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The Shape Lives: 40 Years of Halloween (1978) FULL DOCUMENTARY. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween.
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Oct 23, 2020 · Halloween (1978)Music Composed by John CarpenterCopyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purpos...
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Sep 9, 2023 · On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove.
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- Halloween: Why Michael Myers Was called The Shape in The First Film
- The Latest Halloween Movies Use The Shape Name Too
- The Shape Name Adds to The Supernatural Aspect of Michael Myers
Michael Myers is an iconic horror villain, one whose face and name are synonymous with the slasher genre. Michael Myers’ name is said many times through the first Halloween film, so it was never a secret who the killer was, but the end credits have him as “The Shape” instead of Michael Myers (except for the six and 23-year-old versions). Those wond...
In 2018 the Halloween franchise was rebooted, with Jamie Lee Curtis back as Laurie Strode. The new trilogy (Halloween, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends) is another retcon, restarting the Halloween timeline after the events of Halloween 2 (as Halloween H20 did in 1998). What's worth noting is the fact that these latest films go back to crediting Mich...
The Shape Halloween credit adds another element to Michael Myers cementing the supernatural aspect that has always floated around the character. One of the defining qualities of Michael Myers is that, unlike fellow slasher icons Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, Michael is a flesh-and-blood human. However, he is also described as the embodiment of...
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Primarily praised for Carpenter's direction and score, many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho (1960) and Bob Clark 's Black Christmas (1974). It is considered one of the greatest and most influential horror films ever made.
Oct 3, 2023 · While later movies in the original Halloween timeline retconned Michael’s return to Haddonfield into a desire to reunite with Laurie, The Shape’s reasoning is simple in the 1978 film. Much like his choice to continue murdering young women of his sister’s age, Michael’s decision to return to Haddonfield following his escape from Smith ...
Oct 18, 2022 · Interestingly, not one character calls Michael "The Shape" in 1978's Halloween. According to Screen Rant, John Carpenter first gave his iconic villain the nickname in the script when describing his now-recognizable white mask.
