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Halloween Restored | 
| Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Brian Andrews, Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers, John Michael Graham, Sandy Johnson
Studio: Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 16.97
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Rating:  436 reviews
Sales Rank: 1953
Format: Full Screen, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: ANBD15428D
UPC: 013131542899
EAN: 0013131542899
ASIN: B000RIWAVW
Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 1978
Release Date: August 14, 2007
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IHalloween/I 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 with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially IPsycho/I. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of IPsycho/I victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in IPsycho/I. In the end, though, IHalloween/I 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 instalments: 1981's dismal IHalloween II/I, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping IHalloween H20/I, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years. I--Robert Horton/I
Additional Features
This collector's edition of IHalloween/I has been fully restored under the supervision of Lucasfilm's THX Digital Mastering Services. The video was transferred by the award-winning colorist Adam Adams (ITerminator 2/I, ITitanic/I) from a new 35mm interpositive (made from the original camera negative) and approved by the film's cinematographer Dean Cundey (IJurassic Park/I, IWho Framed Roger Rabbit/I). The new Dolby stereo surround soundtrack was created by Chace Productions in association with Alan Howarth using the original 16-track music-studio master and the recently discovered original 35mm magnetic dialogue and effects track. The original theatrical trailers, television spots, radio spots, and the featurette IHalloween Unmasked 2000/I, produced and directed by Mark Cerulli, follow the film's conclusion.
Amazon.com Essential Video
IHalloween/I 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 with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially IPsycho/I. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of IPsycho/I victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in IPsycho/I. In the end, though, IHalloween/I 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 IHalloween II/I, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping IHalloween H20/I, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years. I--Robert Horton/I
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 Worst horror movie ever! November 16, 2008
SH (Toronto, Ontario)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Halloween is a popular horror movie that was released in 1978, and is not even scary. The characters make so many stupid mistakes that real people would not make. It's a typical story, about a babysitter who is being stalked by Michael Myers, a man who escaped from a mental institution and is pure evil. As soon as the movie started, I was hoping that it would end. br / br /
 this movie is one of the best! November 2, 2008
Bob (Canada)
this movie is pretty scary. It's well directed and well acted. This movie is a true classic.
i remembered it being better than this ,but the extras are really good (3.5/5) November 11, 2007
falcon (canada)
this movie is considered a classic,and i can kinda see why.i guess it was br /the first movie to tap into peoples fear of the bogeyman and put it to br /screen in a horror film.it also has that great musical score by John br /Carpenter.i have seen it a few times,most recently last night.this time br /i was not as impressed as i remember being before.but then again i'd br /also just Rom Zombie's2007 version.as for this movie,i found it quite br /slow at times.and the acting is not the greatest.the movie had a low br /budget,but that didn't really bother me.i think the filmmakers did a br /good job with the budget they had.it certainly could have looked a lot br /worse.there are also a few logic gaps,which i only noticed when things br /got slow.it gave me a chance to think about things in the movie.i br /didn't find it scary, or even suspenseful,but i can see how it might br /have been scary back in the day.for me,Halloween(1978 version)is a br /3/5,but with the extra,i give this version a 3.5/5
 Death has come to your little town August 11, 2007
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Once Halloween was Samhain, the one night of the year when the dead returned to cause trouble for the living. br / br /Well, Michael Myers wasn't dead, but on "Halloween" he returned to cause trouble for the people of his hometown, with all its dark houses and teenage victims. And John Carpenter's masterpiece lives up to its reputation: creepy, eerie, harrowing, and full of solid acting from Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee Curtis. br / br /On Halloween, 1963, young Michael Myers lurked outside the house while his sister had sex with her boyfriend. After he left, Michael put on a mask, picked up a knife, and stabbed his sister to death. br / br /Fifteen years later, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is about to take Myers to a legal hearing, when Myers (Nick Castle) breaks open the psych hospital and escapes in Loomis' car. On Halloween, teenage Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) notices a silent, masked figure popping up and disappearing near her school, house, and neighborhood. br / br /Despite this, she goes about her babysitting duties, even taking care of another girl's charge overnight. The only problem is, the girl is dead, and so is another pal and her boyfriend. Dr. Loomis is staking out Myers' old home, unaware that Myers is now prowling the house where Laurie is staying -- and there seems to be no way to avoid the knife-wielding "evil." br / br /It sounds like a thousand knockoff movies made since then, but "Halloween" formed the original mold. And like any other groundbreaker, it is the most stripped-down, intense example of the genre -- little gore, little graphic violence, but the way it's handled is enough to make your hair stand on end, and make you go to bed with a gun under your pillow. br / br /And Carpenter handles the spookiness beautifully -- initially, the story is pleasantly average -- teen gossip, small-town atmosphere, and chatter about boyfriends, dances and babysitting. It has the occasional spooky moment -- such as Myers popping out of a hedge to stare at Laurie -- but isn't really scary just yet. But as Myers starts bumping off teenagers, the plot darkens and twists. br / br /Carpenter spins up a claustrophobic, trapped feeling, partly due to a shadowy old house full of windows and doors, any of which could be Myers' way in. You can't help but jump with every shadow. And Carpenter sprinkles the plot with unspeakably creepy moments -- Myers quietly slithering in a window above Laurie, or dressing as a ghost with only his heavy breathing to identify him. br / br /Curtis was the original scream queen thanks to this movie, and she does an amazing job -- even when she's racing around pounding on doors and shrieking, she seems realistic. Pleasance is just as good as Loomis, who is determined and full of dread at what his patient is, but also has his moments of humour (like when he frightens some pranksters at the Myers house). And though we only see Myers' face a few times, his masked face, silent movements and heavy breathing are the stuff of nightmare. br / br /"Halloween" was a more psychological, atmospheric kind of horror, and it did its job almost too well. The original slasher movie -- harrowing, eerie, and petrifying.
Death has come to your little town August 3, 2007
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
Once Halloween was Samhain, the one night of the year when the dead returned to cause trouble for the living. br / br /Well, Michael Myers wasn't dead, but on "Halloween" he returned to cause trouble for the people of his hometown, with all its dark houses and teenage victims. And John Carpenter's masterpiece lives up to its reputation: creepy, eerie, harrowing, and full of solid acting from Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee Curtis. br / br /On Halloween, 1963, young Michael Myers lurked outside the house while his sister had sex with her boyfriend. After he left, Michael put on a mask, picked up a knife, and stabbed his sister to death. br / br /Fifteen years later, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is about to take Myers to a legal hearing, when Myers (Nick Castle) breaks open the psych hospital and escapes in Loomis' car. On Halloween, teenage Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) notices a silent, masked figure popping up and disappearing near her school, house, and neighborhood. br / br /Despite this, she goes about her babysitting duties, even taking care of another girl's charge overnight. The only problem is, the girl is dead, and so is another pal and her boyfriend. Dr. Loomis is staking out Myers' old home, unaware that Myers is now prowling the house where Laurie is staying -- and there seems to be no way to avoid the knife-wielding "evil." br / br /It sounds like a thousand knockoff movies made since then, but "Halloween" formed the original mold. And like any other groundbreaker, it is the most stripped-down, intense example of the genre -- little gore, little graphic violence, but the way it's handled is enough to make your hair stand on end, and make you go to bed with a gun under your pillow. br / br /And Carpenter handles the spookiness beautifully -- initially, the story is pleasantly average -- teen gossip, small-town atmosphere, and chatter about boyfriends, dances and babysitting. It has the occasional spooky moment -- such as Myers popping out of a hedge to stare at Laurie -- but isn't really scary just yet. But as Myers starts bumping off teenagers, the plot darkens and twists. br / br /Carpenter spins up a claustrophobic, trapped feeling, partly due to a shadowy old house full of windows and doors, any of which could be Myers' way in. You can't help but jump with every shadow. And Carpenter sprinkles the plot with unspeakably creepy moments -- Myers quietly slithering in a window above Laurie, or dressing as a ghost with only his heavy breathing to identify him. br / br /Curtis was the original scream queen thanks to this movie, and she does an amazing job -- even when she's racing around pounding on doors and shrieking, she seems realistic. Pleasance is just as good as Loomis, who is determined and full of dread at what his patient is, but also has his moments of humour (like when he frightens some pranksters at the Myers house). And though we only see Myers' face a few times, his masked face, silent movements and heavy breathing are the stuff of nightmare. br / br /"Halloween" was a more psychological, atmospheric kind of horror, and it did its job almost too well. The original slasher movie -- harrowing, eerie, and petrifying.
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