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Halloween: John Carpenter
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Carpenter himself dismisses the notion that Halloween is a morality play, regarding it as merely a horror movie. According to Carpenter, critics "completely missed the point there." He explains, "The one girl who is the most sexually uptight just keeps stabbing this guy with a long knife. She's the most sexually frustrated. She's the one that's killed him. Not because she's a virgin but because all that sexually repressed energy starts coming out.
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Blazing Saddles, Fargo, Groundhog Day, Halloween, Notorious, Rocky and sex, lies and videotape are among the 25 films selected this year for inclusion in the National Film Registry, Variety reports. This update to the catalog of "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" films to be preserved in perpetuity ... includes the silent fare Flesh and the Devil (the first on-screen pairing of John Gilbert and Greta Garbo) and Tess of the Storm Country (the 1914 feature that made Mary Pickford a star).Before you start grumbling, Liar, Liar, made in 1997, was not yet eligible. read more
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Those who want the thrill of encountering a ghost this Halloween without the real-life terror can ... visit http://www.1408themoviedvd.com/. Blockbuster has created a free game titled "Room & Doom" that pits players against the notoriously evil Room 1408 from the Stephen King film starring John Cusack and Samuel Jackson. The game is available through Oct. 31. Through Oct. 14, players ages 18 years or older also have the option of entering a "Room & Doom" sweepstakes for a grand prize trip to New York City. No purchase, participation in the game or BLOCKBUSTER membership is required to enter the sweepstakes. Visit http://www.1408themoviedvd.com/ for complete sweepstakes rules.
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The cast of Halloween included a motley crew of veteran actors such as Donald Pleasence and then-unknown actress Jamie Lee Curtis. The low budget limited the number of big names that Carpenter could attract, and most of the actors received very little compensation for their roles. Pleasence was paid the highest amount at $20,000, Curtis received $8,000, and Nick Castle earned only $25 a day.[4]
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There was a fair amount that director John Carpenter didn't show in the original "Halloween" back in 1978. Like blood. Or much of the back story of super-slasher Michael Myers. The creative raison d'etre behind Rob Zombie's new remake - the franchise's ninth installment - seemingly was to dish up heaping helpings of both. If only he hadn't killed virtually all of the suspense in the process.
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