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Old 01-09-2012, 07:25 AM
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1) Do you remember when you first watched it?

Few years back...most probably on 2008.

2) Did you get any feedback (from friends or media) prior to watching it?

Plenty! After becoming member on different online horror movie forum/community (Including HDC), I found HALLOWEEN on top 10 in every list & recommendation thread and it made me highly curious about it as my first love into horror was slasher films particularly after watching TCM & FT13 part 2. And specially whenever you guys here discussed about the legacy of Michael I have gradually become a fan of his stories before even watching them properly.

3) How was the viewing experience? How did it affect you?

Oh, man! It gave me a pretty hard time to track down & finally watched it for the very first time. Back on 2006, when I passionately started watching horror films then I used to rely on our local dvd stores where they sells pirated dvds. The most strange & frustrating thing was JC's HALLOWEEN was totally unavailable here back at that time! There wasn't any single dvd store left in Dhaka where I didn't look for HALLOWEEN (1978) & original TCM. And I couldn't find it anywhere. It was highly frustrating & annoying but as I was becoming sucker for horror films I took a very brave & risky effort (as my friends told me here in compare to any movie lover in BD)...I made an effort to buy it on e-bay by sending dollars in CASH via regular mail! My first effort went in vain as the seller (from Canada) failed to send it properly. Then I did the same thing with another seller (Stuart, UK) and finally got the double disc dvd in my hand after waiting for it like years!! The feeling was like a long waited huge victory or meeting with someone very special who you thought lost forever.

4) How many times have you rewatched it? Memories? Does it still hold good even today for you?

Anyway, then one fine night after having a nice dinner I came into my roof top little studio apartment & turn off the lights and played the dvd...I just liked it as I had a huge expectation. But I gradually become a great fan of it after watching multiple times in later years on special occasions.

5) Anything else you wish to share.

IMO: JC's HALLOWEEN is like an all time lovable fairy tale for Slasher genre that none can deny. Like THE HAUNTING (1963) for haunted house films, THE EXORCIST for exorcism/demonic possession genre, HALLOWEEN (1978) can be treated as holy book for today's any new/future Slasher film maker.
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Old 01-09-2012, 07:44 AM
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Do you remember when you first watched it?

I have vague memories of watching it when I was very young, maybe around 9, possibly younger.

How was the viewing experience? How did it affect you?


My strongest memory is of how dark the film was, certain scenes it was hard for me to see what was actually happening.... The music stood out to me too. I think, at least for me, watching horror at a young age, its the music that really grabs hold of you and draws you in.

How many times have you rewatched it? Memories? Does it still hold good even today for you?

Like most I've watched it countless times since. I think as a viewing experience it peaked for me as a teen. Today, I still view it as one of the best horror films out there, its just hard for any film to really beat the experience you have of watching these types of movies with friends in your teens.

Anything else you wish to share.

Donald Pleasence/ Dr. Sam Loomis is and always will be one bad ass mother fucker. :cool:
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Old 01-09-2012, 07:48 AM
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Do you remember when you first watched it?
I saw it in the theater when it came out in 1978. I was 19.

How was the viewing experience? How did it affect you?
I remember the thing that creeped me out the most was the music.

How many times have you rewatched it? Memories? Does it still hold good even today for you?
I've watched it about a gazillion times. It absolutely holds good for me!

Anything else you wish to share.
I always envied Jamie Lee Curtis's body.
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Old 01-09-2012, 09:07 AM
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Do you remember when you first watched it?
I saw it in the theater when it came out in 1978.

How was the viewing experience? How did it affect you?
from what I remember [ killed many many many brain cells with beer ] I liked it...a lot

How many times have you rewatched it? Memories? Does it still hold good even today for you?
maybe 3 or 4. yes....it was a well made movie and as Hammer said...great music

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I always envied Jamie Lee Curtis's body. :D
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Old 01-09-2012, 09:12 PM
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Do you remember when you first watched it?

I was about 12 or 13 and me and a friend had been watching a bunch of horror movies each weekend working through stuff like the Friday The 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street flicks. Always heard about it and read about it in magazines like Fangoria but never could lay my hands on it. A new video store opened in town and they had a section of ancient tapes you could hire for $2 and Halloween was in there. I nervously took it up to the counter hoping they'd let me rent it because a lot of places were strict with the age restrictions on tapes. They let me rent it and that was the place I went to from then on to rent more dubious titles.

How was the viewing experience? How did it affect you?

I remember it being one of the first horror films to creep me out most notably the opening scene shot though the eyes of the mask and the shots of Myers creeping around in the background. Most of the previous horror films I'd watched were fairly comical but Halloween was straight up errie to me. I watched it off the old Media tape (which I still own) and it was quite murky and dark which added to this effect. I thought it was great and it stood out to me as being stylistically different from a lot of the other horror films I'd seen especially the music and innovative shots. The title sequence still remains on of my favourites.

How many times have you rewatched it? Memories? Does it still hold good even today for you?

It's a film I haven't watched a lot of times compared to other older horror films because the tape was so hard to come by over here. That tape disappeared from that store probably eaten by someone's hungry VCR before I got to rent it again or dub a copy. Caught it again a few times since DVDs came onto the scene and it holds up well and along with The Thing is Carpenter's best work. Halloween is a film I hold in high regard and discussing it here has reminded me I should watch it again.

Anything else you wish to share.

Whether or not it's the true "original" slasher film is debatable but it's definitely the first iconic one. The sequel is great too and I agree with newb's sentiments of Jamie Lee Curtis being smoking fucking hot :D
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Old 01-10-2012, 12:43 AM
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What all did the edited-for-TV version skip on, MM? How short was it from the original unrated version?
To tell you the truth, I really cannot remember. I was around 10 or 12, so that was up to nearly 30 years ago :(

What I do remember is that it didn't really make that much of a difference to the film. What probably was skipped were shots of blood and gore. All the scares were still there.

I don't know how much shorter it would have been, because there were advertisements during the movie. But it would not have been much shorter - most probably just a few minutes.

Australian TV used to show a lot of modified-for-tv versions of movies. I remember when Jaws first came on TV, some of the cuts included when the swimmer's amputated leg sank to the bottom of the ocean - the very last few frames when the top of the amutated leg was visible was cut. Also when Quint expired blood out of his mouth was cut.

These days, these scenes would not be cut. The movie would be shown a bit later instead.
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Old 01-10-2012, 12:45 AM
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BTW, I agree. This IS a great idea for a thread. Can't wait for more films to comment on :D
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Old 01-10-2012, 03:24 AM
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I would have been 9 years old when it came out, and wasn't allowed to go see it. I remember my parents finally allowing me to see an edited version on TV. No scenes of Michael stabbing, no sex scene, no pot scene, and no profanity. I can't remember when I finally got to see the whole thing, but it certainly was a welcome sight.

I still love the film, and don't think it's aged badly. Also agree with others about the fantastic soundtrack.
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Old 01-10-2012, 04:55 AM
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Isn't the TV cut actually longer than the theatrical version? I remember reading somewhere that it had some extended scenes to lengthen it's running time for the 2 hour time slot for films screened on network TV and allowed for the cuts made. Pretty sure we'd get a lot of the censored TV versions from the States like the infamous "Mellonfarmers" Repo Man print Alex Cox devised.

Forgot to mention this is a great thread... looking forward to discussing more films :)
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Old 01-10-2012, 05:00 AM
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Isn't the TV cut actually longer than the theatrical version? I remember reading somewhere that it had some extended scenes to lengthen it's running time for the 2 hour time slot for films screened on network TV and allowed for the cuts made. Pretty sure we'd get a lot of the censored TV versions from the States like the infamous "Mellonfarmers" Repo Man print Alex Cox devised.

Forgot to mention this is a great thread... looking forward to discussing more films :)
Ditto. The double disc version that I have includes Theatrical release in 1 disc & the TV version on the other one. I saw the TV version only 1 time. As far I remember there's 2 added scene in TV version: In one scene Dr. Sam Loomis is talking with someone in the institution about Michael but I forget about the other one...need to check it out again!:o
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