It is a large, full head platex rubber mask, not a monster or ghoul, but the pale, neutral features of a man weirdly distorted by the rubber. This was an homage to how he killed his sister, judith, in a clown costume. The film follows directly on from the first, iconic john carpenter movie so much so that there are mere seconds between the end of the 1978 original and this sequel. Set in the fictional small town of haddonfield, illinois, the story capitalizes on the sleepy nature of this agrarian american paradise, where. Halloween ii is a 1981 american slasher film directed by rick rosenthal in his directorial debut, written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill, and starring jamie lee curtis and donald pleasence who reprise their respective roles as laurie strode and dr. Halloween not only launched an entire subgenre, but also launched a franchise with seven sequels, comic books, costumes, a video game, action figures, and two remakes by rob zombie. Considered by many as the scariest movie ever made, john carpenters halloween was a milestone for slasher films, paving the way to innumerable, yet unmatchable, knockoffs. John carpenters original halloween is by far the best of the series. With donald pleasence, jamie lee curtis, tony moran, nancy kyes. His family moved to bowling green, kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at western kentucky university. John carpenter labelled halloween ii an abomination. Joe denat, john carpenter, carpenter, john halloween. Movie themes 19741998 by john carpenter, released 20 october 2017 1. In the documentary short, halloween unmasked 2000 1999, it was revealed that the crew had chosen two masks for michael myers to decide on.
This ghost story angle is evident it the fact that carpenters next film the fog was an outandout ghost story complete with beginning campfire. The success of the original halloween launched six sequels, a ravenous decades worth of imitators, and hollywood careers for star jamie lee curtis and director john carpenter. John carpenter keeps his office in a converted hillside hollywood home, on a quiet treelined street evocative of the sleepy suburb michael myers terrorized in. John carpenter halloween original soundtrack discogs. Fifteen years later, he escapes and returns to his. John carpenters original halloween was a game changer for the slasher genre, and catapulted star jamie lee curtis into stardom. Due to its initial limited showing, such ads are uncommon, and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry.
The filmmaker who is king of things that go bump in the night is a musical master of horror as well. The best john carpenter movie theme songs halloween, the. Carpenter, 30 at the time, made halloween on a shoestring budget and worked with a small, young crew. Lee cowan talks with directorcomposer john carpenter, whose next film is a real sequel to.
Why halloween 2 is much gorier than john carpenters original. Although not the premiere weekend its the 3rd weekend, this issue contains a hardtofind ad for john carpenters halloween ii. Halloween 2 movie 1981 jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence. The latest halloween ii 2009 film videos on dailymotion. John carpenters halloween 2 1981 movie trivia night. Halloween is a 1978 american slasher film directed and scored by john carpenter, cowritten with producer debra hill, and starring donald pleasence and jamie lee curtis in her film debut. Last year, the halloween filmmaker said, i would love to direct something, if its the right thing to do at my age. This economically produced horror film started the slasher movie craze, made jamie lee curtis a star, and held the record for highest grossing independent film for many years. John carpenters halloween is one of the best, scariest. When john carpenter made the original halloween in 1978, it was just another in a long line of lowbudget horror movies. Halloween ii john carpenter slasher film michael myers.
Halloween is highly influential to this day lets talk about that filmmaking craft. Its become a staple on tv during halloween season, and has been remade badly by rob zombie. A new john carpenter horror movie is a possibility film. Halloween 2, the first sequel to john carpenters 1978 horror classic, greatly ramped up the franchises levels of blood and gore, and heres why. Rob zombie literally does the exact opposite of what john carpenter did in the original 1978 film. This is the first time carpenter has worked on a halloween film since 1981, just 3 years after michael myers made his debut.
Youtube coffee house jazz music positive jazz playlist for morning,work,study. Every october my friends and i make a halloween fan film and present it as an anthology. The films were controversial reboots of the michael myers character, but rob zombie definitely put his own. Le film fut developpe en raison du succes du premier opus, il est toujours ecrit par john carpenter et debra hill. As all savvy horror fans are aware, halloween was hardly the first slasher film the argument over which movie was the first is best saved for another time, but without it, the genre as we know it wouldnt exist. But its budget was a micro one, and director carpenter managed to save a few bucks by hiring the same composer hed worked with since his days as a student and struggling indiehimself. Thats a whole lot of maniacs killing teenagers, and it was all due to the success of one film. Sacred bones records has released the full soundtrack for the new halloween, composed by john carpenter, ahead of the movies release.
The plot tells about a mental patient who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on halloween night when he was six years old. Back in 1978, john carpenters halloween was an urban legend, a movie so scary that audiences were screaming their heads off in theaters across america. Halloween night, 1978 in the small town of haddonfield, il. Rob zombies halloween 2 accidentally copied john carpenter zombies halloween and halloween ii from 2007 and 2009 took the framework of carpenters film, but went much deeper into michaels childhood and backstory, as well as lauries own fractured mental state. John carpenters halloween is returning in 2018 frightfind. A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and returns home to finish what he started.
John carpenter is ready for another halloween movie. Halloween ii is a 1981 american slasher film directed by rick rosenthal in his directorial debut, written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill, and. Halloween ii 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Movie trailers john carpenters halloween fathom events spot john carpenters halloween fathom events spot john carpenters halloween fathom events spot. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on halloween night 1963, michael myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of haddonfield, illinois to kill again. John howard carpenter was born in carthage, new york, to mother milton jean carter and father howard ralph carpenter.
Whilst not the best nor worst of the series, halloween ii is a middling addition to the series but is far better than some of the later entries. Halloween 2 movie 1981 jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, charles cyphers. Carpenter had no involvement in the past 8 halloween remakes and reboots, but it appears he may be going back to his roots for the 2018 adaptation. The film is supposedly being shot with a modest budget and has an expected release date of october 19, 2018 hitting. Halloween filming locations 1978 john carpenter horror classic. They tested it out and it appeared very demented and creepy. When john carpenters halloween was released in 1978, no one least of all the filmmakers could have predicted the phenomenon it would create. Halloween a screenplay by john carpenter and debra hill. The first was a don post emmett kelly smiling clown mask that they put frizzy red hair on. Halloween 2 full movie commentary rob zombies h2 youtube. I n his brilliant turnofthecentury documentary the american nightmare, adam simon located john carpenters 1978 halloween as the end point of a decade of countercultural horror movies. The making of john carpenters halloween consequence of.
With jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, charles cyphers, jeffrey kramer. But the blockbuster about a masked killer murdering babysitters made. Every volume is a different story with different characters but the villain is always the same. Halloween 2 movie trailer 1981while sheriff brackett and dr. A master of horror, john carpenter created the 1978 thriller hit halloween, which has inspired and influenced countless other filmmakers. Halloween 4 the night he came home full movie duration. John carpenters halloween scared the living daylights out of 25 million people and set a precedent in smashing box office records for a horror film. Finally camera moves in close on the eye of the mask. The movie also made writerdirector john carpenter a name to watch, and he would follow up its success with a run of genre classics, including escape from new york, the thing and big trouble in. Halloween 2 rick rosenthal, jamie lee curtis, donald. John carpenter talked david gordon green out of refilming 1978 ending for the new sequel the score was done in 1978 on old tube synthesizers, said carpenter. Starring donald pleasance, jamie lee curtis, charles cyphers, nancy loomis, pj soles.
This economically produced horror film started the slasher movie craze, made jamie lee curtis a star. Michael myers is 21 years old, which is also stated by dr. The untold truth of john carpenters halloween by mike floorwalker oct. In the mid1970s, irwin yablans saw one of john carpenters earliest films at a festival in milan and saw the potential for his own vision of halloween on film. Dana carvey and catherine bergstrom in halloween ii 1981 jamie lee curtis and. While the original halloween served as the impetus for what friday the th would turn into the 1980s slasher boom, its important to remember that carpenters film really wasnt that violent. John carpenters halloween modernized trailer youtube. John carpenters halloween 1978 is returning to movie.