Unfortunately, too many people judge this flick by the lame sequels. To me, its a sin to compare this one to The Curse of Michael Myers.

Actually, the second film is decent (not great), the fourth is creepy, and H2O ain't bad. All the rest are craptacular. It pisses me off that 5 and 6 had to be so bad, as 4 really set up a good storyarc that could have really been something.

they ruined Myers' look after Halloween 2 by not using the painted William Shatner mask, instead he looks like Data from Star Trek.... did they start using a Data mask?

As I understand it, the original mask was lost, and they had to make a new one from scratch (and no one could find a Shatner mask).

Big chunks of H20 were re-filmed because the director was unhappy with the mask (check out the trailer to see the first mask they used), and he at least made an attempt to get it closer to the original.

Of course, some have pointed out that Myers would have to have gotten a new mask after part 2, since it burned up (I believe Halloween 4 actually showed him stealing a new mask. Help me out, RipHer2Shreds. I haven't watched that one in many years).

Lord, I know way too much about this. Yes, he took a new one in H4. And they no longer have the original mold for the William Shatner mask. It was gone before they even filmed Halloween II. That's why all the masks since then haven't looked as good. H20 actually used a CGI mask in at least one scene, and it's blatantly obvious.

Really? Wow, I've never noticed that (although, I'll be looking for it now, so it will probably drive me crazy everytime I watch it from here on out).

Has anyone ever tried to do a reconciliation of IV, V and CoMM with the mythology of H20 and Resurrection? Me, I just ignore all of them but the first, II and H20, and watch IV as a cool alternative direction for the series (if it weren't for IV tying into V and CoMM, I would view it as canon as well). Just curious.

There are fans that have tried to tie them together, but I haven't the time or interest in trying to follow their logic. I'm the same as you - the original, part 2 and H20 are all the storyline I need. But if you're interested in seeing the producer's cut of 6, send me a note. It's entertaining. Maybe not in the ways they intended it to be, but it is.

Cool. I was just curious about that. I don't really care about it, but I thought it would be amusing to see how people get creative with plot holes and what-not.

Now, the producer's cut of 6? A part of me is damned curious, but another part of me is afraid of the pain I experienced when watching the theatrical cut. I just remember thinking it was SOOOOO obvious that Donald had died during the filming, and they were trying desperately to make the footage they had fit in with a hastily rewritten script. Is it worth watching, or will it just make me relive the pain???

The first movie to ever really scare me remains to this day one of my very favorite movies - Halloween. John Carpenter's second feature film became an instant classic that has since, sadly, been lumped into the same category as the inferior and innumerable imitators that have followed it (including a slew of its own bad sequels).

Cinematographer Dean Cundey would later go on to work with Steven Spielberg and garner an Oscar nomination. His work behind the lens in Halloween is essential to its success; the equal use of both foreground and background imagery was crucial to create suspense as well as making Spring in southern California look as close to Midwest autumn as possible.

I've geeked out enough about this one (and believe me, I could go on). The last three images were filmed exclusively for the 1981 NBC broadcast of Halloween. After editing the film to make it safe for network televsion, the Peacock asked John Carpenter (who was already on hand for the filming of Halloween II) if he would film an extra 12 minutes of scenes to pad the trimmed running time. With the help of the original cast members, he filmed three more scenes to be included in the television cut.

i dunno why but this scene always scared me the most ...after he was pushed and michael shows up.

Love it of course. They showed Halloween II the other night here in Holland, but I was too tired to stay up for it. I did watch the uncut Exorcist though that came on before it.

Oh and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

I like Halloween 3 too, even though it's crap and has nothing to do with Michael Myers.

i loved the music on that one.

i loved the music on that one.

8 more days 'til Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

8 more days till Halloween...SILVER SHAMROCK!

I like Halloween 3 too, even though it's crap and has nothing to do with Michael Myers.

Blasphemy! John Carpenter is turning over in his grave! Michael Myers will find you, slowly walk up behind you and stab you multple times. The only semi-decent thing about that movie was the catchy "Silver Shamrock" song. But even that gets old when you find yourself humming it days or in my case years after watching that damned movie!

uhm, you do know John Carpenter is alive and well, don't you?

If memory serves me right, Carpenter had nothing to do with most of the Halloweens. He only did the first and second ones, and was a co-writer of H20 (along with Debra Hill, who wrote the first Halloween). Carpenter didn't want to go on with Halloweens 3-6, but was forced to by the rest of the producers. I remember Moustapha Akkad as being especially pushy - can someone say nay or yay on this one?

RipHer2Shreds, if you haven't already, check out Robert C Cumbow's book, Order in the Universe. It's all about Carpenter's films and is quite a good read!