The making of john carpenters halloween 1978 youtube. Halloween is a 1978 american independent slasher film directed and scored by john carpenter. As main titles continue over, camera slowly moves in on the shape. John carpenters tales for a halloween night, volume 2 by. Halloween by john carpenter donald pleasence, jamie lee. Darkness, with a small shape in the center of the screen. Considered a paradigm of lowbudget ingenuity, its story of a seemingly unremarkable middleamerican town becoming the site of violence on october 31 struck. Its not a stretch to open the book and anticipate a carbon copy of johns film.
If theres one quintessential slasher film that established most of the genres tropes, it would be halloween, the 1978 tale of a masked killer stalking babysitters and their boyfriends in the small town of haddonfield, il. Halloween the fog escape from new york halloween ii christine collected together here for the first time is the best of that onset pho. For carpenters 1978 halloween, the first in a continuing series, myers was created as pure and unstoppable evil. John carpenters tales for a halloween night by john carpenter.
This was the first and without doubt the best in the halloween franchise. There is no way anyone can top what he did with the 1978 classic, and this is even though rob zombies take on michael meyers was better than people gave his halloween movies credit for. Rob zombies 2007 reimagining of john carpenters halloween caused a split in the fandom after carpenter vocally expressed his distaste for the film. John carpenters tales for a halloween night tv series. Based on the screenplay by john carpenter and debra hill. Halloween is without a doubt, one of the best movies ever made, and im glad they turned it into a book. When the new halloween movie hits theaters in october 2018, it will have the distinction of being the first film in the canon with creator john carpenters direct involvement since 1982s halloween iii. Halloween is a 1978 american horror film directed and scored by john carpenter, cowritten with producer debra hill, and starring donald pleasence and jamie lee curtis in her film debut. A history of the halloween franchise in print litreactor. The plot tells about a mental patient who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on halloween night when he was six years old.
John carpenter s tales for a halloweenight, volume 3 get ready for twelve new terrifying tales from john carpenter and his friends. Interestingly enough, until today, id never seen the movie. From john carpenter, the man who brought you the cult classic horror film halloween and all of the scares beyond comes the ultimate graphic novel anthology of tales to warm your toes by on a dark and stormy october night. Vampires also known as john carpenters vampires is a 1998 american independent neowestern action horror film directed and scored by john carpenter and starring james woods. The score was performed on a synthesizer organ rather than the piano used for halloween. Tunecore on behalf of sacred bones recordsthe null corporation. Available in comic shops on september 26th and bookstores on october 10th. John carpenters halloween will always remain the best of all the socalled slasher movies in my humble opinion. Even after repeated viewings, john carpenters halloween remains a genuinely terrifying cinematic experience.
In volume 2 of the awardwinning graphic novel series, carpenter brings together another stellar ensemble of storytellers. The prince of darkness, an exclusive interview with the director of halloween and the thing gilles. John carpenters halloween 1978 film john carpenters dark star1974. Filmmaker john carpenter has built an impressive legacy as one of the greatest horror directors of his generation, thanks to films like halloween. Features great movies return to the big screen at music boxs 70mm film festival.
John carpenters tales for a halloweenight, volume 3. John carpenter has 52 books on goodreads with 7074 ratings. The writer befriended carpenter and halloween producer and cowriter debra hill. Halloween novelization halloween series wiki fandom. It introduces psychopathic killer mike myers, who, 15 years after murdering his own sister on halloween, returns home to wreak mayhem on goodgirl teen laurie strode jamie lee curtis and her funloving friends nancy loomis and p. It has been announced that john carpenters classic horror film halloween is returning to the big screen for. As of 2016, carpenter was more involved with his music career than filmmaking, although he was involved in 2018s halloween reboot. John carpenter books list of books by author john carpenter.
We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recyclable packaging with free standard. John carpenters halloween is a horror film that has remained relevant for decades, but there was a lot of controversy in the horror community when rob zombie briefly took over the franchise john carpenters halloween has been frightening audiences since 1978 and the director had no idea that he wouldnt just create one of the most memorable horror icons, but hed launch a whole. John carpenters tales for a halloween night, john carpenters tales for a halloween night, volume 2, john carpenters tales for a halloween night volum. A master of horror, john carpenter created the 1978 thriller hit halloween, which has inspired and influenced countless other filmmakers. From john carpenter, the man who brought you the cult classic horror film halloween and all of the scares beyond comes 12 more twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books. John carpenters halloween 1978 the ultimate rabbit. John carpenters halloween bears many similarities to black christmas, and it turns out one slasher grandfather directly inspired the other. John carpenters tales for a halloween night, volume 2 book. Get ready for twelve new terrifying tales from john carpenter and his friends.
In the fall of 2017, president of storm king productions sandy king confirmed that their comic book series john carpenters tales for a halloween night. It is a large, fullhead platex rubber mask, not a monster or ghoul, but the pale, neutral features of a. The original halloween, released in 1978, was written by john carpenter and debra hill, and directed by carpenter. John carpenters halloween returning to theaters for 40th. Halloween a screenplay by john carpenter and debra hill. Books by john carpenter author of big trouble in little. John carpenters tales for a halloween night, volume 2. John carpenters tales for a halloween night volume 3. It was the night he came home, warned the posters for john carpenters careermaking horror smash.
The 1970s represented an unusually productive and innovative period for the horror film, and john carpenters halloween 1978 is the film that capped that golden age and some say ruined it, by ushering in the era of the slasher film. It also gives a pretty good backstory of michael myers and what he feels during some of his kills. This one is a look at some of the untold story for 1978s halloween. Wellwritten and paced, curtis richards expands on john carpenters storyline much better than any of the latter film sequels. The book is wellwritten, with each chapter devoted to one of 5 of carpenters films, halloween, the fog, escape from new york, halloween ii, and christine. In haddonfield, il, on halloween night 1963, sixyearold michael myers inexplicably slaughters his teenage sister. But readers are in store for something with quite a bit more depth. John carpenters tales for a halloween night paperback november 17, 2015. The boogeyman will most definitely be making his presence felt in cinemas this fall.
It tells the immortal story of escaped mental patient michael myers, who returns to his hometown on halloween night to stalk and kill a group of babysitters. Revisiting the novelization of john carpenters halloween and its. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Nothing gets you into the halloween spirit quite like a good aul halloween video. If you are a john carpenter fan, or a halloween fan, this book is for you kim was the onset photographer for many of john carpenters films.
Published in 1979, the year following the first films release, author and literary agent richard curtis halloween novelization presented a tale which hewed closely to the events of john. John carpenters halloween is quite frankly a horror masterpiece. John carpenters tales for a halloween night series by. This expands upon some of the themes introduced in the halloween movie by john carpenter. Upon its release in 1978, john carpenters nervefrying.
John carpenters upcoming dc book is titled the joker. Carpenter brings together storytellers from the worlds of movies. Revisiting the novelization of john carpenters halloween and its fascinating michael myers origin story. Year of the villian and sounds about as nuts as you would expect from the man who brought us halloween. John carpenters halloween is one of the best, scariest. Far flung correspondent seongyong cho revisits john carpenters classic halloween. As a collector of memorabilia from the halloween film series, kim gottliebwalkers book is one of the greatest collections of halloween and john carpenter history that i have ever seen. In the annals of slasher cinema, michael myers stands tall.
We get closer and closer until we see that the shape is a halloween mask. When john carpenters halloween quietly opened in kansas city on october 25, 1978, it did not seem like the kind of movie anyone would speak kindly of or think about at all, really 40. John carpenters producing partner debra hill hired photographer kim gottliebwalker to be the unit photographer on halloween, and kim soon became part of carpenters filmmaking family, going on to shoot stills on the sets of some of his most iconic films. There are so many great and scary horror films out there you can watch to get in the halloween spirit, but there is only one halloween. Matt molgaard reading curtis richards novelization of john carpenters iconic motion picture, halloween, proved more than rewarding. The film is known to have inspired a long line of slasher films. Revisiting the novelization of john carpenters halloween. Halloween director john carpenter to cowrite joker book. And as one might expect, a lot of these books get pretty weird. Black christmas inspired john carpenters original halloween. Book 3 of 5 in the john carpenters tales for a halloween night series. It wasnt until i started the book and read the blurb that i realized that this book. Curtis richards, halloween bantam books, 1979, isbn 05532261.
Thats a whole lot of maniacs killing teenagers, and it was all due to the success of one film. John carpenters tales for a halloween night by john. John carpenter wrote the book on contemporary popcorn horror with halloween, and the film has been copied relentlessly for four decades, but never improved upon. The renewed interest in john carpenters music thanks to the death waltz reissues and lost themes albums caused him to, for the first time ever, tour as a musician. Loomis donald pleasence cant penetrate michaels psyche. On set with john carpenter kim gottliebwalker isbn.
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