Favorite Halloween Movie, aside from 1&2 [Archive] - Horror.com Forums

Deposable

04-08-2011, 06:30 PM

Curious to see what members think is their favorite "Halloween" movie aside from the originals directed by John Carpenter Because if you DON'T think those are clearly the best films. Please leave now. Included is Rob Zombies gore porn verison.

Personally I've enjoyed Halloween 5 best

http://cinemaroom4.vilabol.uol.com.br/halloween5.jpg

Michael Myers hiding in the closet.. what is he telling us ?

I thought six is respectable. However the uncut version is insanely moronic. Over the years, There is a cult following of "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch" , My girlfriend is a fan of this film... I don't get it. Maybe I would enjoy it under a different title.

TheWickerFan

04-09-2011, 12:36 AM

I would go with Halloween 3 Season Of The Witch.

Diabolical

04-09-2011, 04:23 AM

H20 or 4...

crabapple

04-09-2011, 04:40 AM

I liked III. I think the only ones I really "like" are the first three.

Fearonsarms

04-09-2011, 06:01 AM

Halloween 4-mainly for its ending that for me lifted it above part 3.

Deposable

04-09-2011, 01:46 PM

Maybe I didn't paid enough attention. Why is it titled "Season of the Witch" ?

TheWickerFan

04-09-2011, 01:56 PM

Maybe I didn't paid enough attention. Why is it titled "Season of the Witch" ?

Because it revolves around pagan rituals.

ferretchucker

04-12-2011, 07:06 AM

I like the atmosphere of 4 and 5, I thought 6 focused too much on the "gruesome deaths." I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Resurrection...I guess I like the way H20 rounded off the story, even if it was an annoying retcon...

AMICUS HORROR

04-12-2011, 08:04 AM

I liked Halloween III. That creepy tune the kids sung was just great. 3 more days to Halloween silver shamrock. So who cares they stole London bridge song.:o

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Sistinas666

04-12-2011, 08:10 AM

I'd probably have to go with H2O. I thought it was very well done and should have stopped there, Resurrection was probably the worst in the franchise.

hammerfan

04-12-2011, 09:42 AM

My favorites are the first one, of course, followed by Season of the Witch, and H2O.

Diabolical

04-16-2011, 11:11 AM

I'd probably have to go with H2O. I thought it was very well done and should have stopped there, Resurrection was probably the worst in the franchise.

Absolutely. Black people ruin everything.

Sistinas666

04-16-2011, 12:29 PM

Absolutely. Black people ruin everything.

Lol, LL Cool J was great but I couldn't stand Busta Rhymes.

Tangleduponblue

12-19-2011, 10:51 PM

John Carpenter only directed the first movie, but he did write the second one, fyi. My fav outside of the first two has got to be 4, with H20 in a close second (even considering the aformentioned awkward retcon).

Season of the Witch deserves a mention, as it gets a lot of flak, more than I think it deserves. It's fun, entertaining, cheesy (in a good way) 80's popcorn horror.

Elvis_Christ

12-19-2011, 11:17 PM

My favourite aside from the first two would be Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers. It seems to cop a lot shit but I thought it was great. The series would've been a lot better if it ended after it because the films that followed were utter shit.

Resurrection is easily the worst apart from it's brilliant opening. I've always hated H20 particularly for how it steered the series into a rubbish Scream hybrid.

roshiq

12-20-2011, 12:23 AM

Halloween (1978)
Halloween II

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Halloween: Revenge of Michael Myers

Tangleduponblue

12-20-2011, 12:39 AM

H20 was abit self-referential, you're right about that. It didn't bother me much , though, because their aim was to acknowledge their roots in the original movie, while building in their own way. Unlike 'Scream', where random references are made constantly. I'm guessing that's why you call it a hybrid and not a clone, huh?

As far as Curse goes, I the fact they tried to do something other than the standard kids get chopped we saw in 4 and 5 (and there's no little kid Jamie, score!) by adding the cult and radio show subplots. I didn't like how it all fit together, though. There seemed to be a lot going on. It doesn't surprise me that so many alternate cuts supposedly exist.

ZombieDrone

12-20-2011, 12:43 AM

Other than Halloween, I've only seen Halloween 3.

Even so, I liked it in a cheesy kind of way. It's like a drawn-out section from a Creepshow film.

Plus the premise is just crazy.

Tangleduponblue

12-20-2011, 01:05 AM

The premise is so ridiculous your right, radio waves from Stonehenge turning kid's head into worms and snakes with some kind of cursed halloween masks, wtf? But then they pull you back with some good stuff, too, like the suicide robots and that creepy town.

But, you gotta check out 4-8 out, man. They aren't groundbreaking, but they're worth looking into. Plenty of kills and one of my favorite horror heroes Donald Pleasence. I bet you can find them super cheap, too.

ZombieDrone

12-20-2011, 01:10 AM

It's more a matter of just never looking into it, than consciously avoiding it.

I'll admit that I don't share may horror fans' reverance for it (I reserve that for Black Christmas which I consider a better, and more innovative, film.) but I still enjoy it.

I do like Donald Pleasence. He's from the same local area as me, so I've always been interested by him. Not to mention his work as Blofeld is one of the best Bond villains ever. And his work with George Lucas (THX 1138) has also helped endear me to him.

bwind22

12-20-2011, 06:15 AM

Halloween 3 & H20. Halloween 4 would be the runner up.

I didn't like the Thorn storyline in 5 or 6 and Resurrection was horrible. Also didn't like the Rob Zombie remakes.

ImmortalSlasher

12-20-2011, 08:34 AM

I will go with Halloween 3, just because it's kind of out there. The masks which will kill kids with all sorts of insects plus violent robots is a combination that probably won't be mixed again. A bonus is Tom Atkins performance.

I need to see Halloween 4, 5, Curse, and H20 again. I don't remember them that much. I recall Laurie going off on her son in H20 but that's about it. I caught the first part of Resurrection once and turned it off...I don't have much interest in seeing Halloween 2 (remake) but I might see it eventually.

Tangleduponblue

12-20-2011, 02:00 PM

I will go with Halloween 3, just because it's kind of out there. The masks which will kill kids with all sorts of insects plus violent robots is a combination that probably won't be mixed again. A bonus is Tom Atkins performance.

I need to see Halloween 4, 5, Curse, and H20 again. I don't remember them that much. I recall Laurie going off on her son in H20 but that's about it. I caught the first part of Resurrection once and turned it off...I don't have much interest in seeing Halloween 2 (remake) but I might see it eventually.

Good call on Tom Atkins. I'd forgotten about him. Just saw him the other day, in the Bloody Valentine remake and. I half wanted to check out Season of the Witch just because of that lol.

MichaelMyers

12-20-2011, 02:16 PM

Halloween feat. Busta

massacre man

12-20-2011, 02:20 PM

1&2 from Zombie's series.

Elvis_Christ

12-20-2011, 02:35 PM

As far as Curse goes, I the fact they tried to do something other than the standard kids get chopped we saw in 4 and 5 (and there's no little kid Jamie, score!) by adding the cult and radio show subplots. I didn't like how it all fit together, though. There seemed to be a lot going on. It doesn't surprise me that so many alternate cuts supposedly exist.

Oh yeah the story is messy and convoluted but I just really like the look of the film (dark in tone/modernised but still quite true to Carpenter's original film) and Myers is just unrelenting and menacing in it.

The Villain

12-20-2011, 03:00 PM

After the original i would say H20. Besides 2, it was the only one that felt like the original to me and it was great seeing Jamie Lee Curtis back. Also the ending was perfect and that really shouldve been the way they ended the series.

Tangleduponblue

12-20-2011, 03:31 PM

Oh yeah the story is messy and convoluted but I just really like the look of the film (dark in tone/modernised but still quite true to Carpenter's original film) and Myers is just unrelenting and menacing in it.

Agreed-he's fricking intense there.

fortunato

12-20-2011, 05:18 PM

Halloween feat. Busta

Bustaween!

ImmortalSlasher

12-21-2011, 09:08 AM

Good call on Tom Atkins. I'd forgotten about him. Just saw him the other day, in the Bloody Valentine remake and. I half wanted to check out Season of the Witch just because of that lol.

Atkins is awesome. I use the "it's getting late, I could use a drink" line as much as possible. He's also really good in Night of the Creeps.

Elvis_Christ

12-21-2011, 12:57 PM

He's also really good in Night of the Creeps.

...and Maniac Cop and Creepshow as well. It was cool seeing him pop up in the My Bloody Valentine remake and Drive Angry. Great actor.

Tangleduponblue

12-23-2011, 12:24 AM

It's more a matter of just never looking into it, than consciously avoiding it.

I'll admit that I don't share may horror fans' reverance for it (I reserve that for Black Christmas which I consider a better, and more innovative, film.) but I still enjoy it.

I do like Donald Pleasence. He's from the same local area as me, so I've always been interested by him. Not to mention his work as Blofeld is one of the best Bond villains ever. And his work with George Lucas (THX 1138) has also helped endear me to him.

Black Christmas is pretty awesome. I know I'll be watching it here in the next couple of days. Halloween's first person camera shot to begin the movie never did look the same to me after I saw Black Christmas...but I still prefer Halloween. The atmosphere is unbeatable.