Halloween's Impact on Cinema Halloween was a groundbreaking film, surprising viewers with its sexually-fueled violence and implied gore, aligning with the new explicitness of 1970s cinema. This merciless thriller received critical acclaim, with Roger Ebert praising it as "absolutely merciless," earning the film four stars. Kim Newman noted that Halloween marked a shift in exploitation films, focusing more on women, a trend that was novel for the time. Adam Rockoff, in his study Going to Pieces, emphasized the film's influence on the slasher genre, introducing or refining many of its now-standard elements, such as the subjective camera and the Final Girl. While other films in the 1970s made passing references to Halloween, it was John Carpenter's …show more content…
For Burton, the allure of Halloween ran deep, stemming from his upbringing in the tranquil suburbia of Burbank, Los Angeles. Reflecting on his childhood, Burton muses, "When one grows up in a blank environment, any form of ritual, like a holiday, gives one a sense of place." Halloween, for Burton, was not merely a holiday, but a canvas for boundless imagination and self-expression. "There are no boundaries," he reflects, "and you can be anything you want to be." Fantasy rules. This sentiment echoes through The Nightmare Before Christmas, where the blend of fantasy and terror serves as a testament to the holiday's allure. The design and tone of The Nightmare Before Christmas captures the essence of Halloween and horror with charming finesse, enchanting audiences worldwide. Its commercial success transcended the confines of the silver screen, spawning a plethora of action figurines and collectibles that flew off the shelves faster than they could be stocked. Despite initial lukewarm reception in the United States, subsequent foreign releases, particularly in Japan, and re-releases domestically revitalized interest in the film. Reviews lauded its visual splendor and imaginative depth, with critic Roger Ebert dubbing it "a feast for the eyes and the imagination." However, amidst the praise, some critics, like Richard Corliss of Time magazine, hinted at deeper themes of cultural imperialism lurking beneath the
Analysis of Halloween by John Carpenter and Evil Dead by Sam Raimi The horror genre is characterized by the attempt to make the viewer experience dread, fear and terror. Some of the most common elements include vampires, zombies and werewolves. One of the films which I am going to analyze is “Halloween” by John Carpenter which starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence. This film was made in 1978; this was considered the film which started the “slasher film” genre. This genre was continued in dozens of violent movies throughout the 1980s.
In slasher films, suspense is a big factor to what makes the movie intriguing and keeps the audience watching. Suspense causes people to be on the edge of their seat with anxiety and tension with being unsure of what will happen next. It’s the feeling of not knowing what’s in a room in a haunted house when you hear strange sounds coming from it. I feel the best-known film director for his suspenseful movies is Alfred Hitchcock. To create these movies there are many techniques used to create the suspenseful feeling in the movie. In the slasher movie Halloween I reviewed, many techniques were used that made the movie suspenseful to watch, such as the use of music, back lighting, hand held camera movement and point of view shots.
When I learned that I would have to do my ethnographic report on what I did during Halloween, I was worried because I live in Turnpike and the most excitement that happens in turnpike is the sound of the garbage truck when it comes to pick up the Wednesday trash. Fortunately something did happen to me and I realized I would not have to write a boring paper of how I woke up and just stayed in my room the whole day. Well the day started off with me waking up and walking to the bathroom to take a shower, as soon as the turned the water on I realized I had left my shower and rather than turning off my shower I stayed in because the warmth of the hot water was too seductive for me to get out and get my towel. In the shower I had my usual thoughts about life, death, and comebacks to old arguments. Afterword I got out of my shower and reached for my toothbrush, which was located in a cupboard behind the toilet, but I grabbed at it too quickly and it fell in the toilet. I stood over my toilet for about five minutes just staring at my toothbrush in the toilet not believing what just happened, after that I started blaming myself for being too impatient. When I was done feeling sorry for myself I went into my room in search of another toothbrush but unluckily I couldn’t find one, so I had to go walk to the local store at around 7:30 in search of a toothbrush. While searching for a replacement toothbrush I realized that not that many people were in the store, I had always thought that stores were busiest in the morning and evening but apparently that’s not true. Once I got my new toothbrush I finished brushing, got dressed and went to catch the 11 to the Transit Center.
Mysterious, dark, creepy- these traits may seem like an average halloween story; however, they really are elements from Tim Burton’s unique film styles. Tim Burton, a film director, was born in Burbank, California. He spent most of his childhood drawing and watching horror films. As Burton puts it, “I did grow up watching monster movies and I did enjoy playing in the cemetery, but I thought most kids did. It didn’t seem strange to me.” In Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, Burton employs camera movements and editing techniques to display that anti-heros are relatable and no different from society.
Whilst this is happening the Halloween theme music is playing in the background, this music is very high pitched and uses string instruments to create horror and suspense for the viewers. Once the credits have been shown there is a 'vls' (very long shot) of the house this is used to set the scene, this is a subjective point of view from the killer .This can be related to the German expressionism where they would use bumpy camera movement to seize the audiences concentration .They use a handheld camera to do this scene as it emphasises the killers movements to the audience. As the Killer begins to make his way around the house be looks up to see the light go off. When this happens there is a sharp shrill sound which enforces the killer's actions.
Imagine having the worst potential Halloween nightmares come to life for a night. Everything from the “Boogeyman” to innocent random people being killed by chainsaws and other disturbing ways. The film Halloween does all that and then some. The movie begins with an innocent looking six year old boy named Michael Myers dresses up in a clown costume and stabs his older sister Judith to death. After that incident Michael ends up going to jail with a plan of being put away for a long time. Then on October 30, 1978 about fifteen years after Michael was sent to jail he escapes. Michael escaping proves to be a major event as most would guess. However, the underlying note in all of this is that the following day is Halloween. Unfortunately,
Terrifying, suspenseful, and shocking, Halloween is a masterpiece of horror. This movie is extremely successful due to the many horrifying scenes and overall suspense. Perhaps the most terrifying idea in the movie is that Michael Myers is still out there, waiting for his chance to kill
Everybody celebrates Halloween, but some people might celebrate the spooky holiday in a variety of ways. Most people celebrate this holiday by going door to door asking the greeters for candy while in their costumes. Others may see the night as an advantage to play pranks on others or even to create public haunted houses or haunted trails. For people that like to hold public events, they may create costume parties. For those that are either lazy or they just don’t want to participate in the events, they may spend the night by staying in their houses and doing an activity of their own. Most do not know this, but Halloween was originally a holiday to honor loved ones who passed.
The tell tale signs of an approaching Halloween include your favourite candies having undergone a spooky makeover, horror movie marathons on the television for you to watch alone (or are you?) late at night, haunted houses popping up seemingly out of nowhere and of course, who could forget the infamous jack-o-lanterns?
This is a very hot topic issue with me! And I truly hope many others that either haven’t spoken out against it yet, or haven’t known how to speak against it. Really start? Maybe, it’s because somehow so few have been educated on halloween’s history. Or the history of witches and witchcraft in our Country and around the world. Why, is it that so many attach or try to attach witches with Halloween? Witches have been seen in books and movies as ugly, evil and cruel! They were never suppose to become role models to our society, or children ever! In fact most don’t know what really has happened in there secret meetings, because they remain secret for a very specific
Overall, Friday the 13th (Marcus Nipsel, 2009) is a typical slasher film according to Carol Clovers book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. With the male antagonist killer, the Final Girl, and the use of weapons and killing styles, the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th suggests that Carol Clover’s ideas about slasher films have stayed the same throughout the years of horror slasher films.
The final element of horror I would touch is silence. Silence is a very important and impactful, in horror movies, it created tension and expectation, great for classic sound scares. Silence is not only a horror element but a technique used in many genre for impactful moments. Chion explains the meaning of silence in his book Audio-Vision “In a well-known aphorism Bresson reminded us that the sound film made silence possible. This statement illuminates a paradox: it was necessary to have sounds and voices so that the interruption of them could probe more deeply into this thing called silence.”
Getting a Halloween costume created for you and your loved ones shouldn't be that challenging considering that there are a lot of methods to do this. With the following ideas you can have a picture on what is there to do to make the most out of a little budget invested on the way. While the Halloween is coming persons begin considering all the alternatives to obtain a costume for this holiday, while at the same time they're checking their bank accounts prior to reaching to browse inside the stores for their future Halloween costumes. But one thing is sure: Halloween costumes doesn't signify breaking budget since there are plenty of ideas to create costumes by just sticking to the lines below: Halloween Costume Ideas for Babies
Halloween is a holiday that is looked forward to by many young children. They love to dress up as their favorite foods, characters from movies, and animals. But do we know what causes them to want to dress up as that certain thing? It could be a trend but it also could be their favorite movie. Things change every year while the reason could stay the same. We are going to explore the reasons for the most popular costumes.
Halloween ★★★★★ Joseph Swift September 15th, 2017 Halloween, originally made in 1978 and directed and Screenplay by John Carpenter is an American slasher film (a film where victims are slashed with knives or blades) set in a quiet, suburban midwestern town in the state of Illinois. John Carpenter’s Halloween, having been inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s slasher film, Psycho (1960), it is stated to be one of the most influential films of this era and regarded as a classic amongst other horror films. The plot of the film focuses on the antagonist, Michael Myers, who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital after fifteen years of attempts at treatment, and begins to murder a series of teenagers in his home town. The main characters, who play the