Halloween (1978) (aka Rottable Mood Lighting) with Brad Michael Elmore, Bob Reyer, Katie Schenkel, Alicia Whitley, Emmanuel Lipscomb, and Allie Mullin

Fear Level: Scary
Trigger Warnings: Jump scares, nudity, mild gore, stalking, cops, bad portrayals of therapy, violence against women

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In 1978 there was no such thing as the "slasher" genre. Psycho and Black Christmas were oddities in the thriller genre. Until one very tall man stole a tan station wagon and drove it Haddonfield to steal a featureless white mask from the general store, walk slowly with a butcher knife, and steal headstones. And thus was cinema changed forever.

• Director: John Carpenter
• Writers: John Carpenter and Debra Hill
• Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, and Tony Moran

Talking Points:

• All nurses should have capes
• Station wagons and bellbottoms
• Setting and place setting
• Annie - A flannel bi? Discuss.
• Bob and Linda - should they have a burger shop and three kids
• Spoopy house
• Let's play dog or skunk!
• Loomis diagnoses you with a case of medical evil
• Laurie - Haddonfield's only good babysitter
• Can you gaslight a child about a thing you've already tries to tell other people about?
• Hedges - Michael taught Homer how to do that thing.
• A FIGHT! Totemic evil or malicious madmen - which would you like to kill you?
• Should Halloween ever have had sequels?
• John Carpenter's called shot on The Thing.
• Incidental nipples
• A debate about the staining power of butter

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Brad Michael Elmore
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Bob Reyer
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Emmanuel Lipscomb
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Katie Schenkel
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