The HALLOWEEN Movies

How smart was John Carpenter for using the term HALLOWEEN for a horror movie series!!!.. Very, I'm sure! So, here are the many flicks spawned by this title, just for our Halloween Countdown.

The original HALLOWEEN came out in 1978. The story starts on Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers has stabbed his sister to death. After being in a mental hospital for 15 years, he escapes and returns to Haddonfield to kill. Stars Jaime Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence.

HALLOWEEN II came out in 1981, this time, while the Sheriff and Dr. Loomis (Pleasence) hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie (Curtis) is rushed to the hospital and our serial killer isn't far behind her... BOO-WAH!!

HALLOWEEN III: Season Of The Witch hit the screens in 1982. This is my favorite movie in the series! It's so whacked out it's great. The story's about an apparent murder-suicide in a hospital emergency room that leads to an investigation which reveals a plot by an insane toy maker to kill off as many people as possible during Halloween using an ancient Celtic ritual involving a stolen boulder from Stonehenge and Halloween masks!.. Love it!! I admit it, I never saw any other movies in the series after this one!

In HALLOWEEN 4: The Return Of Michael Meyers from 1988, ten years after his original massacre, Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven year old niece on Halloween! But, can Dr. Loomis stop him this time?... You tell me!

Then, in 1989, our masked killer returns in HALLOWEEN 5: The Revenge Of Michael Meyers. It's one year later and Michael freakin' returns again on October 31st. Lurking and stalking around as usual, Michael has a plan to lure victims out of the children's hospital and there's a big confrontation at the Myers' house!

HALLOWEEN 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers came out in 1995, in this one, it's six years after he last terrorized the people in Haddonfield and Michael returns in pursuit of his niece again, who has escaped with her newborn child. Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans for them!!

Jaime Lee returns in HALLOWEEN H20: 20 Years Later, out in 1998. Laurie, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the maniac one last time and the life of her own son hangs in the balance!.. You know, the glossy poster image simply loses me, it just looks, like, not scary! Give me the gritty posters every time.

HALLOWEEN: Resurrection plopped its ass down in 2002, another glossy poster image, yuck! Anyway, three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home!

Believe it or not, since then, two more movies were produced! There's another HALLOWEEN from 2007 and HALLOWEEN II from 2009! Good luck with those!!

We're back Wednesday with more Halloween Countdown, be there or be a square, dude!!

HALLOWEEN SAFETY (1977)

It's the first day of October, 2016, so let's get this Halloween Countdown thing started with a public service announcement from 1977 called:

 HALLOWEEN SAFETY!

SO, this witch's costume is totally unsafe for a variety of reasons!

#01 - If you trip and fall down because your vision is obscured by some stupid mask, and you get hit by a car going 45 miles an hour.................

.............You're most likely going to spill all your candy out into the street, and that would be a real tragedy of Shakespearean proportions !

#02 - Don't carry around sharp objects, and if your costume requires something like a sword, well, then go ahead and saw it in half because getting poked in the eye with a blunt object is so much better than getting poked with a sharp object!

Her Mom hemmed up her dress so she wouldn't trip on it, and they ditched the mask so she will have full vision, but her costume is still not safe, because it is dark and hard to see after the sun goes down!

So why not have a costume that is bright and cheery with reflector tape wrapped all around it, even if it doesn't make sense any more, it's going to be a lot safer!!

#03 - Eat a big healthy meal like pizza before you head out into the night so you don't gorge yourself on all that free candy you're gonna get and end up getting sick!

Grab as much candy as you can, because you never know how much of it you're going to have to throw away because it is either poisoned or has razor blades in it!!

But always be polite and say thank-you even if you're given arsenic, oysters, or parsnips!

#04 - Have your Mom inspect each and every piece of candy, and toss out anything questionable! You might only end up with a couple of candy corns, but that's all right, it's better than dying!

#05 - Cut into all fruit and vegetables to make sure there's no broken glass or any other sharp objects inside, and make sure and wash them too in case somebody has put rat poison on them!

Now, get out there, and have a good time!!!

TEENAGER MONSTER MOVIES 1957-60

Last Saturday I hurt my back, it's much better now because of Tiger Balm, but yesterday, my main computer would not go to my main page!... What the Hell?!! Freakin' Windows 10 and all that app bullshit. It'll take a few day to get everything straight again on this one, so...

Here's a fun little post featuring the 'Teenager' Monster Movies from 1957-60. You'd think that there were actually more, but, there are only six monster movies with that moniker!

I goofed up the post by forgetting to include poster and photo from Roger Corman's 1958 production of TEENAGE CAVEMAN, but it's fixed now, read Jonny's comment catching the mistake.

We'll start with Herman Cohen's I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF from 1957, a terrific little movie starring a very young Michael Landon. Here he is at the doctor's office receiving therapy for his hot temper, the primal instinct that the doc is exploiting. Let's face it, that's some damn great looking makeup going on there!

Gary Conway stars in I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, released as a double feature with IWATW. What is a little weird is that Whit Bissell plays both doctors responsible for the monsters in both movies!! I love this shot of Whit driving Gary around, looking for a handsome teenage dude to steal their face... Notice the big eye is reversed on the poster!

Wild! Wanton! Weird! is what they say about TEENAGE MONSTER from 1958! This is one of those flicks that's basically a western, a meteorite lands near a farm house and the kid gets infected, making for a Lovecraft style Monster!.. Really?!.. Teenage?!!

 TEENAGE CAVEMAN from 1958 starred Robert Vaughn with Ed (THE BRAIN EATERS) Nelson and Beach (CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA)  Dickerson as fellow cavemen. Swear to God, those hairdos on Ed and Beach are freakin' hilarious as Hell! Hate this movie!

TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE hit the screens in 1959. David Love plays Derek, a misfit alien teenage invader with kindness in his heart. Gawd, this movie is so bad it's good, and, MST makes it a lot more watchable!

I hate to admit it, but, TEENAGE ZOMBIES from 1960 is my favorite Jerry Warren flick! There's just something about it, love the characters. Jerry's productions go even more downhill after this one! There you have it, tune in tomorrow when Eegah!! will have more from... The Dungeon!!

8 REASONS WHY "THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" (1960) IS THE BEST WESTERN MOVIE OF ALL TIME!

 Here's eight reasons why "The Magnificent Seven" is my favourite western movie of all time, just like "Forbidden Planet" will always be my favourite Sci-Fi flick no matter how many "Star Wars" and "Star Treks" there are! Everybody has an opinion, and you might think that "Brokeback Mountain" is the best cowboy movie ever, but for me, it's "The Magnificent Seven!!!!!!!"

 The first reason is because it's based on the classic tale as written and directed by Akira Kurosawa,
"Shichinin No Samurai," also known as.....

"The Seven Samurai!"

 

"These are the guys, the Seven Samurai," aka.....

"The Magnificent Seven," and even though they have flaws, this is truly a  magnificent group of guys on more than one level! This is Hollywood at it's finest! 

And, so, no more screwing around, here they are.....

 the other seven reasons!

 Yul (The King And I, The Ten Commandments, Westworld) Brynner as

Chris Larabee Adams!

 

 Steve (The Blob, Wanted: Dead Or Alive, The Great Escape) McQueen as

Vin Tanner!! 

Charles (House Of Wax, Man With A Camera, Death Wish) Bronson) as

Bernardo O'Reilly!!!

Robert (Teenage Cave Man, Man From U.N.C.L.E., Starship Invasions) Vaughn as

Lee!!!!

 James (The Twilight Zone, Our Man Flint, Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round) as

Britt!!!!!

 I just did a search, and I can't really believe it, but Netflix doesn't have even one film to offer that has James Coburn in it! That is truly appalling!!

 Brad (Asphalt Jungle, Between Heaven And Hell, 13 Fighting Men) Dexter as

HARRY LUCK!

Last but by far not least, is the cool German actor Horst (La Noia, The Catamount Killing, Fuga Dal Paradiso) Buchholz as

Chico!!!!!!!

A new version of "The Magnificent Seven" came out three days ago, and I just found out about it three minutes ago since I don't keep up with current affairs, but I just watched the trailer a few minutes ago on the IMDB, and I'm sure a whole lot of people are going to go apeshit for it, but all I can say is Good Luck! A group of talent like this only happens once in a lifetime!