Sean’s movie thoughts

Jeff Bridges is good as the alien visiting Earth in this 1984 classic. His character takes on human form and travels across the country with a woman (Karen Allen). The body looks exactly like her dead husband (which complicates things). It is good. Bridges’ character gets more comfortable as the movie goes on but always remains alien. There are other characters, some who think the alien is a threat but at least one who doesn’t. Bridges’ character has mysterious powers/orbs. John Carpenter directed this movie, it is a bit different than the rest of his filmography. He is best known for Halloween, Escape from New York, and the Fog. There was a follow up TV series. It is a good movie, Bridges and Allen were good together. It is worth seeeing if you haven’t seen it and rewatching if you have.

The original Halloween came out in 1978. It was directed by John Carpenter, who also composed the theme music. It stared Jamie Lee Curtis in her first major role. (John Carpenter liked the fact that her mother Janet Leigh stared in Pyscho.) The story is simple, a six year boy named Michael Meyers kills his older sister on Halloween night. He is locked up in an asylum but fifteen years later he breaks out and heads home to Haddonfeild, Illinois. He kills people and also visits his old home. The impact of Halloween is hard to overstate. Made on a low budget it was a massive hit. There have been several sequels and a remake (which got a sequel) and its success inspired the Friday the 13th series. It led to Jamie Lee Curtis making other horror films like Prom Night and Terror Train. It is interesting to rewatch this, I think it has been at least six years since I’ve watched it. I noticed how unhinged Dr. Loomis, played by Donald Pleasance, seems in this first film but that only is ap...