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A 2 page paper which reviews and provides critical analysis of John Carpenter's 1978 film, "Halloween." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Alfred Hitchcock, creating films which might have been short on finances, but were long on fear. It was Carpenters unique approach to the horror film genre which not only
took it off life support, but has proven to be such a successful formula, that todays filmmakers are still unapologetically borrowing from it. Carpenters legacy is controversial to be
sure, for his 1978 film, Halloween, is largely credited for the creation of the "slasher" film subgenre. The premise of Halloween is deceptively simple. A murderous psychopath escapes from
a mental hospital, just before Halloween, and returns, unannounced, to his hometown. Naturally, on Halloween night, quite a few people turn up dead, as the mysterious masked stranger moves
effortlessly through the streets, as costumed kiddies are participating in their yearly "trick or treating" ritual. Carpenter, apparently, has little or no interest in narrative cinema, preferring instead, to
rely upon graphic images to generate fear. By casting Jamie Lee Curtis in the role of Laurie, Carpenter is paying a tongue-in-cheek homage to his mentor Hitchcock, for it
was Curtis mother, Janet Leigh, who made a lasting impression as murder victim Marion Crane in the classic Psycho. The camera follows Laurie on her Halloween baby-sitting excursion, and
the horrific murders of her school friends tips off the audience that she is the deranged killers elusive victim. The audience is held virtually glued to the screen, watching
Lauries every move, waiting for the killer in the shadows to strike her. This demonstrates that Carpenter learned his lessons well from the screen master, for it was Hitchcocks
intrusive camera which exploited the voyeurism which seems to exist in us all. Carpenter also shows himself to be quite adept at manipulating the camera, using his subjective lens to
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