120: Halloween Timelines Discussion

So this was, you know, as many people know, John Carpenter's original vision for Halloween was to kind of have the OG Halloween in 1978 be its own story, and then kind of leapfrog off of that success and make an anthology franchise of different stories that aren't connected, um, but based around the Halloween holiday.

I really adore this movie.

I, I, I understand why it wasn't well-received.

People were like, "Where the fuck is Michael Myers?" Especially after Halloween II came out, which was again never part of the plan, the original plan.

Um, I know John Carpenter talks at lengths about how he was kind of forced into doing that movie.

So I can understand why it was very confusing, uh, for a lot of people, but I'm really glad that it's getting its flowers now.

Uh, I've gone to a few conventions, uh, local conventions, horror conventions with Tom Atkins there, and like his line is always long and people are always lined up to see him.

So that's really cool to s- after all these years.

It's been, uh, what? Like four-

Yes

... 40-some years.

Uh, so since it's really-

Like 44 years or something

... 1982, right?

Yeah, 44 years.

Yeah.

Yeah, so I, I really adore this movie for what it is.

It's so hard, and when we ranked this franchise, and I believe we said this, it's so hard to rank it like within this franchise of movies about Michael Myers because it has nothing to do with that.

I know people that it's their favorite movie and they don't really care for the Michael Myers pe- and then I know other people, it's like, "Well, it doesn't have Michael Myers in it, so it's not really my favorite." And all opinions are valid.

It's, it's such a kooky movie.

Uh, but I love the atmosphere of it.

I love the sinisterness of it.

I mean, the, the ending is just like completely dark and, you know, I'm a sucker for dark endings.

Uh, so it's great.

I, I, I'm curious to hear your thoughts.