EPISODE NINE
SLASHER
aka HALLOWEEN HAVOC!
Films Discussed
Halloween
Scream
Child's Play
Runtime: ?
NOTES
Halloween
| Halloween | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | John Carpenter |
| Produced by | Debra Hill |
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| Starring | |
| Music by | John Carpenter |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
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Running time
| 91 minutes[5] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000–325,000[6][7][8] |
| Box office | $60–70 million[6][7] |
- Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
- Nick Castle as Michael Myers / The Shape
- Tony Moran as Michael Myers (unmasked)
- Will Sandin as Michael Myers (age 6)
- P. J. Soles as Lynda Van Der Klok
- Nancy Kyes as Annie Brackett
- Charles Cyphers as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
- Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace
- Brian Andrews as Tommy Doyle
- John Michael Graham as Bob Simms
- Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers
- Arthur Malet as Angus Taylor
- Mickey Yablans as Richie Castle
- Brent Le Page as Lonnie Elam
- Adam Hollander as Keith
- Sandy Johnson as Judith Margaret Myers
- David Kyle as Danny Hodges
- Peter Griffith as Morgan Strode
- Robert Phalen as Dr. Terence Wynn
Critic Susan Stark described the film's opening sequence in her 1978 review:
In a single, wonderfully fluid tracking shot, the camera establishes the quiet character of a suburban street, the sexual hanky-panky going on between a teenage couple in one of the staid-looking homes, the departure of the boyfriend, a hand in the kitchen drawer removing a butcher's knife, the view on the way upstairs from behind the eye-slits of a Halloween mask, the murder of a half-nude young girl seated at her dressing table, the descent downstairs and whammo! The killer stands speechless on the lawn, holding the bloody knife, a small boy in a satin clown suit with a newly-returned parent on each side shrieking in an attempt to find out what the spectacle means.[28]
Scream
| Scream | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Wes Craven |
| Produced by | |
| Written by | Kevin Williamson |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Patrick Lussier |
Production
company |
Woods Entertainment[1]
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| Distributed by | Dimension Films[1] |
Release date
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Running time
| 111 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14-15 million[3][4] |
| Box office | $173 million[3] |
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- David Arquette as Dewey Riley
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
- Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis
- Matthew Lillard as Stu Macher
- Rose McGowan as Tatum Riley
- Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
- Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker
- Joseph Whipp as Sheriff Burke
- W. Earl Brown as Kenny
- Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary
- Henry Winkler as Principal Himbry
- Kevin Patrick Walls as Steve Orth
- Lawrence Hect as Neil Prescott
- Roger L. Jackson as Ghostface (voice)
Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle appreciated the shift from the teen slasher films of the 1980s and their "endless series of laborious, half-baked sequels".[38] Kevin Thomas of The Los Angeles Times called Scream "a bravura, provocative sendup of horror pictures" and complimented the film for being "scary and gruesome" while avoiding a sense of "morbidity".[35] Empire's Adam Smith called it "Clever, quick and bloody funny".[39] Williamson's script was praised as containing a "fiendishly clever, complicated plot" which "deftly mixes irony, self-reference and wry social commentary with chills and blood spills".[40]
Child's Play
| Child's Play | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Tom Holland |
| Produced by | David Kirschner |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Don Mancini |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Joe Renzetti |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
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| Distributed by | MGM/UA Communications Co. |
Release date
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Running time
| 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million[2] |
| Box office | $44.2 million[3] |
- Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray/Chucky, a well known voodoo serial killer who transfers his soul into a "Good Guys" doll in order to cheat death after being killed by Mike Norris.
- Brock Winkless performed the puppetry for Chucky[5]
- Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay, a 6-year-old boy who is framed for Chucky's crimes.
- Catherine Hicks as Karen Barclay, Andy's mother.
- Chris Sarandon as Detective Mike Norris, a senior homicide police detective and Chucky's arch-enemy.
- Dinah Manoff as Maggie Peterson, Karen's friend and Andy's babysitter.
- Tommy Swerdlow as Jack Santos, Norris's partner.
- Jack Colvin as Dr. Ardmore, the head doctor of a mental hospital.
- Raymond Oliver as John "Dr. Death" Bishop, Chucky's former voodoo mentor.
- Neil Giuntoli as Eddie Caputo, Chucky's old accomplice.
- Alan Wilder as Mr. Walter Criswell, Karen and Maggie's boss.
- Aaron Osborne as the Orderly
- Juan Ramirez as the Peddler
true story:
During the initial release, a large crowd of protesters formed at the main entrance of MGM calling for a ban on the film because, they claimed, it would incite violence in children. Local news reporters from two TV stations were broadcasting live from the scene. The producer, David Kirschner, was watching the demonstration on TV and was disturbed. Jeffrey Hilton, who had been working in Kirschner's office at MGM, indicated that he could quell the disturbance in 10 minutes. While Kirschner was watching from the safety of his office, Hilton spoke to the group's leader and shook his hand. The group instantly dispersed, much to the chagrin of the newscasters. Hilton did not reveal to Kirschner whether it had been a threat or simple diplomacy that saved the day.
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