I just saw Halloween IV and V…they are totally absurd. I mean, aside from the standard gore and Michael Myers murdering buxom teenagers, why is Dr. Loomis always chasing him?
Everybody (by IV) knows that Michael cannot be killed-he’s been hit by trucks, shot, burned, and dumped into rivers…he just keeps comong back.
And, Dr. Loomis spends a lot of time hanging out in old houses…does he have a full-time job? This must have been a meal ticket for Donald Pleasence…ewas he typecast by this?
These and the Jason movies are absolutely ridiculous. :mad:
I’ve got a theory about that sort of movie: the killer is really Bugs Bunny. How else could he hide behind broomsticks or chain-link fences? Besides, the movies are more fun overall when you imagine that it’s a cartoon rabbit behind the slaughter.
The fun of watching these movies is so you can get together with friends and yell at the tv. “Turn around, you moron! He’s getting up! Whack’im again! Who the hell wears high heels in the woods? Whoops, they’re having sex…DEAD MAN SCREWING!”
Besides, that William Shatner mask is just creepy. They didn’t need a script; they just needed a still shot of that mask with the Halloween music playing…
If “Halloween” had been made in the fifties, Donald Pleasance would have been the old guy at the end somberly saying, “They tampered in God’s domain…”
I think the original Halloween was a good movie. I also think Halloween II was pretty good for the genre.
Halloween III was the one which didn’t have Michael in it. I liked it as a decent horror film, but many people don’t
I vaguely remember Halloween IV. After that, they all went downhill.