Back in 1978 John Carpenter made his third feature film, Halloween for only $300,000. It went on to be a massive box office hit and spanned a franchise that has released 13 films. The film came out 45 years ago on October 17th, 1978 so we celebrate the enduring legacy of the film. Joining is our resident Halloween super-fan Brodie Cotnam.
Check out this handy guide to understand how the Halloween franchise works.
Listen to Scaretroducing’s podcasts on Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.
Check out this Criterion Shelf article on That Shelf featuring a contribution by Dakota on Dark Star, John Carpenter’s first film.
Read Paulo Bautista’s reviews from the New York Film Festival, including The Boy and the Heron, The Zone of Interest and more!
Read Dakota’s Best of the Vancouver International Film Festival blog post.
Read Brodie’s review of Joan Baez I Am Noise.
Watch Brodie’s short film The Gift that he wrote and follow him on Twitter.
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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for the original theme songs, Jimere for the interlude music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.
