Okay, so originally, I was going to review The Leprechaun instead, but the reason why it changed was because I was able to watch Dia das bruxas in a movie theatre, where it showed the original film in high quality. I know I already reviewed Halloween, but that was years ago. Also, be honest with yourself, do you really want to see a review of the fucking Leprechaun, movie? The most interesting thing about it is that Leprechaun 2 has the most in-depth Wikipedia plot I have ever seen for a movie and it’s for Leprechaun 2. So yeah, let’s talk about 1978’s Halloween
In Illinois, 1963, a young boy por the name of Michael Myers kills his sister and is put into a psychiatric ward. Fast progressivo, para a frente to 1978, and Michael has escaped from his asylum and is prowling the streets of Haddonfield, Illinois, stalking the young teens, one in particular being Laurie Strode, played por Jamie Lee Curtis in her first role of the popular franchise. Now Dr. Loomis, Michael’s psychiatrist, must find him before he starts his killing spree. Nowadays, a film about a mentally unstable slasher is pretty common, but in 1978, where such a thing was never like this before. Mix that with the incredible camera work and the subtle use of seeing Michael Myers in the background also helped to give the movie a very uncanny feeling.
If Scream was the film that brought the slasher films into the mainstream in the modern age, then Dia das bruxas was the grandfather that set the rules and brought about the famous tropes that we know about the slasher genre today. And yet, despite it all, there is very little gore in this movie. Half of the characters are killed off por means that don’t draw blood. You may see a stream of blood coming from wound, but no dismemberment, no decapitations, none of that. Sure, compared to other slasher genres with a bigger budget, this may seem lame in comparison, but the movie makes up for it for it’s build up. Each moment, when the famous música of the film plays, your just looking around the screen, wondering where Michael Myers is looming about, be it from in a station wagon or be it from behind clothes hanging to dry. And that lovely score is always there to remind you of that. But it’s best you mostly focus on that. If you try to listen to character conversations in the background while it is showing Michael on the move, it will sound like they are stalling just for white noise.
Being a John Carpenter film, a man who I think is an amazing member of the horror film industry, you can see some of his touches in the film. The characters in the movie even watch The Thing from Another World, which is a film that John Carpenter has remade with his 1982 classic, The Thing. But let’s talk about Michael himself, this filmes Freddy or Jason. Seen as one of the greatest of slasher movie villains, Michael is dead silent, wears a mask to hide his identity, and is pretty indestructible. He can survive getting stabbed and shot six times and falling off a segundo story balcony and still survive. Eventually, the sequel, Dia das bruxas 2, killed him off, and started with Dia das bruxas 3: Season of the Witch, in order to start a new series, as it was planned to be a series of different horror stories. But the public demanded mais Michael and here we are now, a ton of shit movies, two bad remakes, and a new sequel that redcons everything but the first movie, which I guess is something good, but not much.
Dia das bruxas is a real classic in the slasher genre. It may not have the violence for gore hounds, but the suspense, the build up, and the pay off are all so well timed that it makes this one of the best filmes out there. I’m sure if you want, you can catch it on TV around October. They play it all the time. It’s like A natal Story but for October. They always play it. Give the movie a try. It’s worth it
In Illinois, 1963, a young boy por the name of Michael Myers kills his sister and is put into a psychiatric ward. Fast progressivo, para a frente to 1978, and Michael has escaped from his asylum and is prowling the streets of Haddonfield, Illinois, stalking the young teens, one in particular being Laurie Strode, played por Jamie Lee Curtis in her first role of the popular franchise. Now Dr. Loomis, Michael’s psychiatrist, must find him before he starts his killing spree. Nowadays, a film about a mentally unstable slasher is pretty common, but in 1978, where such a thing was never like this before. Mix that with the incredible camera work and the subtle use of seeing Michael Myers in the background also helped to give the movie a very uncanny feeling.
If Scream was the film that brought the slasher films into the mainstream in the modern age, then Dia das bruxas was the grandfather that set the rules and brought about the famous tropes that we know about the slasher genre today. And yet, despite it all, there is very little gore in this movie. Half of the characters are killed off por means that don’t draw blood. You may see a stream of blood coming from wound, but no dismemberment, no decapitations, none of that. Sure, compared to other slasher genres with a bigger budget, this may seem lame in comparison, but the movie makes up for it for it’s build up. Each moment, when the famous música of the film plays, your just looking around the screen, wondering where Michael Myers is looming about, be it from in a station wagon or be it from behind clothes hanging to dry. And that lovely score is always there to remind you of that. But it’s best you mostly focus on that. If you try to listen to character conversations in the background while it is showing Michael on the move, it will sound like they are stalling just for white noise.
Being a John Carpenter film, a man who I think is an amazing member of the horror film industry, you can see some of his touches in the film. The characters in the movie even watch The Thing from Another World, which is a film that John Carpenter has remade with his 1982 classic, The Thing. But let’s talk about Michael himself, this filmes Freddy or Jason. Seen as one of the greatest of slasher movie villains, Michael is dead silent, wears a mask to hide his identity, and is pretty indestructible. He can survive getting stabbed and shot six times and falling off a segundo story balcony and still survive. Eventually, the sequel, Dia das bruxas 2, killed him off, and started with Dia das bruxas 3: Season of the Witch, in order to start a new series, as it was planned to be a series of different horror stories. But the public demanded mais Michael and here we are now, a ton of shit movies, two bad remakes, and a new sequel that redcons everything but the first movie, which I guess is something good, but not much.
Dia das bruxas is a real classic in the slasher genre. It may not have the violence for gore hounds, but the suspense, the build up, and the pay off are all so well timed that it makes this one of the best filmes out there. I’m sure if you want, you can catch it on TV around October. They play it all the time. It’s like A natal Story but for October. They always play it. Give the movie a try. It’s worth it