Retro Review: Halloween 1978
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And her performance in Halloween was as Oscar worthy in 1978 as her Oscar winning performance in Everything, Everywhere, all at Once was in 2023. For me, Halloween is the quintessential horror movie that continues to stand the test of time. It's a film that not only sets the standard for the slasher genre, but it also elevates it to heights that it's rarely ever achieved again. But that's just my opinion. Join the conversation below
And that's in part, Jamie Lee Curtis and, of course, John Carpenter and his just wonderful direction and ability to scare the living daylights out of me. And that is not something that I feel is tremendously easily achievable anymore when it comes to horror. But whenever I throw on one of his films, particularly The Thing and Halloween, pretty hard not to be spooked out. This
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