Halloween Movie Analysis
In modern life, Halloween occupies one of the central places, as it is a popular holiday when people wear costumes and have fun at the parties. Despite the fact that this holiday is dedicated to evil and its creatures, people have turned it into the joyful event. The director John Carpenter decided to alter the situation and shot the terrifying horror movie “Halloween”, which enjoyed a great popularity in the American viewers in 1978. Even today this slasher film is perceived as a masterpiece of horror art.
The plot of the movie shows the story of the young psycho (Michael Myers), who escapes from the Smith’s Gove in order to kill people in Haddonfield. While being a six-year-old boy, Michael killed his older sister with a kitchen knife and …show more content…
Glen and Krin Gabbard emphasize that John Carpenter is unique due to his ability to put the speeches about evil in the mouth of a psychiatrist (24). This movie includes a number of slow scenes when people look into the eyes of each other. When the psychiatrist looked into the eyes of Michael he saw the devil there, and in the words of terrified kid it was “a bogeyman”. The doctor was different from all the other individuals who treated the boy as usual. For him, Michael was not the ordinary crazy individual, but the manifestation of evil forces, and the proof for it was the fact that even bullets did not harm him. The theme of unnatural forces is closely connected to the theme of Halloween. The director has portrayed human attitude towards the evil which they exhibit on Halloween. This holiday is the manifestation of human worship to the Devil. Halloween is not a Christian holiday, and it presupposes wearing monstrous costumes and having fun. The director of the movie has shown his inner critique of this Pagan feast. In the Old Testament, it is stated that the punishment for being a witch is death (Exodus 22:18). It is what most of the movie’s characters got. Carpenter showed what might happen when an individual turns to monster not only with the help of outer features (like a costume) but also when his soul becomes evil. It should be stated that Michael’s desire to kill people occurred on Halloween …show more content…
Its director managed to apply the low budget and brilliant cast and create one of the best works of American cinematography. The most essential thing in this film is not its terrifying effect but the thought which it provokes. It does not resemble thousands of other horror movies because of its ability to render the particular idea to the viewer. Despite the fact that John Carpenter portrays the deeds of the psycho, they still have the hidden truth. With the help of this movie, the director has manifested his viewpoint on life, its laws, and possible aftermath. This movie was his inner response towards the sexual revolution and debauchery, which dominated over human moral dignity and ethics in the 1980s. The director showed that human actions have consequences and that people have to take this fact into account. People’s life is in their hands, and each individual is responsible for the aftermath of his or her
The plot of the movie shows the story of the young psycho (Michael Myers), who escapes from the Smith’s Gove in order to kill people in Haddonfield. While being a six-year-old boy, Michael killed his older sister with a kitchen knife and …show more content…
Glen and Krin Gabbard emphasize that John Carpenter is unique due to his ability to put the speeches about evil in the mouth of a psychiatrist (24). This movie includes a number of slow scenes when people look into the eyes of each other. When the psychiatrist looked into the eyes of Michael he saw the devil there, and in the words of terrified kid it was “a bogeyman”. The doctor was different from all the other individuals who treated the boy as usual. For him, Michael was not the ordinary crazy individual, but the manifestation of evil forces, and the proof for it was the fact that even bullets did not harm him. The theme of unnatural forces is closely connected to the theme of Halloween. The director has portrayed human attitude towards the evil which they exhibit on Halloween. This holiday is the manifestation of human worship to the Devil. Halloween is not a Christian holiday, and it presupposes wearing monstrous costumes and having fun. The director of the movie has shown his inner critique of this Pagan feast. In the Old Testament, it is stated that the punishment for being a witch is death (Exodus 22:18). It is what most of the movie’s characters got. Carpenter showed what might happen when an individual turns to monster not only with the help of outer features (like a costume) but also when his soul becomes evil. It should be stated that Michael’s desire to kill people occurred on Halloween …show more content…
Its director managed to apply the low budget and brilliant cast and create one of the best works of American cinematography. The most essential thing in this film is not its terrifying effect but the thought which it provokes. It does not resemble thousands of other horror movies because of its ability to render the particular idea to the viewer. Despite the fact that John Carpenter portrays the deeds of the psycho, they still have the hidden truth. With the help of this movie, the director has manifested his viewpoint on life, its laws, and possible aftermath. This movie was his inner response towards the sexual revolution and debauchery, which dominated over human moral dignity and ethics in the 1980s. The director showed that human actions have consequences and that people have to take this fact into account. People’s life is in their hands, and each individual is responsible for the aftermath of his or her