Halloween films - Movies

Orangemaid · 31-10-2009, 22:43

are on over the weekend..

I like the 3rd one,,with the masks and snakes and stuff coming out of them..I set the recorder for that one

, scary gruesome stuff..lol...And it ends with the father yelling down the phone , telling his kids to take the masks off before midnight.

CS Aye · 31-10-2009, 22:54

I love Halloween 3, it's a classic. So hilarious!

_nomad_ · 31-10-2009, 22:56

Looking forward to watching Halloween 1 & 2 tonight, and 3 tomorrow.

3 is a good'un despite getting one hell of a fan backlash.

Triple-P · 31-10-2009, 23:50

tis on right now

biggebruv · 31-10-2009, 23:56

watching 1st one right now on BLURAY quality is brill

Nik01 · 01-11-2009, 00:05

the orignal halloween is one of the only flims to ever scare me, im watching it now for the first time in about 4-5 years, and iv got to say im actually quite bored with it, it seems to have lost it magic

maybe it needs a zombie

biggebruv · 01-11-2009, 00:14

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Originally Posted by Nik01

the orignal halloween is one of the only flims to ever scare me, im watching it now for the first time in about 4-5 years, and iv got to say im actually quite bored with it, it seems to have lost it magic

maybe it needs a zombie

good god no!

U96 · 01-11-2009, 00:27

I love the music.And Donald Pleasances mad unblinking eyes.

Nik01 · 01-11-2009, 00:57

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Originally Posted by biggebruv

good god no!

you know you like it really

you have to love the michael myers shaped void on the grass in the second one dont you lol

biggebruv · 01-11-2009, 01:06

no i love the bit where lomis is chasing the guy he thinks is myers but yet hes carrying a sweet bag then the copper runs him over haha.

gotta love the slasher films eh

summer_redux · 01-11-2009, 09:32

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Originally Posted by CS Aye

I love Halloween 3, it's a classic. So hilarious!

One more day to Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en! One more day to hallowe'en, Silver Shamrock!!

hurrikane313 · 01-11-2009, 10:15

Yep watched 1,2,4,5,6 last night. I refuse to watch 3 as there is no way it should be anywhere near the Halloween franchize.

CS Aye · 01-11-2009, 10:48

Halloween 3 has a major advantage over most horror films including the other Halloweens, because

spoiler:
the obnoxious little American child dies horribly instead of becoming the hero of the film!

jamespondo · 01-11-2009, 18:50

I'm no fan of pointless remakes,but Halloween:Season of the Witch could actually make a decent horror movie.

It started off ok,but fell to pieces due to gratuitous pure 80's nastiness,poor effects and an incoherent storyline.That silver shamrock tune is legendarily catchy though.

RussellIan · 01-11-2009, 18:52

Halloween I-III, anything else is pure poo.

OcdGirl · 01-11-2009, 20:21

The third one made me feel sick the first time I watched it. I vowed never to watch it again

Rincewind78 · 02-11-2009, 10:03

well it was Carpenter's big plan to make the next couple of Halloween films after #3 to all be independent storylines - and make a series of different horror films.

but i think it was the producer/dolly grip or someone in charge, Akahah Muoohammma (?) forgot his name now, who wanted Micheal back for #4.

i quite liked 4, 5 and 6. and H20 is very good.

they erased the storylines brought up in 4,5 and 6 for H20 - but apparently the continuity can be joined. Apparently H8 disputes that guessed continuity. thought Halloween Res was just awful anyway.

would have bought the boxset by now - but it dont have #6 and i dont know why. different company made it?

Darthchaffinch · 02-11-2009, 12:03

I watched no.3 with my Nan and Aunt when they babysat me when I was a kid- was so scared when the kid's mask melted that I believe I soiled myself!

Last night was the first time I've seen it since and it's not aged that badly.

Scooterwolf · 02-11-2009, 12:56

I watched it last night, and that Silver Shamrock rhyme is stuck in my head

I thought it was cut when the women got zapped in the hotel room?

Also was that "Cochrane" bloke in Robocop?

Listentome · 02-11-2009, 14:24

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Originally Posted by Rincewind78

well it was Carpenter's big plan to make the next couple of Halloween films after #3 to all be independent storylines - and make a series of different horror films.

but i think it was the producer/dolly grip or someone in charge, Akahah Muoohammma (?) forgot his name now, who wanted Micheal back for #4.

i quite liked 4, 5 and 6. and H20 is very good.

they erased the storylines brought up in 4,5 and 6 for H20 - but apparently the continuity can be joined. Apparently H8 disputes that guessed continuity. thought Halloween Res was just awful anyway.

would have bought the boxset by now - but it dont have #6 and i dont know why. different company made it?

It can, just about. If memory serves me right in the opening credits of H20 there is a newspaper article that refers to Laurie's and son's 'deaths' in a car crash that is mentioned in Halloween 4 or 5 (though I don't think those films mention a son also dying). But there is no mention in H20 of the daughter Jamie and it also makes it very clear Michael hasn't been active since 1978.

I haven't watched Resurrection (for obvious reasons

) apart from the first 10 minutes, so not sure how that film refutes any established continuity.

As for Halloween 3, I don't mind it as a creepy movie but it always bugs me that they acknowledge the original Michael Myers film as existing as a 'film' rather than real events that happened. I wonder what the franchise would have been like if they had followed Carpenter's idea of having a series of unrelated movies. Its sort of what they did with the Howling franchise after the first two films, and most of those were awful.

I'm glad they did bring Michael back for H4, though I never quite got how they skipped over him having his eyes shot out at the end of H2. But then continuity was never great. I think in Halloween 5 we see his face unmasked when he is in the old man's cabin, yet his face has no burn scars. Not bad going for a guy whose face was burning at the end of H2.

speedy_gonzales · 02-11-2009, 15:27

i love halloween 3,
even though cochran is pure evil,i c'ant help but like the guy,he has a nice charm about him,but there was no way he was going to get the better of the mighty tom atkins.

Dan Fortesque · 02-11-2009, 19:25

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Originally Posted by Listentome

I'm glad they did bring Michael back for H4, though I never quite got how they skipped over him having his eyes shot out at the end of H2. But then continuity was never great. I think in Halloween 5 we see his face unmasked when he is in the old man's cabin, yet his face has no burn scars. Not bad going for a guy whose face was burning at the end of H2.

He also didn't do too bad in H2 considering that he was stabbed in the eye and shot a multitude of times in H1.

I like watching H1 every year, but the shine's worn off a bit since I read the goofs on the IMDb forum.

_nomad_ · 02-11-2009, 19:28

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Originally Posted by Rincewind78

they erased the storylines brought up in 4,5 and 6 for H20 - but apparently the continuity can be joined. Apparently H8 disputes that guessed continuity.

Nah, Resurrection didn't change anything, the continuities can't be joined in H20 either. There are a few almost-connections between 4-6 and H20 (like Laurie faking her death in a car crash) because originally H20 wasn't going to ignore that middle trilogy, but after a few messy rewrites they decided to erase 4-6 without getting rid of the mention of the car crash and other things that might have connected them.

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would have bought the boxset by now - but it dont have #6 and i dont know why. different company made it?

Yep, they're all owned by different companies.
1, 4 & 5 are owned by Anchor Bay.
2 & 3 are owned by Universal.
6, H20 & Resurrection are owned by Dimension.

Pistol Whip · 03-11-2009, 20:08

Just watched Halloeen III for the first time. LMAO!

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Originally Posted by Scooterwolf

Also was that "Cochrane" bloke in Robocop?

Yes, he played Dick.

Scooterwolf · 03-11-2009, 20:13

Just incase anyone missed it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSP5b_Mi6g

31-10-2009, 22:43	#1
Orangemaid Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Gender: Female Services: Getting all sexed up with Robbie Williams.. Posts: 12,482	Halloween films are on over the weekend.. I like the 3rd one,,with the masks and snakes and stuff coming out of them..I set the recorder for that one, scary gruesome stuff..lol...And it ends with the father yelling down the phone , telling his kids to take the masks off before midnight.

01-11-2009, 10:48	#13
CS Aye Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,231	Halloween 3 has a major advantage over most horror films including the other Halloweens, because spoiler: the obnoxious little American child dies horribly instead of becoming the hero of the film!

31-10-2009, 22:54	#2
CS Aye Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,231	I love Halloween 3, it's a classic. So hilarious!

31-10-2009, 22:56	#3
_nomad_ Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Yabbie Creek with Cnst. Avery Posts: 651	Looking forward to watching Halloween 1 & 2 tonight, and 3 tomorrow. 3 is a good'un despite getting one hell of a fan backlash.

31-10-2009, 23:50	#4
Triple-P Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,010	tis on right now

31-10-2009, 23:56	#5
biggebruv Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dublin,Ireland Services: NTheLL Digital Posts: 2,153	watching 1st one right now on BLURAY quality is brill

01-11-2009, 00:05	#6
Nik01 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cena fan and proud Services: The voice of reason ++ Co-manager of Team Drool ++ living dead girl Posts: 5,881	the orignal halloween is one of the only flims to ever scare me, im watching it now for the first time in about 4-5 years, and iv got to say im actually quite bored with it, it seems to have lost it magic maybe it needs a zombie

01-11-2009, 00:27	#8
U96 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,298	I love the music.And Donald Pleasances mad unblinking eyes.

01-11-2009, 01:06	#10
biggebruv Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dublin,Ireland Services: NTheLL Digital Posts: 2,153	no i love the bit where lomis is chasing the guy he thinks is myers but yet hes carrying a sweet bag then the copper runs him over haha. gotta love the slasher films eh

01-11-2009, 10:15	#12
hurrikane313 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nottingham Services: Virgin VIP Posts: 803	Yep watched 1,2,4,5,6 last night. I refuse to watch 3 as there is no way it should be anywhere near the Halloween franchize.

01-11-2009, 18:50	#14
jamespondo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,226	I'm no fan of pointless remakes,but Halloween:Season of the Witch could actually make a decent horror movie. It started off ok,but fell to pieces due to gratuitous pure 80's nastiness,poor effects and an incoherent storyline.That silver shamrock tune is legendarily catchy though.

01-11-2009, 18:52	#15
RussellIan Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Wales Posts: 2,935	Halloween I-III, anything else is pure poo.

01-11-2009, 20:21	#16
OcdGirl Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The right hand side of Satan Posts: 3,186 Blog Entries: 4	The third one made me feel sick the first time I watched it. I vowed never to watch it again

02-11-2009, 10:03	#17
Rincewind78 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand. Services: some New Zealand cable service i cant think of at the moment. Posts: 584	well it was Carpenter's big plan to make the next couple of Halloween films after #3 to all be independent storylines - and make a series of different horror films. but i think it was the producer/dolly grip or someone in charge, Akahah Muoohammma (?) forgot his name now, who wanted Micheal back for #4. i quite liked 4, 5 and 6. and H20 is very good. they erased the storylines brought up in 4,5 and 6 for H20 - but apparently the continuity can be joined. Apparently H8 disputes that guessed continuity. thought Halloween Res was just awful anyway. would have bought the boxset by now - but it dont have #6 and i dont know why. different company made it?

02-11-2009, 12:03	#18
Darthchaffinch Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,167	I watched no.3 with my Nan and Aunt when they babysat me when I was a kid- was so scared when the kid's mask melted that I believe I soiled myself! Last night was the first time I've seen it since and it's not aged that badly.

02-11-2009, 12:56	#19
Scooterwolf Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Black Country Services: Sky Broadband Max, PS3, PSN: Scooterwolf Posts: 1,591	I watched it last night, and that Silver Shamrock rhyme is stuck in my head I thought it was cut when the women got zapped in the hotel room? Also was that "Cochrane" bloke in Robocop?

02-11-2009, 15:27	#21
speedy_gonzales Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 63	i love halloween 3, even though cochran is pure evil,i c'ant help but like the guy,he has a nice charm about him,but there was no way he was going to get the better of the mighty tom atkins.

03-11-2009, 20:13	#25
Scooterwolf Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Black Country Services: Sky Broadband Max, PS3, PSN: Scooterwolf Posts: 1,591	Just incase anyone missed it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSP5b_Mi6g