- Molded Plastic
- Made in the USA
- Painted on bones
- One Long Neck + One Short Neck Flamingo
- Wire legs included
The film which ushered in the modern age of horror stands well above its many sequels and clones because John Carpenter's taut direction makes it truly scary. Jamie Lee Curtis in her debut role plays a babysitter who must protect herself from the deadly Michael Myers a mental institution escapee who killed his sister on Halloween fifteen years earlier. Called "the most successful independent motion picture of all time" HALLOWEEN is also one of most frightening films ever made.System Requirements:Running Time: 92 mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â HORROR Rating:Â R UPC:Â 013131542899 Manufacturer No:Â DV15428
Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween nigh! t of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially
Psycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of
Psycho victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in
Psycho. In the end, though,
Halloween stands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! ! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture! turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismal
Halloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping
Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years.
--Robert Horton Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten w! ith Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially
Psycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of
Psycho victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in
Psycho. In the end, though,
Halloween stands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismal
Halloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping
Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years.
--Robert HortonThis pair! of skelamingos are molded black plastic with painted on bones! . You wi ll get One Long neck measuring 30 Inches tall and One short Neck measuring up 27 inches tall. This lovely pair of Skelamingos are great for Over The Hill Partys, Halloween Decorations And make a great Gag Gifts. They will last for years to come.
