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"Don't you think we could refer to 'it' as 'him'?" Asks a new nurse en route to his first encounter with a patient named Michael Myers. His doctor since being brought in as a young child, Dr.Loomis replies simply, "If you say so." This moment defines Michael Myers, the boy with devil's eyes and an empty soul. Famous for hacking his sister to a gruesome death with a kitchen knife. The boy who grew up to the be the face of a franchise. With John Carpenter's classic Halloween, Michael became role model for the likes of Freddy, Jason, and Chucky. And eventually, under the direction of Rob Zombie, an inspiration for a new incarnation of Michael Myers himself.
"He's Gone Now. Gone For Good!"
Loomis proclaims after Myers escape from the asylum. But was he ever really 'there' at all? Or has he always been out of touch with humanity. In Carpenter's original film, Loomis reveals to us much about his experience with the troubled boy, but we never know him as a person. Myers is elemental. A pure force sent by the filmmaking gods to create chaos and fear. Lost in the indulgence of Rob Zombie's Halloween is the fact that Michael Myers is not a person. He is the bogeyman. A hurrcanic force of pure evil. You don't understand him. You fear him. And then you fucking run. (Don't fuck and then run, that never works out in these pictures) A common misconception is that no quality film can feature a shadow character as a primary pro/antagonist. Michael Myers, in Carpenter's film, is an exception to that theory. And he isn't the only one to have disproved it.
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"Michael Myers Begins"
That's what the name of Zombie's Myers' tale should be. He gives us the familiar story of Laurie Strode and the night he came home. Unlike the original, he gives a detailed backstory of the killer. While the information given is interesting it detracts from Michael's icon. I don't care what he was up to years ago. I don't want to know. The beauty of Carpenter's simplicity is that it allows the audience to draw their own conclusions, create their own nightmares, about Haddonfield, Illinois' most infamous son.The Horror! The Horror!
Next post, REELapse will discuss the merits of the Halloween films in terms of scares. Because, after all, horror movies should be horrifying. If they don't get your girlfriend to cuddle a little closer than someone didn't do their job. These films share a story, but garner scares in different ways. Zombie's serves up well built-up scares, providing the background necessary to appreciate the jump scenes. Carpenter gives you the tools to find the horror in his film.
As a horror fan, a film buff and a laid back sarcastic type person...this reaches me. Think you have a pretty clear target audience and I wish I could tell you what to change, but it works for me. All I can say is keep em coming.
ReplyDeleteI think your blog is fantastic. The template is great, I love that you use quotes and such for subheadings.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your "Halloween" theme, I thought about doing it for my blog, but the origin of Halloween is too contested for how much time I had to research.
However, as we discussed in class, your linkage isn't distracting for someone like me who just ignores in-text links (mostly because I only JUST figured out what they were for), but when I do click on them it takes me off your page and shows me a image of the Eiffel Tower? I thought that was funny but then had to go find the link to your page again. Considering this isn't my field of interest, I probably wouldn't come back to it if I weren't doing this for a class. Either way, I think you're setting a bar for the rest of us with content and thoughtfulness. Good job!
First, let me get something off my chest, how does Mr. Lavigne feel about you dating his daughter?
ReplyDeleteNext: I agree with both Danimal and WILT, I'm a fan. You've managed to create a real, predictable presence over the course of a very few weeks. Kudos.
BTW: let us know how you embedded the "beemp3" player.
What would a Schiff comment be, however, with another plea to narrow your color bandwidth. Perhaps you are contending with a stubborn visual template... At any rate, pinks and reds just don't go well together. Add golden caramel, and, well, the whole thing gets so busy and undercuts your cred.
Come on, Jeff. You know Avril's pops would love to see anyone come home not covered in a.tattoos, b. cocaine, c. disrespectful youthiness, d. all of the above. I'm no sk8r boy. I'm a Skater Man. That's what she needs!
ReplyDeleteThat said, I don't really care for her as a personality or singer.
I'll change it because my explanation is obscure, but the pink writing does in fact have a purpose. It represents the not-so-thinly veiled sexuality in horror film. In the ol' days, it was masked and subtextual see Stoker's Dracula) now it's blatant and obvious. Like the color pink. There you have it. And now the pink will do like all characters discussed on this blog and die.
"Famous for hacking his sister to a gruesome death with a kitchen knife."
ReplyDeleteFantastic statement. This is why I think your blog works so well, you're telling us the straight facts but you're doing so in the way you want, which is straightforward and not sugar coating the grimy details.
What do you think about posting some questions in your blog posts to interact with your readers? Get some feedback on their favorite portrayal of Mike Meyers or their favorite Halloween movie?
Your blog is doing really well so far! It's always a fun read to come to every week.