. I got alot to do before I die lol 😆😆 😂
Jamie Lee Curtis was about 19 when this film was made, 20 when it was released. Because of the extremely low budget for the film, the mask that Michael is wearing is an old Captain Kirk (William Shatner) mask that was spray-painted white.
Back in the 80's this was the movie to watch after trick or treating. We'd all make sure to hit up as many houses as we could before going home to watch Halloween and Halloween II on WLVI 56. On a side note...PJ Soles, who plays Lynda, appeared in Rock N Roll High School with The Ramones. It's a fun movie with great music and I highly recommend it!
@Finishin. My.Coffee ah the lovely PJ.Soles who can forget her yes this was the Horror classic that set the standard for slasher movies . even though her death face looked a bit silly it wasn't the main thing i was watching anyway 😂 Yes i recall seeing this and it would typically be a double bill of Halloween I and 2 ON TV it just set the tone for those nights and here we are again HALLOWEEN a special occasion for me and my own reasons for sobriety HAPPY HALLOWEEN CHEERS MATE .🎃
To many it isn't. The Shining and Serpent and the Rainbow are the only two films that actually scared me. Halloween is scary but really just great fun and a well made horror film which isn't always a given.
At 14 I was a horror film buff and very well read on adult horror novels by the time I saw this. But this was completely different and new at the time. When it was over, I was so shaken that even leaving the theater and on the way home I was still scared. The one and only time that has ever happened.
Halloween was released in 1978, Carpenters The Thing was made in 1982. The clip used in Halloween was from the original 1951 film. I guess John Carpenter was foreshadowing.
This was my introduction to jump-scares, especially the fake-out jump-scare. I remember seeing it in the theater and the first fake-out had people laughing afterwards.
Yup, that's a popular feature in horror movies, often called a "Lewton bus" after the first fake scare put to film and the man who's idea it was; that was in the 1942 movie Cat People (terrible title, great movie; Lewton himself came up with everything but the title lmao)
“Hey, The Thing! A lot of p pole wanted me to watch this WHY IS SHE SHOWING IT TO A CHILD?!” What a mom LOL Also, 11:20, best jump scare I’ve seen from her reactions yet
The version of the Thing they are watching is the original 1950's version. The re-make used the original title and footage of them inspecting the UFO was reused on videotape as the Norwegian's footage. It saved money and was a great way to tie the two films together.
Her reactions are just soooo adorable. She's adorable over all! I can tell just from this video that she would be an absolute JOY to watch movies with...
This is one of the best reactions I've seen to this film. When I was 8. My parents where watching it. I snuck out of bed and saw the scene where he sits up and had nightmares for months. It took me almost 10 years to buck up the courage to finally watch it. I've been a Micheal Myers fanatic ever sense.
Same the scene that got me as a kid was always when Laurie was trying to get into the house and he’s walking across the street. Ugh creeped me out for years as a kid
Isn't it amazing how the most terrifying moments as a kid can somehow morph into our absolute favorites, the spider head from THE THING absolutely traumatized me when I was 5 and now it's one of my favorite movies ever.
The reason you noticed spring foliage was because Halloween was actually filmed in the spring due to scheduling issues. The brown leaves on the sidewalks were scattered there by the film crew prior to shooting each scene. The trick or treaters were local kids who received two Halloweens that year courtesy of the film producers, who supplied the candy, etc. The Myers house was how you saw it in the 1978 scenes before the production company restored it. Therefore the scene where a six-year-old Michael murdered his older sister in 1963 was actually the last to be filmed in or around that house. The “1978” scenes were filmed first, before the house was restored.
I grew up at this as an only child & loved it, love it still. U know the little girl that she babysits’s is part of “real house wives” & as an adult in last movie released.
"What's his plan? Who's he after?" That's exactly what makes this movie so scary and resonated so well with audiences and honestly never needed any sequels. He has no plan, and his attacks are completely random. The Shape is just purely and utterly evil, no rhyme or reason as to why. Which is why it's so terrifying, the motivation can't be explained.
Totally agree. The only reason he stalked Laurie and her friends was a case of wrong place wrong time. He saw her drop off the key at his old place and the girls are around the same age as Judith was when she was killed.
@@stephw1702 wut yes he does have a plan and reason he has to kill her because it's his sister that's his whole thing killing family and who ever gets in his way that's his reason for going killer
Love how invested and how serious you take the film. I’m sure you hate horror films haha but IM DYING for more Horror Film reactions from you. I enjoy them so much and I think horror gets you to react the most.
7:54 One of Michael's most well known traits is his heavy breathing. Also tilting his head in either confusion or to look at his victims bodies from different angles.
Incredibly, it was only a year or two ago, forty plus years after the fact, that William Shatner learned that Michael's mask was his likeness. He was quite astonished.
I DO know what to say. I have known every inch of this movie and the sequels for almost my whole life. To see someone with such fresh, innocent eyes watching it is so great. You were really in it and your reactions were just as priceless as “Psycho”. Thank you for all you do!
"The Thing! Lots of people want me to watch this. Why is she showing this to a child?" That's because that's the black and white original which isn't that bad. The one that people keep wanting you to do is the 1982 remake The Thing. Which was directed by John Carpenter, who directed Halloween (1978). So Carpenter was teasing a future film of his by accident. The Thing (1982) is much scarier and messed up than Halloween (1978) but I also think it''s a better film than Halloween (1978).
@@starrynight1657 To each their own, but Carpenter's The Thing is masterfully made and has tons of depth to it. For someone to say that it lacks character development or plot and is only about the effects, that person has to have not payed very close attention to the movie. Especially when comparing it to the hokey original that wasn't even a faithful adaptation of the original short story.
@@Progger11 I'm not speaking up for the original. I'll just say Carpenter's The Thing has been more a cult film in the past and still divides opinion a lot. Personally I find the lower budget Basket Case from the same period more interesting.
"He doesn't know her, right?" Depends on what sequels you're watching. Because Halloween divulges into a few different timelines because some sequels ignore and contradict the others: 1. The original timeline (1 & 2) 2. The Samhain timeline (Halloween III) 3. The Thorn timeline (AKA the Jamie timeline)(1,2,4,5,6) 4. The Reunion timeline (1,2, H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween: Resurrection) 5. The Legacy timeline (1, Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends) 6. The Zombie timeline (Rob Zombie's remake and its sequel)
@ Sir Jedi Sentinel. I hadn't thought of it like this you have this well charted out ! Now I have to go back and do a Halloween marathon ! Lol! Happy Halloween. Cheers !
Well, the only timeline now is the 1978 Halloween, the 2018 Halloween and Halloween Kills. The true sequel to the 1978 film making Halloween 2 and the movies after that non canon.
@@christopherdeguzman1137 Nah, just because the newest Halloween films ignore everything from 1 onward, those films still exist. The idea that the 2018 film invalidates halloween 2 onward is what got Disney in trouble with Star Wars.
I am a little younger but I remember in the early 80s my babysitter's boyfriend coming over right before I went to bed. When you are 8 you don't put 2 and 2 together. Haha.
My all time favorite horror series. My wife teaches piano. She's classically trained but she likes to mix it up for fun. She has several advanced students that are playing this score. I can faintly hear it in my office but weirdly, it puts me in a good mood.
I had friend in high school who could do the theme really well on the piano. It’s a theme that truly makes you think of Fall season and of course Halloween
The film was shot in the summer in California, so that's why everything is still green. In some home video versions, Dean Cundey, the Director of Cinematography, had the green lawns and leaves digitally turned to a more yellowish color to make it seem more Fall-like.
Now that’s some good trivia. Although for me, I drive through A LOT of the filming locations virtually everyday for work so many of the outdoor shots just make me chuckle now, green or not haha.
@@wavertone I'm talking about the color timing for home video. Dean Cundey would sometimes have the film's color timing of green skewed toward yellow. You can use digital masking tools to target specific parts of the screen image. In the most recent 4k releases, Dean went back to the theatrical timing, which has the lawns a vibrant green, though it ruins the fake fall setting.
I don't know if anyone else shared this, I read the mask was a William Shatner mask turned inside out and they put a wig on it. This was filmed with a very small budget, they never expected it to be the big hit that it was. It made John Carpenter a star.
Jamie Lee Curtis was about 19 when she made this movie. I’d love to see you watch “When a Stranger Calls”, both the original and the remake. Not overly violent, but can be thrilling.
One of the most popular Pro Wrestling characters ever, The Undertaker (real name Mark Calaway, who had performed under a few different, less successful characters) was directly inspired by Michael Myers. The gimmick was he was some sort of zombie cowboy; he never showed any sign of pain or injury, he'd take a serious beating and appear to be down... only to sit up just like Myers did, ready for more. If you watch his bout with Jake the Snake Roberts at Wrestlemania 8 you will see that sit-up PERFECTLY recreated in an admittedly awesome way (Roberts' character was an easily hateable scumbag and seeing him terrified was VERY satifying).
True, and I used to think he was the one who taught Kane to do the sit-up, but it was actually Jim Cornette. There is video on YT of him showing Glenn Jacobs (Kane) the right way to do it.
The fact Roberts put that much work into putting the Undertaker over in that match, while likely inebriated, really speaks volumes for how good the Snake is at wrestling psychology, imho
Loved your reaction! I remember having to buy tickets to the second showing the 1st or 2nd weekend it was released because it was already sold out. I stood in line in the lobby with my friend, waiting for the first showing to finish. Everyone in the lobby waiting to see this movie heard constant screams coming from the people watching within the theater for about the last 30 to 45 minutes of the movie. We were all nervously laughing as we waited our turn. I love this movie, and it was classically suspenseful and scary. But the waiting in the lobby is what sticks in my memory more than anything.
Cassie: "He IS pure eviIl" I think your reactions are great, screaming "why do you keep dropping the knife!!" at the screen is real horror movie audience perfection. Keep up the super entertaining work Cassie. it is so much fun!
John Carpenter loved the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Thing from Another World" so much that he featured it as the movie the kids were watching in Halloween, then went on to re-make it in 1982, renaming it simply as "The Thing."
I was also going to point that out, as the one I think most people are recommending is Carpenter's remake which had not yet been made as of the first Halloween. The babysitter was not being irresponsible in letting the child watch the original, I wouldn't think.
My favorite Horror movie of all-time because of its subtlety and the way it makes your skin crawl. The music is amazing and the very camera itself is a character. They didn't need over the top blood and Gore to make the audience terrified. Michael Myers is evil incarnate. In the credits he's known as The Shape. You aren't supposed to really know why he kills just that he's a machine. Great reaction as always!
Saying “Fashion a Hangar” to Laurie when she’s hiding in the wardrobe & Michael’s after her is the funniest thing I’ve heard 😆 2 & 3 are also fun. You Kids of today don’t realise that this film really started it all with this sort of genre - an absolute classic! 😁
"Why is he so fixated with her?" Well, it depends on which version you are watching. Halloween plays fast and loose with different versions of reality.
Which is why 2 should have been included prior to making the sequels, would have made much more sense Laurie being Michael's sister & the fact that 1 & 2 both occurred in the same day.
@@garyclarke9685 A) Spoiler alert! B) How does the sister thing make more sense when it was never supposed to be in the first place? John Carpenter came up with that when he wrote Halloween II.
@@ChucksCherubs3 It makes sense because that is what John Carpenter came up with.....John Carpenter is the creator and writer of both Halloween and Halloween 2....thats like saying Luke and Leia aren't brother and sister cause in Star Wars you know they weren't supposed to be.
I think the fixation is pretty easily explained. In 1963, Michael intended to scare his sister Judith before he killed her, but when she realizes he's standing there, you can hear in her voice that she's really just annoyed. In 1978, Michael hears Tommy tell Laurie that the Myers house is a "spook house" and that she should go up on the porch. This is what he wanted in the first place, to be someone who frightened people with the mere thought of him. But Laurie just walks right up on the porch to drop off the keys, fracturing his fantasy of being this legendary monster. So he stalks her so that he can scare her (to death). That's the whole reason behind his grisly tableau in the Wallace's bedroom. And he fails to actually scare her to death with that, so he goes back to his original programming from 1963.
Less is more and when you make characters we care about, it hits harder when they get taken out. So many directors gloss over what truly made this film a classic
I watched this on Halloween night 2018, the film's 40th anniversary, for the first time in many years. I'd forgotten how amazingly effective it was. So many amazing shots of Michael, such an emphasis on his silent stalker character. Just standing there, not doing anything, just WATCHING. Sometimes hidden, sometimes right in the open. But always WATCHING. Imagine seeing that in real life. That's some truly frightening shit.
This is my fav movie of ALL time, owning each one, watching them so often. Loving this reaction, One of the best ive seen. Its nice to see it enjoyed as a simple classic, & not judged like it not looking as good as graphics do with horror now days. People must remember this was 1978, it went with the times. This reaction is a blessing as it is completely genuine wich i can appreciate. Hopefully we will see the rest of the franchise as in Halloween 2, 4, & so forth, Its always a pleasure seeing the TRUE honest reactions like this. Bless ALL 💗🙏
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Frankly I think you should watch the 1951 version of The Thing over the 1982 version. More romance and talking with less gore. Howard Hawks movies are under appreciated by modern audiences.
You should do Halloween 2, it's a great sequel. It continues from that same night.
you were sooo brave! so much out of your comfortzone and made it to the finishline - I am looking for you finishing Star Wars - have nice dreams until then... :-)
11:50 You confuse the guys in the masks - the one with the hockey mask is Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series.
12:43 She was 20.
PS: If you want to watch a "horror" movie that is actually more funny than scary I recommend watching Army of Darkness, another classic.
"It's almost worse that he's not doing anything."
She gets it.
It's like that old Hitchcock quote about a bomb under a table - the bomb goes off, that's action/tension release. The bomb doesn't go off and you keep waiting for it to...that's suspense. Michael does enough in the early scenes that you know he is lethal, then we just watch him stalk and stalk till the final 30 min.
What always scared me, and still does, about Michael Myers is that unlike other slashers, Michael is unknowing. All we have is Loomis's monologue about him being nothing but pure evil.
I took a film class in college and the professor said, "If you want to see two films that build the ultimate levels of tension from the first second until the first credits roll..watch John Carpenter's Halloween, Jaws, and The Terminator. Three distinct genres of the ultimate mastery of effective tension."
Yeah, it’s scarier when Michael’s not on camera, because we have no idea if he’s on the move, lurking in the shadows, or about to attack.
Love this quote 😂
When people watch this and say it’s full of cliches they don’t understand that this is the one that created it all.
Psycho (1960) was the first "psycho killer on the loose" film, but it had to be pretty tame in regards to gore because of the time period. Plus it was Hitchcock and Hitchcock always preferred psychological tension over action/gore. There had been murder movies before that, but the killers all had motives or the killings were mysteries, etc. Psycho was the first to just make a killer who killed because he was nuts.
If you want a direct ancestor of Halloween, then Black Christmas (1974) is what you're looking for. Black Christmas actually inspired Carpenter to make Halloween and he intended for Halloween to be a sequel to it (never came to fruition, so he went in his own direction).
@@Wowzersdude-k5c Psycho wasn’t considered tame when it came out.
maybe, but there is no Halloween without Black Christmas
@@egglady Agree. Psycho was deliberately made in black and white because Hitchock thought that showing the blood would be too shocking. Also it was the first time a toilet bowl had been shown in a movie.
It's rather reminiscent, really, of the woman who read Shakespeare's _Hamlet_ for the first time and, supposedly, said, "I don't see why everybody says it's so great. It's just a lot of quotes strung together with a plot." 🤭 🤓
“It was the hockey mask guy.”
Michael: “And I took that personally.”
ROFL
What if Cassie called him Bill or Jim? 😄
"I was assured this wasn't that scary" ... I appreciate whoever lied to you
It's not scary at all... well, for me at least. I don't get scared by movies. On the other hand, she's scared by her own shadow 😆
Interesting enough, I'm easily scared by video games
@Dolf Dogeler should check out "Sinister"
@Dolf Dogeler yes it was. One f'd up movie
now that's funny.
I saw the closet scene as a little kid and so this movie always scares the crap out of me. The static shot of him walking across the street while she is trying to get in the door conjures up so much fear.
"How does he knows he's evil?"
_2 minutes later_
"He's pure evil!!!"
An immaculate abortion, if you will. 🤨 😕
@@goldenager59 I won't
@@IfYouSeekCaveman
So, you won't, will you? 🤨 😕 🙂
@@GeorgeTropicana
Well, well! ☺️
Carpenter would give you a hug for all your anticipated reactions. You're the perfect audience for this film.
It’s great watching these movies with a fresh set of eyes
Would you consider Halloween 2 a good sequel? Was going to suggest it...but can't remember much of it. Vaguely remember a hospital and a slutty nurse and MM on fire. I think.
@@ct6852no
YES! She's so genuine!
@@ct6852 It has the atmosphere but it's kinda lame and dumb otherwise.
The reason why Michael can't die is that he is just pure evil. The reason why you hear his breathing at the end is to show that evil is everywhere and he is everywhere in plain sight. This was Jamie Lee Curtis's first role. I like how Carpenter utilized the darkness and made Michael slowly appear and disappear. I also love the score for this movie. Iconic.
No one would have thought that a William Shatner Captain Kirk mask could be reworked to be the scariest mask in movie history.
Endures as an icon a lot longer than a Patrick Stewart mask would
This is the face of my nightmare, from the first time I saw it on the Halloween 4 VHS cover as a kid to now. Baghuul in SINISTER is pretty freaky also. Something about a white terror face in the dark is just terrifying.
But it's kind of insane how the production team never managed to recreate it as successfully as in the first movie, for any of the sequels.
@@andkristianwashisname-o do you like the recent Halloween trilogy?
@@Kenny-ep2nf I liked the 2018 one, but the other two lost me. What did you think?
“Don’t kill her too. She’s such a good babysitter.” If only serial killers would just stop and think about these things lol. By far my favorite part 😂
😂
"he cut the phone lines? When did he have the time, he was too busy killing people"
Best Cassie line ever!!
Michael can teleport.
"What if the parents came home?"
Parents didn't always come home in the '70s. We were cage-free, free-range children.
"Latch key kids" from the 1970's.
Safer times
Mom comes home:
"What's this mess?!"
Me:
"I tried to learn to cook rice.."
Mom:
"Why were you trying to cook rice?"
Me:
"Well, I got hungry last night."
@@Aeneiden No, they weren't. Violent crime has done nothing but decrease in the years since. What increased was nationwide coverage of crime, when in the '80s we'd mostly just hear about crime in whatever city we lived in. We didn't have national news back then.
@@retropyro are there any studies which suggests this?
"Next to a pumpkin??" Asking the REAL questions.
I like Michael's breathing under the closing end music. He really is everywhere.
Cant kill the boogeyman
Michael is the boogeyman. He can teleport and manifest from any dark corner.
yep lol
“Next to a pumpkin?!” I was rolling! So funny and so innocent. Cassie, you are an absolute joy to watch. Such a wonderful breath of fresh air.
How does one even do it without a grinning jack-o-lantern on the night stand? I might need to see a therapist...
I agree, she makes movie watching soooo fun and memorable, my wife is the same way, especially when it comes to always looking for a love story in every movie she watches, even when there isn't one..
😂I love the innocence 🙏
@@Arizona-ex5yt Or with your girl wearing a pumpkin head mask.
@@myproject13ttt I'm guessing Myers was in love with his own sister and he killed her out of jealousy. So there's the love story.
@@jedijones hahaha hahaha, yeah I don't think that one's going to fly with my wife 😂
The genuineness of your reactions is what makes this movie reaction channel so special. John Carpenter himself would be overjoyed to see this video.
so many younger people these days seem to think this is slow or dumb, its refreshing to see someone see this as the terror classic it is. thank you for this
the attention span from their is already 2min long
Yeah, they're spoiled by more recent slashers with more kills, faster pacing and blood and guts.
Yeah people don't appreciate building suspense. I watched this movie with my sister and her friend. Her friend had never seen it before. After the movie was over she said she thought it sucked and that nothing happened the whole movie. I was just like "you don't get it and you have no taste in film."
If people think this movie is slow imagine them watching Friday the 13th, now that's slow slow
@@asperhes Everyone's different.
One frequently overlooked detail of this movie that’s just as cool as any other-and is my favorite-is how Michael is listed in the credits:
*The Shape.*
Downright sinister.
@Dolf Dogeler Except he was named Tommy Doyle. lol
When he appears in the doorway with just the slightest bit of light illuminating his mask, so spooky lol.
He's around every corner except when people go to check, and he is always behind you, watching.
a very cool name
@@Kenny-ep2nf No doubt.
This was sooo much fun watching your reaction. This is WHY the film is so iconic. An independent film made with a shoestring budget is still absolutely terrifying to watch.
As a longtime STAR TREK fan I want to say that the mask they used for Michael Myers was actually an old "Captain Kirk"-mask!
@@markcaldwell2831 you realize you contradict yourself? Who hurt you? Did a trekkie steal your girl or something?
Fact!
@@markcaldwell2831 no one ever has ever learnt one of the most basic bits of trivia for one of the longest running and most well known horror series? Gtfo.
Not a die hard Trekkie, but knew that mask was Shatner from The Devil's Rain.
It must be George Takei's favorite film.
Cassie has come so far. I was here from her very first upload (Shawshank Redemption back in January) and it's just incredible how far she's come. 133k subs, ad live reads and now the biggest shocker, she's hitting us with the OG slasher film???
brb getting my popcorn.
A bit of trivia: The little girl, Kyle Richards, is Paris Hilton's aunt.
I saw this movie in the theatre when I was 10.
The scene at the end where Michael Meyers was gone, it was like he could be anywhere and when the film kept pulling out. It felt like he’d be waiting for you to go home.
my bedroom had the same closet Curtis hid. I was scared from Halloween night to mid February always imagining him in there waiting for me to fall asleep to kill me.
I'm actually surprised Cassie watched this. This is a straight up slasher film. I appreciate that she's willing to watch this stuff even though its out of her comfort zone.
this is gonna be fun!😁😁😁
@@Dexterinette, she needs to do Friday 13th, 1980 the first film!
I would be more surprised if she watched the Rob Zombie remake. :)
@@derkernspalter The Rob Zombie remake is absolute garbage and totally missed the mark. Nobody should be subjected to that dumpster fire of a film.
Let's not introduce her to any splatter films. She'd come apart at the seams.
"All they took was some Halloween masks, some rope and some knives."
In other words, a serial killer starter kit!!
"Why does she keep dropping the knife?!"
- Rich Evans
*Laughs in high pitched personification of joy*
This is what I came here for.
{angelic laughing}
I saw a comment say EVERY time Rich Evans laughs, a litter of puppies are born.
I heard rich Evans really hates this film, he said it's the worst film ever made.
😁
Yes, it's scary. If it wasn't we wouldn't be watching it more than 40 years later. Thanks for bringing back the dread we felt when we watched this in 1978.
Her reaction was exactly the same I felt as an 8 yr old watching this with my parents
Even of films that are not that scary. People will be watching them. Its horror
Me too 😮@@doggystylez10
such a great movie
The slow-mo flip at 11:32 is seriously one of my all time favorite moments from this channel
The editor knows what he’s doing
I love how she says “sorry!” To herself 😂
Watched this as a 13 year old kid back in 85. One of the only horror movies that really scared me, simply because any sicko can put on a mask and decide to do horrible things.
Over the years I have actually grown to appreciate it for the masterclass in suspense that it is. The fact it was made for around $400k at that time is amazing.
Great reaction as always! 🎃
Literally the same croftatron, I watched this aged 13 in 1985 alone in the dark because I was 'tough' 😬. It definitely left an impression on me for a few weeks. Good horror takes its time, allowing the viewers fears and insecurities to fill the space. The fact that this film begins with Michael commiting murder as a child sets a strange unnerving tone of 'evil' because his crime cannot be easily explaied away, and then his slow but relentless pursuit (and seeming invincibility) just add to the tension. The music is itself a masterpiece and the film legendary. I've never been scared by gory horror, it just seems fake and silly, but Halloween aged 13 absolutely gave me a nightmare or two! 😨
@@previouslyachimp Great response. I think the effects department were actually surprised how little fake blood was used. As you said it’s more effective without the gore.
Carpenters talents with the score is so good and integral at setting the tone for the film.
I was 5 when i first saw it in 1985, it's one of the few horror movies i found scary in places, i watched it several times as a kid, I only truly came to appreciate it's brilliance in my late teens.
$325K actually, they started out with only 300 and were able to squeeze out 1 increase of 25K from Akkad to finish it
I have actually never watched a horror movie before😂 lol maybe I should try it sometime but I am too scared. I do like movies with a bit of suspense and mystery though! Mainly I love action/superhero movies, sci-fi movies, and fantasy movies, ooh and let's not forget disney movies🥺
The Thing on the TV isn't the one that everyone wants you to watch, the one on TV is the original one made in 1951, the one everyone wants you to watch was made 4 years after this movie 1982.
People want her to die... she just can't watch The Thing, please have mercy.
Well, maybe the Howard Hawks one. I remark MAYBE 😆
Also made by John Carpenter
The Thing (1982) is the greatest horror movie ever made
@@dale_gribble_pocket_sand Indeed it is and the creature effects are thousands times better than the 2011 one.
True, but she may appreciate the original, also. It's one of those movies that can be watched with the remake and both can be enjoyed independently as their own individual films.
"that pumpkins getting awfully close." amazing lol
Halloween proves that you don't need gore to ramp up the scares. After 40 years it's still effectively terrifying. Also, I love that they give you zero closure. It makes your mind go to some dark places knowing that psycho is still out there...
Not terrifying at all lol.
@@ItApproaches disagree completely. This is one of the few films that knows how to build tension with next to nothing happening beyond Michael just watching his victims. He's not after the people he kills, he's using for a Halloween trick on the girl who walked on his front porch. He has the mind of a 6 year old psychopath with the body of a healthy man.
@@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto Tension and scary are not the same thing.
@@ItApproaches the plot alone makes this movie terrifying.
But I guess a seemingly immortal serial killer getting away to kill again is just too tame for you.
@@WOLFxLORD All these horror movies are the same formula. An evil person/soul returns from the dead to kill people who split up and cause jump scares. Theres no depth, no actual story. No why does Michael have his supernaturality, why was Michael chosen to be the unstoppable monster? I wrote my own horror story and i'm on book five, it actually gives a STORY that grows as it goes on, rather then just each time he's back a few die for no reason.
Great reaction. Funniest opening: "I've dealt with worse." Moments later: "That pumpkin is getting awfully close.." 😂
You nailed it when you called Michael Myers "pure evil", he's literally meant to be that. Like a walking Grim Reaper almost: unstoppable, inevitable and his nickname when he's skulking around is "The Shape".
I hope next year you'll watch the other two slasher greats: Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street!
😂😂😂
One of these reactions, Cassie is going to have a brain hemorrhage. She's too on edge for these types of increasingly bloody and gory films. Try to keep suggestions a bit more "tame."
@@dan_hitchman007 How about Scream?
@@jedijones I wouldn't. It's still gory.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre may put her in the hospital. I actually would love to see her react to Carpenter's The Thing or The Fog.
“🎶It’s a nice beautiful fall day....🎶the leaves are green still...that’s cool.”
That cracked me up.
Im SO surprised you watched this movie. It was REALLY fun seeing someone be genuinely scared watching such a classic.
So much CAPITALIZED
this movie was filmed in my town and its so cool to be able to take a 10 minute walk and see practically every shot in this movie, minus the indoor shots. The Meyers house is a huge horror fan attraction every Halloween.
Oh wow that's cool. This film is beloved by many people but i bet it has extra value to somebody that lived in the town.
I'd love to visit South Pasadena, I'll be sure to bring my Michael Myers costume and recreate shots from the movie.
I am officially jealous. My bucket list is. Halloween sights. 30 days of night in Barrow Alaska, Georgia namly sequoia for the walking dead show. The Wraith also has bests sights. I got alot to do before I die lol 😆😆 😂
“I don’t even get any closure?” 😂😂😂
Jamie Lee Curtis was about 19 when this film was made, 20 when it was released. Because of the extremely low budget for the film, the mask that Michael is wearing is an old Captain Kirk (William Shatner) mask that was spray-painted white.
Back in the 80's this was the movie to watch after trick or treating. We'd all make sure to hit up as many houses as we could before going home to watch Halloween and Halloween II on WLVI 56.
On a side note...PJ Soles, who plays Lynda, appeared in Rock N Roll High School with The Ramones. It's a fun movie with great music and I highly recommend it!
80's, 90's, 00's, 10's... VHS, Blu-ray, digital... it's an evergreen horror movie
Also in Stripes with Bill Murray and Harold Ramis.
@Finishin. My.Coffee ah the lovely PJ.Soles who can forget her yes this was the Horror classic that set the standard for slasher movies . even though her death face looked a bit silly it wasn't the main thing i was watching anyway 😂
Yes i recall seeing this and it would typically be a double bill of Halloween I and 2 ON TV it just set the tone for those nights and here we are again HALLOWEEN a special occasion for me and my own reasons for sobriety HAPPY HALLOWEEN CHEERS MATE .🎃
The thing in this movie on their tv screen is the 50s one. The one everyone talks about and made by this director is made after this film, in 1982.
"I heard this isn't as scary as the 'Shining'".
I couldn't wait to see your reaction after that comment haha.....
I know right. When she said that I immediately thought, "They LIED to you!". :-)
To many it isn't. The Shining and Serpent and the Rainbow are the only two films that actually scared me. Halloween is scary but really just great fun and a well made horror film which isn't always a given.
omg lol, halloween is way more scary then the shining
Personally I think The Shinning is scarier, but Halloween is pretty creepy for sure.
IKR? Whoever said that doesn’t know horror movies! Or maybe they should become a politician because they straight up LIED 😂
Cassie: Why can't he die?
You can't kill evil, you can only hope to contain it.
Good thing I brought my evil PokeBall
Evil sure didn't protect Jeffrey Dahmer in prison
"fashion a hanger!" 😆total gold
“Why does he sound like Darth Vader?”😂
Best reactions so far. Such a shame she won’t do The Exorcist.
The Exorcist would break her...😆
She's absolutely not ready for The Exorcist.
@@lyletuck I don't think she's even ready to watch The Thing, for The Exorcist she's going to be even less ready.
Hi, looks like you are true movie fan! If you want to check, we film reactions too. Recently I did Halloween.
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I'm not ready for the exorcist and I've watched it like 7 times lol its too scary.
At 14 I was a horror film buff and very well read on adult horror novels by the time I saw this. But this was completely different and new at the time. When it was over, I was so shaken that even leaving the theater and on the way home I was still scared. The one and only time that has ever happened.
I love seeing someone genuinely get into movies, no matter what year they’re from!
Kids at school: You can't be serious, you've NEVER seen a scary film?
Cassie's kid: Nope
The way they built tension throughout the entire movie was absolute genius worthy of psycho.🍿in 🛏️
The best parts were from the stalking's choreographies.
Halloween was released in 1978, Carpenters The Thing was made in 1982. The clip used in Halloween was from the original 1951 film. I guess John Carpenter was foreshadowing.
This was my introduction to jump-scares, especially the fake-out jump-scare. I remember seeing it in the theater and the first fake-out had people laughing afterwards.
Laughing and scared shitless are so close together. Works only when there is more than one person. Watching alone and scare laughing is so awkward
Yup, that's a popular feature in horror movies, often called a "Lewton bus" after the first fake scare put to film and the man who's idea it was; that was in the 1942 movie Cat People (terrible title, great movie; Lewton himself came up with everything but the title lmao)
“Hey, The Thing! A lot of p pole wanted me to watch this WHY IS SHE SHOWING IT TO A CHILD?!” What a mom LOL
Also, 11:20, best jump scare I’ve seen from her reactions yet
The version of the Thing they are watching is the original 1950's version. The re-make used the original title and footage of them inspecting the UFO was reused on videotape as the Norwegian's footage. It saved money and was a great way to tie the two films together.
Are you joking me?! - Truly the most genuine reactions on TH-cam - thanks for the entertainment 😀
Her reactions are just soooo adorable. She's adorable over all! I can tell just from this video that she would be an absolute JOY to watch movies with...
This is one of the best reactions I've seen to this film. When I was 8. My parents where watching it. I snuck out of bed and saw the scene where he sits up and had nightmares for months. It took me almost 10 years to buck up the courage to finally watch it. I've been a Micheal Myers fanatic ever sense.
Same the scene that got me as a kid was always when Laurie was trying to get into the house and he’s walking across the street. Ugh creeped me out for years as a kid
Isn't it amazing how the most terrifying moments as a kid can somehow morph into our absolute favorites, the spider head from THE THING absolutely traumatized me when I was 5 and now it's one of my favorite movies ever.
@@bdkj3e Yes! I was terrified of Michael Myers growing up. Now he's my favorite.
The reason you noticed spring foliage was because Halloween was actually filmed in the spring due to scheduling issues. The brown leaves on the sidewalks were scattered there by the film crew prior to shooting each scene. The trick or treaters were local kids who received two Halloweens that year courtesy of the film producers, who supplied the candy, etc.
The Myers house was how you saw it in the 1978 scenes before the production company restored it. Therefore the scene where a six-year-old Michael murdered his older sister in 1963 was actually the last to be filmed in or around that house. The “1978” scenes were filmed first, before the house was restored.
"Next to a pumpkin?"
😂 The absolute pinnacle of Cassie-isms. 😂
"Never walking outside again. Never looking out a window." LOL.
I grew up at this as an only child & loved it, love it still. U know the little girl that she babysits’s is part of “real house wives” & as an adult in last movie released.
Cassie: ... So it's pretty old, so I'm hoping that means it won't be **as** scary.
Psycho and The Shining: Did you learn nothing?
Apparently not.
MORE THINGS LIKE THIS!!!! Your genuine reactions are wonderful! Kudos to stepping out into something not your typical fair. Bravo!
"....next to a pumpkin!??"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"What's his plan? Who's he after?"
That's exactly what makes this movie so scary and resonated so well with audiences and honestly never needed any sequels. He has no plan, and his attacks are completely random. The Shape is just purely and utterly evil, no rhyme or reason as to why. Which is why it's so terrifying, the motivation can't be explained.
I think he just hates sex! :D
@@gabe6550 that’s Jason. 😂
Totally agree. The only reason he stalked Laurie and her friends was a case of wrong place wrong time. He saw her drop off the key at his old place and the girls are around the same age as Judith was when she was killed.
@@stephw1702 wut yes he does have a plan and reason he has to kill her because it's his sister that's his whole thing killing family and who ever gets in his way that's his reason for going killer
he does absolutely know who's next he goes after his family and kills anyone who gets in the way of that as a trap it's not random at all
"He sounds like Darth Vader". And he looks like William Shatner. The perfect mashup.
Did you know the mask was molded from William shattners face
@@robogreek3157 That's why I said that.
Love how invested and how serious you take the film. I’m sure you hate horror films haha but IM DYING for more Horror Film reactions from you. I enjoy them so much and I think horror gets you to react the most.
7:54 One of Michael's most well known traits is his heavy breathing. Also tilting his head in either confusion or to look at his victims bodies from different angles.
"I know Jamie Lee Curtis from FREAKY FRIDAY."
Man, do I feel old.
Incredibly, it was only a year or two ago, forty plus years after the fact, that William Shatner learned that Michael's mask was his likeness. He was quite astonished.
I hope Cassie has a slate of soft, fluffy movies to watch in November - it seems like October 2021 has been a rough month for her :P
I DO know what to say. I have known every inch of this movie and the sequels for almost my whole life. To see someone with such fresh, innocent eyes watching it is so great. You were really in it and your reactions were just as priceless as “Psycho”. Thank you for all you do!
Hi, looks like you are true movie fan! If you want to check, we film reactions too. Recently I did Halloween.
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Popcorn the whole time: he’s just standing there….menacingly!!!!
"The Thing! Lots of people want me to watch this. Why is she showing this to a child?" That's because that's the black and white original which isn't that bad. The one that people keep wanting you to do is the 1982 remake The Thing. Which was directed by John Carpenter, who directed Halloween (1978). So Carpenter was teasing a future film of his by accident. The Thing (1982) is much scarier and messed up than Halloween (1978) but I also think it''s a better film than Halloween (1978).
I prefer the 1950s original Thing which isn't just about horror and special effects. There's better character development and a story going on.
@@joelwillems4081 LOL. Yeah, because The Thing '82 is totally not about character drama and plot development at all. 🙄
I feel The Thing from the 80s is overrated. I remember liking Dark Star, a comedy he did.
@@starrynight1657 To each their own, but Carpenter's The Thing is masterfully made and has tons of depth to it. For someone to say that it lacks character development or plot and is only about the effects, that person has to have not payed very close attention to the movie. Especially when comparing it to the hokey original that wasn't even a faithful adaptation of the original short story.
@@Progger11 I'm not speaking up for the original. I'll just say Carpenter's The Thing has been more a cult film in the past and still divides opinion a lot. Personally I find the lower budget Basket Case from the same period more interesting.
The slow motion, black and white replays of your jump scares are great.
100% agree!
One time would be enough.
Yes! Cute & funny!
Yes. Kudos to your editor.
“There’s a dead dog in there.” 🤣 I think that’s the least of his worries. Lol
"He doesn't know her, right?"
Depends on what sequels you're watching. Because Halloween divulges into a few different timelines because some sequels ignore and contradict the others:
1. The original timeline (1 & 2)
2. The Samhain timeline (Halloween III)
3. The Thorn timeline (AKA the Jamie timeline)(1,2,4,5,6)
4. The Reunion timeline (1,2, H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween: Resurrection)
5. The Legacy timeline (1, Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends)
6. The Zombie timeline (Rob Zombie's remake and its sequel)
the Halloween "continuity" is one of the most needlessly convoluted timelines in cinema history
@ Sir Jedi Sentinel. I hadn't thought of it like this you have this well charted out ! Now I have to go back and do a Halloween marathon ! Lol! Happy Halloween. Cheers !
Well, the only timeline now is the 1978 Halloween, the 2018 Halloween and Halloween Kills. The true sequel to the 1978 film making Halloween 2 and the movies after that non canon.
@@christopherdeguzman1137 Nah, just because the newest Halloween films ignore everything from 1 onward, those films still exist. The idea that the 2018 film invalidates halloween 2 onward is what got Disney in trouble with Star Wars.
My nephew made a great statement. The Halloween franchise has become his favorite "pick your own adventure" series.
"They're OK with the boyfriends coming over and they don't care about the kids?" - welcome to 1978
Another reason why GenX rules. Lololol
I am a little younger but I remember in the early 80s my babysitter's boyfriend coming over right before I went to bed. When you are 8 you don't put 2 and 2 together. Haha.
@@tristramcoffin926 or in this case one in another
Given the context, I now find it funny that I was born in 78.
Farckin Boomers. 18 in 78 makes you a Boomer. Kids they were babysitting are Gen X. No wonder we're so cynical.
Jaime Lee Curtis was 19. The mask was originally of William Shatner as Captain Kirk.
"It's a nice beautiful fall day ... the leaves are green still..." Her coming to that realization tickled me. 🎃
My all time favorite horror series. My wife teaches piano. She's classically trained but she likes to mix it up for fun. She has several advanced students that are playing this score. I can faintly hear it in my office but weirdly, it puts me in a good mood.
I had friend in high school who could do the theme really well on the piano. It’s a theme that truly makes you think of Fall season and of course Halloween
I absolutely love how visceral and genuine each reaction is haha you're the ideal viewing audience 🎥☺️
She would be a perfect candidate for a test audience!
The film was shot in the summer in California, so that's why everything is still green. In some home video versions, Dean Cundey, the Director of Cinematography, had the green lawns and leaves digitally turned to a more yellowish color to make it seem more Fall-like.
Now that’s some good trivia. Although for me, I drive through A LOT of the filming locations virtually everyday for work so many of the outdoor shots just make me chuckle now, green or not haha.
You can also see some palm trees in the background if you look closely.
@@toddbell6989 That's why I always found it funny that the filmmakers didn't just set the story in California.
digitally? they actually brought in fall leaves and dressed the lawns with them...there was no digital anything when this was made.
@@wavertone I'm talking about the color timing for home video. Dean Cundey would sometimes have the film's color timing of green skewed toward yellow. You can use digital masking tools to target specific parts of the screen image. In the most recent 4k releases, Dean went back to the theatrical timing, which has the lawns a vibrant green, though it ruins the fake fall setting.
Cassie is a bundle of anxiety wrapped in a sesame seed bun.
I don't know if anyone else shared this, I read the mask was a William Shatner mask turned inside out and they put a wig on it. This was filmed with a very small budget, they never expected it to be the big hit that it was. It made John Carpenter a star.
Jamie Lee Curtis was about 19 when she made this movie.
I’d love to see you watch “When a Stranger Calls”, both the original and the remake. Not overly violent, but can be thrilling.
One of the most popular Pro Wrestling characters ever, The Undertaker (real name Mark Calaway, who had performed under a few different, less successful characters) was directly inspired by Michael Myers. The gimmick was he was some sort of zombie cowboy; he never showed any sign of pain or injury, he'd take a serious beating and appear to be down... only to sit up just like Myers did, ready for more. If you watch his bout with Jake the Snake Roberts at Wrestlemania 8 you will see that sit-up PERFECTLY recreated in an admittedly awesome way (Roberts' character was an easily hateable scumbag and seeing him terrified was VERY satifying).
Anytime the Undertaker is mentioned in a conversation, it always gives me just a little more hope in humanity
@@jakecleveland1051 always
It's a great gimmick, for sure: th-cam.com/video/vAIXekwDo0U/w-d-xo.html
True, and I used to think he was the one who taught Kane to do the sit-up, but it was actually Jim Cornette. There is video on YT of him showing Glenn Jacobs (Kane) the right way to do it.
The fact Roberts put that much work into putting the Undertaker over in that match, while likely inebriated, really speaks volumes for how good the Snake is at wrestling psychology, imho
Loved your reaction! I remember having to buy tickets to the second showing the 1st or 2nd weekend it was released because it was already sold out. I stood in line in the lobby with my friend, waiting for the first showing to finish. Everyone in the lobby waiting to see this movie heard constant screams coming from the people watching within the theater for about the last 30 to 45 minutes of the movie. We were all nervously laughing as we waited our turn. I love this movie, and it was classically suspenseful and scary. But the waiting in the lobby is what sticks in my memory more than anything.
Cassie: "He IS pure eviIl" I think your reactions are great, screaming "why do you keep dropping the knife!!"
at the screen is real horror movie audience perfection. Keep up the super entertaining work Cassie. it is
so much fun!
It's funny when reactors call out the slasher film tropes when watching Halloween, not realizing it's the movie responsible for most of them.
"Fashion a hanger!" LOLZ
I remember waiting in the theater lobby to go in and watch this film and seeing the stunned faces of the people coming out of the previous showing !
John Carpenter loved the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Thing from Another World" so much that he featured it as the movie the kids were watching in Halloween, then went on to re-make it in 1982, renaming it simply as "The Thing."
I was also going to point that out, as the one I think most people are recommending is Carpenter's remake which had not yet been made as of the first Halloween. The babysitter was not being irresponsible in letting the child watch the original, I wouldn't think.
My favorite Horror movie of all-time because of its subtlety and the way it makes your skin crawl. The music is amazing and the very camera itself is a character. They didn't need over the top blood and Gore to make the audience terrified. Michael Myers is evil incarnate. In the credits he's known as The Shape. You aren't supposed to really know why he kills just that he's a machine.
Great reaction as always!
John Carpenter uses silence so well in his flicks. Always makes things more tense! Freaks me out and I'm so glad for this video with reactions.
A few years after this, John Carpenter would direct a remake of The Thing.
Saying “Fashion a Hangar” to Laurie when she’s hiding in the wardrobe & Michael’s after her is the funniest thing I’ve heard 😆
2 & 3 are also fun.
You Kids of today don’t realise that this film really started it all with this sort of genre - an absolute classic! 😁
I like how you do the Replay of your Jump scare's where you show your Original and then replay in slow motion!!!
"Why is he so fixated with her?"
Well, it depends on which version you are watching. Halloween plays fast and loose with different versions of reality.
Which is why 2 should have been included prior to making the sequels, would have made much more sense Laurie being Michael's sister & the fact that 1 & 2 both occurred in the same day.
@@garyclarke9685 A) Spoiler alert! B) How does the sister thing make more sense when it was never supposed to be in the first place? John Carpenter came up with that when he wrote Halloween II.
@@ChucksCherubs3 It makes sense because that is what John Carpenter came up with.....John Carpenter is the creator and writer of both Halloween and Halloween 2....thats like saying Luke and Leia aren't brother and sister cause in Star Wars you know they weren't supposed to be.
I think the fixation is pretty easily explained.
In 1963, Michael intended to scare his sister Judith before he killed her, but when she realizes he's standing there, you can hear in her voice that she's really just annoyed.
In 1978, Michael hears Tommy tell Laurie that the Myers house is a "spook house" and that she should go up on the porch. This is what he wanted in the first place, to be someone who frightened people with the mere thought of him. But Laurie just walks right up on the porch to drop off the keys, fracturing his fantasy of being this legendary monster.
So he stalks her so that he can scare her (to death). That's the whole reason behind his grisly tableau in the Wallace's bedroom. And he fails to actually scare her to death with that, so he goes back to his original programming from 1963.
@Dolf Dogeler he did write it while he was drunk after watching Star Wars. Just because he hates it now, doesn't mean he didn't come up with it.
Less is more and when you make characters we care about, it hits harder when they get taken out. So many directors gloss over what truly made this film a classic
You actually do get closure if you watch Halloween II. It starts the minute the first one leaves off, and shows what happens during the night.
"That Mask!"
It was a William Shatner as Captain Kirk mask.
"To boldly slaughter people who have never been slaughtered before" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Missed opportunity that the recent outing didn't have him toss aside a Chris Pine mask before reaching for the 'classic' one ;)
@@chefskiss6179 That's pretty cool. Good one :)
I watched this on Halloween night 2018, the film's 40th anniversary, for the first time in many years. I'd forgotten how amazingly effective it was. So many amazing shots of Michael, such an emphasis on his silent stalker character. Just standing there, not doing anything, just WATCHING. Sometimes hidden, sometimes right in the open. But always WATCHING. Imagine seeing that in real life. That's some truly frightening shit.
This is my fav movie of ALL time, owning each one, watching them so often. Loving this reaction, One of the best ive seen. Its nice to see it enjoyed as a simple classic, & not judged like it not looking as good as graphics do with horror now days. People must remember this was 1978, it went with the times. This reaction is a blessing as it is completely genuine wich i can appreciate. Hopefully we will see the rest of the franchise as in Halloween 2, 4, & so forth, Its always a pleasure seeing the TRUE honest reactions like this. Bless ALL 💗🙏