#and i think you tend to forget just how clever and forefront Halloween's execution of that is
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The thing about Halloween (1978) is when you don't watch Halloween (1978) for a few years you forget how good Halloween (1978) actually is
#and like its so ingrained as an iconic piece of horror media and it gets discussed so often that it gets a little skewed#i forgot that michael does like. kind of stumble and move with some humanity to him. he's got a personality infused into the character#laurie does too! theyre a blueprint for the slashers that came after them and the whole concept is fairly simple#but its so well executed#Halloween is also like.. its the first thing people bring up when theyre trying to explain the way horror exists as a reflection of wider#societal fears#and i think you tend to forget just how clever and forefront Halloween's execution of that is#the stranger danger / fear of something In The Neighborhood or living next door is in fact the entire film#the scene where Laurie goes to a neighbor's home for help and gets pointedly ignored. the way the sheriff describes the surburban homes as#full of unsuspecting families lined up for a slaughter. a casual conversation that gets dropped in about a different man who one day just#killed his wife and kids. ect ect#q watches halloween
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