Can we talk about Halloween for a second? The film, not the holiday. Seeing this John Carpenter film was a major moment for me growing up.
Finished suburban basements (think Ice Storm) plus early cable TV and VCRs conspired with parental lack of understanding of same to find yours truly watching this genre classic when I was, oh, I think about 11 years old. Twice. In a dark basement. With my closest friend who was as tiny and petrified as me.
Um…yeah, kind of freaked me out. Actually, completely freaked me out. If Jamie Lee Curtis hadn’t managed to stir up “other feelings,” I would have been SOLELY and COMPLETELY and PERMANENTLY freaked out.
Thing is, despite its visceral visual execution, creepy, resonant storyline, and enough YIKES! moments to keep one jumping an inch or two off the sofa, what do I really remember?
That piano line (which Carpenter penned). Here it is. Enjoy.
Shiver.
Wishing you a Happy Halloween tomorrow…
I'm a huge fan of John Carpenter. In fact, I'm a huge of fan of Halloween III (which everyone else hates). But I use to have the Silver Shamrock song play on my answering machine every Halloween.
Thanks for the reminder on how amazing the music was. You don't get a lot of iconic music for horror anymore the way you have this or even the ch-ch-ch from Friday the 13th.