Today's entry in SON OF THIRTY-ONE DAYS OF HALLOWEEN! is a brief one, as today is my oldest daughter Ava's eighth birthday! We're about to have pizza and open gifts, so I wanted to get this entry up before the festivities begin.
John Carpenter's Halloween has long been one of my favorite horror films, if not favorite films, period. It was one of the first truly independent films, and the story of its creation is almost as engaging as the film itself.
The story is known to just about everyone: Michael Myers, age 6, kills his teenage sister Judith, and is then institutionalized. Fifteen years of being in a state of near catatonia, Myers escapes the asylum and returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, and proceeds to stalk and kill more teenage girls. Myers' doctor, in the meantime, races against time to stop the bloodshed or, at the very least, keep it to a minimum.
So much of what makes Halloween work is found in this article, which prompted me to write this entry. If you've never seen Halloween, I think you'll want to after reading the article, which gives some of the background behind the film, including the intriguing origin of Michael Myers' fearsome mask, and other details of the film's production.
You can purchase the 35th anniversary edition of Halloween on Blu Ray now. It's also available on DVD for under ten dollars at Wal-Mart.
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