In this very special show, we are tying into our Carpentober conversations with a great chat about the movie that put John Carpenter on the map and became his biggest success, namely the 1978 Halloween. Over the course of our conversation, you will hear us talk about the enduring legacy of this movie, how it skillfully upsets the viewer in multiple ways and how its horrific ambiguity sets it apart from the era of slashers it helped to usher in the 80s. We also talk about Jamie Lee Curtis’s line readings, how this movie’s many imperfections give it its charm and how nobody in their right mind would leave their kids with babysitters on Halloween these days.

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