08-25-2018, 05:05 PM
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Allright folks, the following review must be read with the right theme in the background.
So yesterday I finally got around and watched A Nightmare on Elm Street (the original one) and John Carpenter's Halloween from 1978, both in a single sitting.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: On one hand, the way they managed to keep the assasin as mysterious as possible by not showing too much of him (combined with channeling the mystery surrounding dreams) was certainly quite clever. I also liked how compared with other films in the genre, this one focuses more on the characters and the story rather than the gore.
On the downside, I must say the acting was rather weak. The only exception to this Robert Englund as Fred Krueger.
John Carpenter's Halloween: well, what is there to say about this film that wasn't already said a thoundsand times? The dark lighting, the long steady-cam shots, and (most importantly) that eerie music helped to create some well-executed claustrophobic and uncomfortable scenes. The acting department was ok, not too good but neither really bad, just a-ok.
Also, not really related to the review but I did a little research and... there are two "Halloween 2" movies? What? I know one is the original while the other belongs to a remake continuity of sorts, but they could have a least give it a subtitle so to avoid confusing the newbies.
Actually, while writting this thing I just did a bit more of research and apparently there are four timelines: 4-6, H20, 2007 Remake, and Final (the one from 1978 + the upcoming one). Not confusing at all....
And last but not least.... did I found those movies to be scary? Eh, a little. Not sure if it is because either I put my expectations WAY too high (I was legit expecting to scream at least once while watching any of those films. Didn't happen), because maybe the traditional/Hitchcock-style slasher genre of horror doesn't really do it for me (it was still fun, thought), or even both. I mean, there was some tension, but that's it. If anything, the dream demon raised my heartbeat a little faster compared to the serial killer, so there's that.
Even if I didn't found them to be as scary as most people did, I still recognize of all the innovations they brought to the horror genre.
So yesterday I finally got around and watched A Nightmare on Elm Street (the original one) and John Carpenter's Halloween from 1978, both in a single sitting.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: On one hand, the way they managed to keep the assasin as mysterious as possible by not showing too much of him (combined with channeling the mystery surrounding dreams) was certainly quite clever. I also liked how compared with other films in the genre, this one focuses more on the characters and the story rather than the gore.
On the downside, I must say the acting was rather weak. The only exception to this Robert Englund as Fred Krueger.
John Carpenter's Halloween: well, what is there to say about this film that wasn't already said a thoundsand times? The dark lighting, the long steady-cam shots, and (most importantly) that eerie music helped to create some well-executed claustrophobic and uncomfortable scenes. The acting department was ok, not too good but neither really bad, just a-ok.
Also, not really related to the review but I did a little research and... there are two "Halloween 2" movies? What? I know one is the original while the other belongs to a remake continuity of sorts, but they could have a least give it a subtitle so to avoid confusing the newbies.
Actually, while writting this thing I just did a bit more of research and apparently there are four timelines: 4-6, H20, 2007 Remake, and Final (the one from 1978 + the upcoming one). Not confusing at all....
And last but not least.... did I found those movies to be scary? Eh, a little. Not sure if it is because either I put my expectations WAY too high (I was legit expecting to scream at least once while watching any of those films. Didn't happen), because maybe the traditional/Hitchcock-style slasher genre of horror doesn't really do it for me (it was still fun, thought), or even both. I mean, there was some tension, but that's it. If anything, the dream demon raised my heartbeat a little faster compared to the serial killer, so there's that.
Even if I didn't found them to be as scary as most people did, I still recognize of all the innovations they brought to the horror genre.