‘Halloween’ 1978 Review – AMC Fearfest

Plot: A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: John Carpenter (screenplay), Debra Hill (screenplay)

Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tony Moran | See full cast and crew

Alright, so who hasn’t heard of Michael Myers before? Well, I know people who don’t know his name, but they know what he looks like. And the Halloween theme song! Who hasn’t heard that? It sends chills down each and every person’s spine. This is a classic movie and always will be.

Story: But let’s be honest, it was not as good as it was hyped up to be. To me, it just wasn’t as great as it should’ve been for me. Before watching this I heard that ‘Michael Myers goes around in a mask stalking babysitters’. After the first half of the movie, I started to think, ‘Wow. That is all he does’. I then watched Halloween 2 the next day, and now I know why he stalks her… Even so, it’s a nice story. The scares are pretty good. Nothing really jump scare, just a lot of suspense and creepiness. But suspense and creepiness is what really makes this movie great. So that’s all that really matters.

Visuals: For a b-movie, this is great. I loved it. Cinematography, lighting, editing, etc. Everything about this film was great and made it that much more better.

Music: Composed by John Carpenter, this is extremely great and legendary. Not only is this the theme to the ‘Halloween’ movie and the theme for Michael Myers, but one could even argue that this is the theme for Halloween, the holiday. When is it that we have a great director and great composer at the same time?

Cast & Characters: First of all, probably the best thing about this movie besides the music and Michael Myers was Dr. Loomis. He was just so slick and bald and just cool all around. Jamie Lee Curtis was also great taking the crown for scream queen from her mother, Janet Leigh Curtis, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’.

Verdict: Probably the best slasher film you’ll ever see from the 80s and 90s batch of horror films, John Carpenter shows people how it’s truly done.

‘Hawaii Five-0’ Season 3 Premiere Review – 3.01

I would say this was a bit disappointing. But it didn’t disappoint because I expected it. So in a way, it did live up to my anticipations. My not so good anticipations that is.

Anyways, McGarrett’s mother seemed cool. We’re all happy he finally gets his mother back the BAM! Just like Joe she’s somewhat of a badguy. Soon we’ll find out that his father is alive or something too. So yeah, we started the new season off right from where we ended it. Kono is pushed into the water and begins to drown then suddenly, random asian man appears in the water to save her out of nowhere. It turns out the random asian man is the son of the man Joe kidnapped. Well, where the heck did he come from and how did he know anything about her?

About 30 minutes later in the episode, we find out Chin called him to save Kono after he chose to go and save his wife at home. Then at the end of the episode, Kono and the random asian man have suddenly hooked up or something and are now dating which was totally random.

Lets not forget Danny’s situation. Other then just sitting around and watching while his co-workers are being attacked from their own personal enemies while he has none since he’s a boring loser, he finally makes an enemy out of his ex-wife. She wants to take their daughter Grace to Las Vegas with her and her new husband. Why would she dare do this? Danny helped her give birth to the child that wasn’t even his and saved their daughter along with her new husband and this is how she repays him? He should just shoot her.

Breaking News: Hawaii Five-0 is now a Sci-Fi TV show. Steve brings his mother back to the US and assures her Wo Fat is going to a maximum prison to find out that Wo Fat was kidnapped in the most unnecessary way possible. Stealing the transport van with a helicopter to drop it in the ocean then cut the doors off when they could’ve just simply ambushed the transport or at least dropped the car on land somewhere. Could’ve been done way more efficiently. This was just a failed attempt at being awesome.

So Steve puts his mom with his girlfriend from the military, who is now a main cast member. She’s cool, so I’m happy about that. Wo Fat comes to the house and she stupidly goes outside. Wo Fat escapes after two or three shots are heard from upstairs.

This is really stupid here. Steve’s girlfriend asks “What happened?” to which she replies “He got away”. Why did they have to examine the bullet to find out that she had to of let him go? It’s pretty easy to see that something’s not right there. Two shots fired and no blood or anything and Wo Fat is gone AGAIN? She was doing this since before Steve’s girlfriend was born and she couldn’t think of a better way to cover it up? COME ON NOW.

After Chin’s wife dies he goes back home and looks in the oven. THE CHICKEN IS THERE. IT IS COOKED. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS… CAN HE STILL EAT IT? NOOOOOOOOO. She left it out too long and forgot to put it away!!!! DAMN. So Chin begins weeping on the floor.

So this was kinda lame. Lets hope it gets better or something as the season goes on. CBS has a problem with hiring stupid writers for their shows. They need to fix that.

See the promo to Episode 2 below.

‘Hawaii Five-0’ Season 3 Preview & Behind The Scenes

CBS is back with it’s fall premieres. Within five seconds of this TV spot, we see who Shellburn is and what she looks like. We’ve been waiting 3 whole seasons and it is revealed to us in a TV spot. Ok, ok, the TV spot would’ve sucked if they didn’t show her, I get it.

As a warning, this teaser shows major spoilers that some might not want to hear about. So if you don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading, and leave now.

Well, Wo Fat is back and he’s teamed up with Delano. An awesome twist, cause the Wo Fat Vs. McGarrett fights are always awesome. Delano says to him, “I know where to find the person who killed your father”. Shellburn killed Wo Fat’s father which has been said many times in previous episodes. So McGarrett’s mother killed Wo Fat’s dad! An amazing twist.

Also, if you pause at 0:24, when McGarret says he wants roadblocks and stuff to protect his mother after flying himself and her back to the U.S., Kono is right behind him… meaning she was saved after being dumped into the water. Obviously, she would be saved since she’s in the main cast, but I’m just pointing that out.

At 0:43 we see McGarrett’s mother with a brunnette woman. A new team member perhaps? Ooooo, yeah.

The beginning of the season will be interesting. Will McGarrett’s mom make it? Will Kono be saved? You don’t want to miss it!

Also, watch the behind the scenes preview of Season 3 below.

‘Hawaii Five-0’ Season 3 premieres September 24 on CBS.