Have You Seen: Halloween (1978)

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.This week we discover John Carpenter's horror slasher classic Halloween from 1978 starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Donald Pleasence as Doctor Loomis and Nick Castle as Michael Myers, about a killer who escapes from a mental institution ten years after killing his sister, to then continue stalking and brutally killing a group of teenagers.We talk about what effect Halloween has on first time viewers in 2024, whether Michael Myers holds up as a compelling villain, and much more.