18: Halloween (1978)

Happy Halloween, watchcasters! To round out our month-long tribute to The Horror Master himself, John Carpenter, we're closing things out with the most holiday appropriate film we could think of in 1978's classic slasher, Halloween! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:19) - Intro. (00:01:01) - Happy Halloween! It's, uh, Halloween (1978)! (00:06:22) - What is the morality of killing horny teens? (00:09:33) - Neither Vinny nor Brad had (likely) ever seen Halloween before. Also, trying to define what a "slasher" is. (00:12:04) - The surprisingly deep history of Halloween (and that Shatner mask). (00:15:51) - A divergence on the many haunted houses of the American suburbs, including our own. (00:18:52) - Back to the production history, including some alternate casting stuff. (00:31:38) - Launching into the film proper, and the amazing theme music. (00:34:58) - A Very Normal dark and stormy night, in which nothing bad can possibly happen. (00:39:55) - The evil has gone! And it has a station wagon! (00:50:01) - Break! (00:50:20) - We're back, and it's time to murder! A dog! (00:52:15) - It's babysittin' time, and a short note on Carpenter's beta collection. (00:56:32) - Bye Annie. (01:00:15) - The boogyeman is about to murk these teens that are just here to boogie down. (01:08:55) - *Street Fighter II announcer voice* FINAL! GIRL! (01:16:37) - Surely this is the true end of Michael Myers, right? Right?!? (01:19:05) - Talking about the ludicrous number of sequels and reboots that followed. (01:26:48) - Final thoughts and rankings. (01:32:23) - Outro.