THE SHINING Trailer

     I'm so jealous of the audiences that were sitting in a dark theater in 1980 and saw this trailer. Not knowing it was coming, not knowing what it was all about- only knowing that it was disturbing. I'm fairly certain I would be obsessed with seeing this movie after experiencing this clip on the big screen.

HALLOWEEN- BEHIND THE SCENES

     John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is one of my all-time favorite films- it's not even a movie to me, since I first saw it way back when, it's always been presented to me as myth, legend, if you guys know what I mean. A tale to be passed down, told to huddled children to frighten them to death if you will. Very much like FRIDAY THE 13TH was, while we're yapping about it. It was always hard for me to imagine a man directing actors playing residents of Haddonfield, IL being stalked by a creepy killer, and it's even more surreal today seeing all these amazing behind-the-scenes pics you have before you, thanks to that nifty ole' internetz. I don't know about you kids but I've never seen 90% of these photos before and it's rocking my face off.

Whatever Happened to the Strodes?

     So while watching HALLOWEEN 2 recently on blu-ray ('tis the season...), something struck me as rather odd that I'd never thought of before.  When Laurie is taken to Haddonfield Memorial, she is asked about her parents by Mrs. Elrod. It's mentioned that her parents were at the same party as Dr. Mixter, but we never hear about them again. I find this all rather strange.

     Surely one would think that even after leaving a party, they would hear the news about the horrific attacks by Michael Myers- Haddonfield is a small town so you would think they would know their daughter is hospitalized after being attacked by a knife-wielding madman. Right?

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