Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[hungrywives]

Originally Posted by Martoto

Michael did that, like most of the things he does, because he's fu*-ing insane.

He's not insane. That's the twist,

[Show spoiler] he's a supernatural entity.

That's partly why most of the sequel/remakes are awful, the directors usually approached The Shape as if it was

[Show spoiler]a human being.

[KubrickKurasawa]

Originally Posted by hungrywives

He's not insane. That's the twist,

[Show spoiler] he's a supernatural entity.

That's partly why most of the sequel/remakes are awful, the directors usually approached The Shape as if it was

[Show spoiler]a human being.

Nah, you just do that when you don't know how to end a movie. It's a cheap cop out like all of Carpenters endings. Pay attention.

[JPLeon]

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

Media VHS from the 80’s.

Correction, its actually my carefully timed (and not faded at all) 35mm print that i snagged off from Dean Cundey's basement the other day while he was working on a new color timing for Arrow's 4k release just to mess with fans.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by KubrickKurasawa

It's a cheap cop out like all of Carpenters endings.

Big Trouble in Little China is Carpenter's best ending, and it's genius to give the film an epilogue which is the first scene in the movie. He even tried to clumsily copy this for Ghosts of Mars. Christine also has a satisfying as hell ending.

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by hungrywives

He's not insane. That's the twist,

[Show spoiler] he's a supernatural entity.

That's partly why most of the sequel/remakes are awful, the directors usually approached The Shape as if it was

[Show spoiler]a human being.

No.

Yes he's probably supernatural, maybe. But that doesn't mean he's not completely deranged. He clearly is. You don't need to be supernatural to murder people.

[Martoto]

Assault On Precinct 13 has an awesome ending. As do Prince Of Darkness and They Live.

I'm getting choked just thinking about Starman.

The Thing and Halloween are two of my favourite endings ever.

So JC has a pretty good record on endings in my book. CGAF what people consider to be a cop out about them. Sounds like fancy talk to me.

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Martoto

Assault On Precinct 13 has an awesome ending. As do Prince Of Darkness and They Live.

I'm getting choked just thinking about Starman.

The Thing and Halloween are two of my favourite endings ever.

So JC has a pretty good record on endings in my book. CGAF what people consider to be a cop out about them. Sounds like fancy talk to me.

Escape from New York has an epic ending too.

[gj217]

I love Carpenter’s open endings. Halloween simply wouldn’t be the same movie with a tidy ending. It provides just enough resolution to make it worthwhile (i.e.

[Show spoiler]Loomis indeed finds Michael, and Laurie survives the night

), but isn’t interested in tying things up in a neat little bow - nor should it be. Giving the Shape an ending (in that particular film anyway) would undermine everything that makes him scary to begin with.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by Martoto

Assault On Precinct 13 has an awesome ending. As do Prince Of Darkness and They Live.

Prince of Darkness legit scared the **** out of me the first time I saw the ending. I still love it the music the mirror it's all perfect.

[Nosferatu31]

The ending to Halloween is perfect and one of my favorite endings in a horror film, same for Black Christmas.

[rocknblues81]

I love the ending to Halloween. I'm glad we got the sequels, but if we hadn't, the ending would still be great. Why would anyone want a simple *bang bang your dead* ending? We are basically setup for the ending we got....

"You can't kill the Boogeyman"

So much of the movie is about Loomis building Myers up as being more than a man. Him getting taken down like a other baddie would have sucked.

[bobbyh64]

The ending of Big Trouble in Little China was clearly setting up a franchise with ten sequels with the hairy beast monster as the main villain who stalks Jack Burton, Gracie Law, and their future kids and extended family. Shame on Carpenter for not following through on that.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Martoto

No.

Yes he's probably supernatural, maybe. But that doesn't mean he's not completely deranged. He clearly is. You don't need to be supernatural to murder people.

I think the human half is totally nuts.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

Escape from New York has an epic ending too.

And Escape From L.A.

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

And Escape From L.A.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

[Show spoiler]

Done bigger and better (IMO).

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

I think the human half is totally nuts.
.

"And totally dangerous."

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Martoto

"And totally dangerous."

[Show spoiler]

Lifeforce!

[Martoto]

If ever there was a genre that did not require a film to end on certainty and for the audience to be unambiguously well informed at its conclusion, it's horror.

Even a movie that's ostensibly about the devil should not end on "So that was the devil." note. Even if someone says "So that was the devil the whole time." It should not give the audience the comfort that they know what really happened.

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Lifeforce!

That last remark is not for publication.

[jordanjabroni]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Done bigger and better (IMO).

'Welcome to the human race.'