Halloween (2018)

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by avs commenter

No shit. Those scenes in the original are borderline unwatchable.

Your post is borderline unreadable.

[El_Fez]

Originally Posted by hagios

Rec'd my 1st month of Fangoria today Sat. (10/26) & it was that special Halloween cover mag., it looks marvelous!

Wait, wait - hold on. Fangoria is back in print?!? Talk about burying the lede!

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by cblanchard2018

just read on the wikipedia page that danny mcbride confirmed development on a sequel was underway. is this true or is it something someone made up?

They should model it after Season of the Witch.

[trans8010]

Originally Posted by reece86

Did anyone else want a scene of Michael been captured put in the movie? a nice little retro looking scene... there were rumors that one had been filmed when a photo came out during filming that looked like Michael wearing a clean white mask.

No. You couldn't recreate that 1970's vibe for one thing, and for the other, its not neccesary. It would just drag things.

Originally Posted by levcore

I don't think they should have glossed over Michael's capture after the 1978 events. Watching the original and this back to back will seem odd as the original heavily implies that he's disappeared after falling off the balcony.

No it wouldn't. Its all explained in film that Michael got up and walked away but sheriff's deputies were able to aprehend him. The movie takes place 40 years to the day, there shouldn't be any confusion on anyone's part what happened inbetween, to warrant any kind of flashback. Green and McBride do a very good job covering the history, any kind of additional visual would be tedious.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by El_Fez

Wait, wait - hold on. Fangoria is back in print?!? Talk about burying the lede!

Yup, it was announced back in February that it had been bought and would return as a more heavy duty quarterly publication, focusing on in-depth analysis and retrospectives more than upcoming news, since the latter is so readily available nowadays thanks to the internet.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by levcore

I don't think they should have glossed over Michael's capture after the 1978 events. Watching the original and this back to back will seem odd as the original heavily implies that he's disappeared after falling off the balcony.

Agreed.

Halloween 1 and 2 gel nicely together. Halloween and Halloween 2018 don't. He's missing and the threat continues at the end of the first film and

[Show spoiler]he's been captured for 40 years at the start of the 2018 film

. Bad way to start things off imo.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by omenboy

The whole scene was stupid.

[Show spoiler]Tell me what teen girl in existence is going to walk away from her expensive lifeline - her cell phone - when it could easily be wiped down. The smarter thing to do would have been for her to snap a video of her boyfriend kissing that girl, storm off and later confront him in the kitchen with the video. He tries to grab it from her, the phone slips, shatters and VOILA! A plot action that actually makes sense as to why she no longer has her phone. Her phone in the dip was amateur hour at best as far as writing goes.

Umm...she was clearly upset and hurt and furious. It's quite understandable at that moment she would just storm away after that happened. What's she supposed to do - go fishing for it in the bowl? It's probably ruined anyways after that. And she probably wouldn't want to give him the satisfaction of him seeing her do that.

[trans8010]

Originally Posted by cblanchard2018

just read on the wikipedia page that danny mcbride confirmed development on a sequel was underway. is this true or is it something someone made up?

I see what you did there!

The original plan was to shoot two concurrently, but because of time and aprehensive studio executives that plan was abandoned. Focus on one movie, and then if successful follow it up. There was always at least a two movie plan. Now that sequel buzz is going on, it would be stupid to not bring back the creative team that made the highest grossing slasher of all time. Jamie Lee Curtis has gone on record to say that if Green is back as director, she would return, because in her words, Green made one beautiful movie.

[trans8010]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Agreed.

Halloween 1 and 2 gel nicely together. Halloween and Halloween 2018 don't. He's missing and the threat continues at the end of the first film and he's been captured for 40 years at the start of the 2018 film. Bad way to start things off imo.

Halloween and Halloween II gel because its the same night! You don't have that with Halloween and Halloween ('18)

Again that was never the point of Halloween ('18), the point they were making was after that night, the evil was contained, but like Carpenter points out whenever anyone asks about that ending to Halloween ('78). Evil cannot be stopped permanently, because in order for there to be a balance in the cosmos, life and death must also be balanced. Evil can be contained, but it cannot be forever extinguished. That was the point of having him locked up for 40 years. The evil was stopped, and remained dormant, but it was only a matter of time until he would strike again. This is also why the mask reveal was so important, to increase tension and up the stakes. Michael had awakened from his dormant state, evil has returned.

[win33]

Been to see the movie this evening and enjoyed it but wasn't blown away by any means. Since I got home this is really bugging me... can anyone tell me what Vicky is watching on TV while she is babysitting? To me it looked like a very familiar scene but I just can't put my finger on it.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by trans8010

Halloween and Halloween II gel because its the same night! You don't have that with Halloween and Halloween ('18)

Again that was never the point of Halloween ('18), the point they were making was after that night, the evil was contained, but like Carpenter points out whenever anyone asks about that ending to Halloween ('78). Evil cannot be stopped permanently, because in order for there to be a balance in the cosmos, life and death must also be balanced. Evil can be contained, but it cannot be forever extinguished. That was the point of having him locked up for 40 years. The evil was stopped, and remained dormant, but it was only a matter of time until he would strike again. This is also why the mask reveal was so important, to increase tension and up the stakes. Michael had awakened from his dormant state, evil has returned.

I know this. The point was I feel it's a mistake to not having shown the evil "being contained". The original film ended on a dramatic note and this film did nothing with that.

[msb1428]

Originally Posted by cblanchard2018

i really hope they don't pull a resurrection and kill off laurie in the first twenty minutes of the movie.

If in fact Jamie Lee does return for the next Halloween, while in fact I dont feel it would be early in the film but at some point I would be really shocked if she was not killed in the next one!

[Chaotic]

Oh yay, killing her again.

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I know this. The point was I feel it's a mistake to not having shown the evil "being contained". The original film ended on a dramatic note and this film did nothing with that.

They plan on doing something new.. a middle-quel.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by win33

Been to see the movie this evening and enjoyed it but wasn't blown away by any means. Since I got home this is really bugging me... can anyone tell me what Vicky is watching on TV while she is babysitting? To me it looked like a very familiar scene but I just can't put my finger on it.

According to the "Connections" on the film's IMDb page, the movie features scenes from Repo Man and the TV show Voyagers! playing on televisions.

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by win33

Been to see the movie this evening and enjoyed it but wasn't blown away by any means. Since I got home this is really bugging me... can anyone tell me what Vicky is watching on TV while she is babysitting? To me it looked like a very familiar scene but I just can't put my finger on it.

The clip where the man opens up the trunk and is vaporized is from Repo Man.

Repo Man (1/10) Movie CLIP - What You Got in the Trunk? (1984) HD - YouTube

[hagios]

Rec'd my copy of... today!

[Jacques Souvenir]

Originally Posted by cblanchard2018

just read on the wikipedia page that danny mcbride confirmed development on a sequel was underway. is this true or is it something someone made up?

Must be true then - wouldn't be up there if it was made up.

[eternalbiz]

Every other movie that releases theatrically usually gets its exclusive SteelBook pre order up the same day or very short after. Where is the US SteelBook pre order at? Its driving me mad!

[Himmel]

Halloween is Now the Highest Grossing Slasher Film Ever

Halloween has been out for about ten days now, and in those ten days it has achieved a few records. Highest October horror opening ever, second biggest horror opening of all-time, biggest opening for the franchise itself. Now, after its second weekend, it has achieved another. Halloween has now already become the highest-grossing slasher film of all-time. That is not adjusted for inflation, but still an impressive fest on a $10 million budget. The film’s weekend gross of $32 million brings its total to $126.6 million. That is $23.6 million more than the former #1, the original Scream film.

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