WLM - Halloween (1978)
Added 2022-10-06 04:01:00 +0000 UTCOn this month's spooktacular WLM, the guys are chatting about one of their all-time faves, John Carpenter's OG Halloween! How drunkenly annoying is Loomis to anyone and everyone he encounters in the film? How much butter did Annie spill on her shirt to necessitate doing laundry? And how many of these Haddonfield parents are out getting shitfaced at Halloween parties? PLUS: Michael becomes gleefully chatty whenever he's noshing on dog!
Halloween stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, John Michael Graham, Nancy Stephens, Arthur Malet, and Nick Castle as The Shape; directed by John Carpenter.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
From what I'm reading, the same mould was used to make a commercially sold Kirk mask which then became the first Myers mask. It's not literally the mask from The Devil's Rain.
Sara Syd
2025-01-13 10:58:18 +0000 UTCThe mask they used actually WAS the eyeless Shatner one used in 'The Devil's Rain
Finbarr Heather
2024-06-13 02:19:02 +0000 UTCEric is the only person in the world who agrees with me on murder houses
Noura Sarayel
2024-05-26 12:53:31 +0000 UTCLoose loomis here, that was excellent howard!
Manny
2022-10-18 20:24:36 +0000 UTCI had to do patreon again for more of that magnificent Loomis voice. Yes we all know it's the trickster but that just makes it even funnier.
Kori Celeste
2022-10-15 05:44:31 +0000 UTCThis movie is a masterpiece. For me personally, I usually give the title of “greatest slasher” to the original Friday the 13th (1980) but revisiting Halloween always makes me think twice. Who knows maybe Psycho is the greatest slasher. I love this pod so much!
Beatrix
2022-10-14 11:50:00 +0000 UTCOk a good excuse to go back and relisten :)
Jamie
2022-10-11 01:08:12 +0000 UTCPretty sure they referenced that lol. Didn’t Steve call it the best line of the film?
Verianas
2022-10-11 00:47:32 +0000 UTCLove love love this 🔥
Jessica
2022-10-09 11:44:18 +0000 UTCDoes anyone else think that WLM is actually harder for the guys to do and pull off? You want to actually talk about the qualities of the movie without diving into the weeds of technical stuff too much while also find a way to laugh at the movie without diminishing the positive slant to the discussion. I still think the perfect version of this was A New Hope from a few years ago. Loved this.
Alexander Farr
2022-10-09 05:07:48 +0000 UTCWas “Lonnie get your ass away…” really not brought up?!?
Jamie
2022-10-08 18:47:54 +0000 UTCI'm in the same camp Zora. I respect the hell out of Carpenter and The Thing is one of the greatest movies ever imo, but this movie always fell flat with me.
Nicholas Knecht
2022-10-08 16:18:13 +0000 UTCThis is an all timer. Michael chewing dog singing to himself super cut asap
Beer City Media
2022-10-07 18:25:38 +0000 UTCWhere I live we have always called it Cabbage Night.
Melissa Benjamin
2022-10-07 15:10:52 +0000 UTCPretty sure that's what Carpenter was going for
Tim O'Connor
2022-10-07 03:27:22 +0000 UTCThis movie has an added joy factor for me because Carpenter uses the names of places in my home county where he went to school for this town.
Daniel Hood
2022-10-07 01:51:00 +0000 UTCHard pass on the fat guy tongue and lip smacking asmr for 10 min for me here. Rest of the episode was great
Smaug
2022-10-06 22:36:46 +0000 UTCDid anyone else call mischief night goosie night? I moved to a town in north NJ and they called it goosie night there, is that a hyper local thing?
Harry Squier
2022-10-06 22:29:37 +0000 UTCLoomis is to Michael Myers what Yoko Ono is to Mark David Chapman
Happy Birthtime!
2022-10-06 21:46:17 +0000 UTC"We hired a guy that looks like Richard Dreyfuss" lol.
James
2022-10-06 18:56:40 +0000 UTCI had a cousin who swallowed a nail on purpose once as like an act of defiance to his parents. Yes, he was and still is an idiot.
Kyle Patterson
2022-10-06 13:00:17 +0000 UTCH Kills got better for me one I saw the angry mob as just a out of control Loomis, except they don't think clearly, rage blinds them more than it even did to Loomis. Thanks for the episode guys!!
Zane Magers
2022-10-06 09:31:37 +0000 UTCI think Michael sitting alone and eating dog while having a pretty engrossing conversation with himself is my new favorite WHM character. Strong second to Cat-Hotdog enthusiast Louie Anderson.
Super-Roboto
2022-10-06 08:33:42 +0000 UTCThis movie has never really grabbed me; I've only seen it once or twice. About to have a tall glass of water and give it another go with WHM as a nightcap, woo!! Can't wait for the new commentary!
Zora McBride
2022-10-06 07:15:08 +0000 UTCI cannot fucking wait to listen to this ! Spooktacular rules 🤘
Watch_N_Rewatch
2022-10-06 04:06:29 +0000 UTC
