Halloween is an American slasher media franchise created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill with the original movie titled Halloween released in 1978. Halloween is among the most famous horror franchises and so far consists of a large number of movies, novels, comic books, video games as well as other fictional works and merchandise. Halloween’s most iconic character is serial mass murderer Michael Myers who, after escaping asylum for the criminally insane commits a large number of murders in Haddonfield Illinois around the time of Halloween.
The original John Carpenter’s Halloween from 1978 follows Michael Myers as he escapes from the mental hospital and returns to the town of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he stalks the local babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and kills many townspeople on its away. 2018’s Halloween …
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Halloween Kills was recently released in theaters and on Peacock, and director David Gordon Green is already preparing the sequel – Halloween Ends, which is set to be released in October next year. In an interview with Collider, Gordon Green revealed there will be a …
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The lasting impact of John Carpenter’s Halloween franchise wasn’t just seen in the 1980s, but well into the 1990s and until the late 2000s, when the horror genre started to shift away from the slasher subgenre to the more supernatural flicks. But still, several decades …
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When John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered back in 1978, little did the great director know that it would become a pillar of the slasher horror subgenre, laying the narrative and structural foundations not just for its own franchise, but also for all future slasher franchises including …
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It could be stipulated that the history of modern slasher horror began in 1978, with John Carpenter’s Halloween. The movie introduced several relevant narratives and structural elements that would be applied to a lot of other future series, including Friday the 13th and A Nightmare …
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Illinois and Texas are known for many things, but in the history of horror movies, these two states are known as the home of two characters that are among the most notorious serial killers in the history of the genre. One of them is Michael …
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The late 1970s and the 1980s were a very fruitful period for horror movies, with some major classics debuting during that exact period. These horror movies would end up receiving numerous sequels and remakes, and their main killers became, in a strange way, icons of …
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The world of horror films is filled with brilliant antagonists that have scared us on more than one occasion. Whether they’re human characters, in most cases homicidal maniacs, or supernatural characters, their horror “protagonists” have become a relevant part of modern pop culture. John Carpenter’s …
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Masked serial killers are a thing in horror movies ever since John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered back in 1978. Michael Myers, the movie’s main antagonist, became a pillar of horror cinema and one of the most feared characters ever. Several decades later, Ghostface made his debut …
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In a highly unlikely, but not impossible crossover, Michael Myers could certainly end up facing a comic book character that might fit his abilities. Among the many superheroes in existence, DC Comics’ Batman best fits the description, as he is a human without any superhuman …
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