Good morning Phoenix! It’s Monday once again, and time for
Movie Mondays.
I’m starting the countdown to Gabrielle’s favorite holiday,
Halloween, with movie reviews for movies that have something to do with
Halloween.
Gotta start with one of the classics: John Carpenter’s
Halloween. It’s been around a long time, but never gets old.
Plot: On Halloween night of 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers
stabbed his sister to death. After sitting in a mental hospital for 15 years,
Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield to kill.
Trivia: Due to its shoestring budget, the prop department
had to use the cheapest $2 mask that they could find in the costume store: a
Star Trek (1966) William Shatner mask. They later spray-painted the face white,
teased out the hair, and reshaped the eye holes. Shatner admitted that for
years he had no idea his likeness was used for this film. It was only during an
interview that someone mentioned his mask was being used. He has since stated
that he is honored by this gesture.
For years after 'Halloween' was released, people would tell
writer/director John Carpenter how horrified they were by Michael Myers
grotesquely disfigured face, glimpsed when Laurie pulls his mask off for a
moment towards the end of the film. But actually all they saw was the ordinary
face of the actor Tony Moran playing the role, perfectly normal except for the
small knife wound inflicted by Laurie during their struggle in the closet which
was created using Special Effects makeup. Carpenter cites this as evidence of
the power of suggestion in cinema, that the audience saw a monster on-screen so
assumed that he must look like a monster underneath the mask.
John Carpenter and Debra Hill have stated many times over
the years that they did not consciously set out to depict virginity as a way of
defeating a rampaging killer. The reason why the horny teens all die is simply
that they're so preoccupied with getting laid that they don't notice that
there's a killer at large. Laurie Strode, on the other hand, spends a lot of
time on her own and is therefore more alert.
Of the female leads (all the girls are supposed to be in
high school), only Jamie Lee Curtis was actually a teenager at the time of
shooting.
Before Captain Kirk was chosen for the mask, other masks
considered include Richard Nixon, Spock and Emmett Kelly.
Goofs: When Michael Myers, as a child, walks through the
living room with the knife, the clock above the stove shows 9:25 and the clock
on the wall reads 9:40, but just 5-7 seconds later, the clock chimes 10 times.
When Annie is first shown spilling something on her clothes
and takes them off to wash them, her panties are a solid color. Later when she
is in the laundry room her panties have flower prints on them.
When Annie is by the hedgerow telling Laurie that the person
who has been following them wants to talk to her, a puff of John Carpenter's
cigarette smoke floats into the shot. (This was pointed out by Carpenter during
the film's audio commentary)
When Dr. Loomis is talking in a phone booth after Myers
escapes ("It's your funeral!"), when he exits the booth and notices
the abandoned truck, a crew member is reflected in the glass of the phone
booth.
When Laurie goes into the living room of the Wallace house,
you can see the arm of a crew member protruding from the left wall.
A boom mic is visible at the top of the screen during the
scene where Michael stabs Bob. It shines light off and is clearly visible,
killing some tension in the moment.
What's your favorite movie for Halloween?
Have a fangtastic day everyone!
<3 Brock V"""V
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