No school like
the old school. Remakes—not all, but especially remakes of horror
classics—often end up with more blood and pointless screams because the new
director thinks the original didn’t have enough.
I wasn’t born
when John Carpenter’s Halloween came out, but I was around for Rob
Zombie’s version. After seeing it, I was curious to watch the original and
understand why it’s considered a classic. To be honest, I didn’t enjoy it much.
It felt dragged out, relying too much on suspense, and since I’d already seen
the remake, it didn’t leave much of an impression. I think seeing the remake
before seeing the original messed my view of the movie and I can’t see why
people think this movie is a classic.
Overall, I found
it boring. I almost dozed off while watching it. I guess slasher movies have
been overdone, with films like Scream, Friday the 13th, and This dominating
the late ’70s and ’90s, making it hard for me to appreciate this one.
I’m a fan of old
classics and was really hoping to love this movie, but I was just disappointed.
As the Bible says, there’s a time for everything, and I guess the time for
slasher movies has come and gone.
The movie is
about a man named Michael Myers, who starts his killing spree as a child by
murdering his older sister after she has sex with her boyfriend.
He’s locked up in an insane asylum but escapes 15 years later. Now, this psycho
killer is on the loose, and with nowhere else to go, he returns to his old
hometown to continue his killing spree without remorse.
Back in his
hometown, Michael stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends, intending to
kill them. Meanwhile, Michael’s psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, suspects his
patient’s intentions and heads to the town to stop him—but not soon enough, as
Michael has already started killing again.
The movie becomes a race against time: Will Michael succeed in killing everyone
he’s stalking, or will Loomis stop him?
No matter how I
feel about this movie, Michael Myers will always remain a classic psycho
killer. He spawned a franchise that lasted over 10 films, with the story
evolving into a sibling rivalry between Laurie and Michael.
If you’re into slasher movies like I am, maybe you should try watching all
the Halloween films, I will try, but not liking the start of the journey.
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