Post by Groundhog Phil on Oct 2, 2021 10:25:22 GMT
As mentioned in the "What's your favourite Horror Mmovie of all time, Halloween (1978) is mine!
I love doctor Loomis played by Pleasence. He got hammier as the films went on and clearly hammed it up. That speech however is my favourite monologue from the film:
"I met him, 15 years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this... six-year-old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and... the blackest eyes - the Devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up, because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."
There's just something about Pleasant's delivery as well, even down to the dead dog and "No man could do this" from Sherrif Brackett to Pleasence's reply "This is NO man.."
About the "Brother" aspect..
Obviously it was only added when Director Carpenter was forced to make a sequel 3 years later he had absolutley no interest in, he and Decra Hill had told their story. Now I can take it or leave it (Unlike the Cult of Thorn sub-plot brought in in very later sequels), but I think it does work better if he has no reason for killing it makes it more terryfying. It's the old added thing "If you explain something to much, it takes away the lore and mystery". Things were shot for the sequel and inserted into a slightly longer cut of the film but I think I prefer the standard theatrical cut every time.
Whilst we're talking director Carpenter, Let's not forget his Unforgettable score and direction the long shots and using the then new steadycam technique.
I love doctor Loomis played by Pleasence. He got hammier as the films went on and clearly hammed it up. That speech however is my favourite monologue from the film:
"I met him, 15 years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this... six-year-old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and... the blackest eyes - the Devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up, because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."
There's just something about Pleasant's delivery as well, even down to the dead dog and "No man could do this" from Sherrif Brackett to Pleasence's reply "This is NO man.."
About the "Brother" aspect..
Obviously it was only added when Director Carpenter was forced to make a sequel 3 years later he had absolutley no interest in, he and Decra Hill had told their story. Now I can take it or leave it (Unlike the Cult of Thorn sub-plot brought in in very later sequels), but I think it does work better if he has no reason for killing it makes it more terryfying. It's the old added thing "If you explain something to much, it takes away the lore and mystery". Things were shot for the sequel and inserted into a slightly longer cut of the film but I think I prefer the standard theatrical cut every time.
Whilst we're talking director Carpenter, Let's not forget his Unforgettable score and direction the long shots and using the then new steadycam technique.