Podcast # 303 - "Halloween"

Rico · October 31, 2010, 11:11:46 AM

New podcast is up covering 1978's "Halloween" and other scary goodies. This was a real fun one to do. Hope you all enjoy it!

http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_303_Halloween.mp3

Meds · October 31, 2010, 12:27:28 PM

Awesome, love thois film. There was a great programme on here called History of Horror with Mark Gatiss and he went to where they filmed this film, it looks exactly the same, including the hedge where Michael stands out from.

Cheers Rico :D

Bryancd · October 31, 2010, 12:29:16 PM

They just had a kind of making of Halloween on Biography channel the other day and I caught part of it. There were 3 movies which scared the crap out of me in the 70's: Halloween, Jaws, and ALIEN.

Feathers · October 31, 2010, 02:04:07 PM

Of those three, Halloween is the one I haven't seen. I guess partly because Halloween itself just wasn't that big a thing over here and partly because that was just the sort of thing we didn't watch.

Rico · November 01, 2010, 06:11:11 PM

I hope this podcast gets you to watch this classic film Mike. Well worth checking it out.

Bryancd · November 01, 2010, 06:31:21 PM

Wait, one more, The Thing, although that may have been very early '80's. That movie was terrifying!

Feathers · November 02, 2010, 02:54:39 AM

Quote from: Rico on November 01, 2010, 06:11:11 PM
I hope this podcast gets you to watch this classic film Mike. Well worth checking it out.

It may well although Horror isn't really my genre. I know my wife wouldn't touch it!

Sadly, I think it was on over the weekend so I could have recorded it then and watched it tonight (when Jane's out!) but I didn't so I can't.

Rico · November 02, 2010, 05:08:30 AM

Like I said on the podcast, horror isn't really my genre either. But this film is still worth watching for fans of movies in general. There are techniques used here that set the stage for many films to come - even non-horror films. But of course, it's up to everyone if they want to watch it or not.

P.S. I don't think I emphasized this much on the podcast, but this film is NOT for kids by any means (rated R). There is of course the violence, but there are sexual situations and brief nudity parts too. Just wanted to point that out.

M-5 · November 02, 2010, 07:38:24 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on October 31, 2010, 12:29:16 PM
They just had a kind of making of Halloween on Biography channel the other day and I caught part of it. There were 3 movies which scared the crap out of me in the 70's: Halloween, Jaws, and ALIEN.

Agreed. :)

Meds · November 03, 2010, 08:53:48 AM

Awesome podcast Rico, great tune from Rick and brilliant music chat from Vartok ( the only time so far I have got one of his questions right lol)

Rico · November 03, 2010, 09:05:25 AM

Glad you enjoyed it. Was a fun show to do for Halloween.

billybob476 · November 03, 2010, 09:24:31 AM

Quote from: Rico on November 02, 2010, 05:08:30 AM
Like I said on the podcast, horror isn't really my genre either. But this film is still worth watching for fans of movies in general. There are techniques used here that set the stage for many films to come - even non-horror films. But of course, it's up to everyone if they want to watch it or not.

P.S. I don't think I emphasized this much on the podcast, but this film is NOT for kids by any means (rated R). There is of course the violence, but there are sexual situations and brief nudity parts too. Just wanted to point that out.

Well it isn't really a slasher movie if there aren't any boobs :D

Great podcast Rico, horror isn't my genre at all but I keep meaning to watch the "seminal" horror/slasher films.