John Carpenter scored major points by nailing the
essence of middle American terror. Halloween's Michael
Myers struck fear in the hearts of moviegoers with an embodied
Evil that made short work of suburban serenity. Responsible for
jump-starting Jamie Lee Curtis’s career, this one so thoroughly
and thoughtfully exploited American angst that it’s no wonder
we had to sit through a slew of derivative slasher flicks for
the better part of the next decade. Try to see it on
Criterion’s laserdisc, where the essential Panavision frame is
intact, and you can look at this again with a fresh eye.
Director of Photography Dean Cundey helped define the
widescreen Carpenter style through the 1980s, but is better
known for the miraculous cinematography of Who Framed Roger
Rabbit (1988), Jurassic Park (1993), and Apollo 13 (1995).
Nightmares of Depravity: Unlucky 13 Horror Films
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