Donald asked John how he wanted him to play it,whether,he wanted him to look surprised that he'd got up and walked away and wasn't there,or,that he kind of knew that he wouldn't be there and although shocked,sensed he wouldn't be there. John told Donald to do it both ways and he'd choose,then he says to us the audience,watching the interview,"can you guess which one that I went with" Skorpiontamer,you probably,most likely have seen the interview,I just wondered your full opinion.I know you say "His face is all you need to know" but I think it's a clever bit of acting,which kind of shows both,it's kind of difficult to read but easy too,kind of,SHOCKED,but at the same time,"I knew it,you know,I knew it!!!! do you get my drift,sorry if I'm being a little confusing.... Also for years alot of folk thought she, Laurie,said "What's the boogie man" when she said "It was the boogie man".Me being one of them 🤣 perhaps she could have said it clearer,but it would take away,that great mystique that is the classic HALLOWEEN....
@@paulanthony5274 she cleary said "WAs the Boogey man" as if she knew who or what attacked her. I don´t know why Loomis said "as a matter of fact it was..." because Laurie wasn´t asking a question.
This ending was legendary. Loomis' nonchalant reaction to Michael not being there. Laurie's cries as she realizes that Michael is still alive. Michael's breathing as they show us the different locations that were used in the movie thus indicating that Michael could be anywhere. This movie is timeless.
I remember years ago I fell asleep with the tv on while watching this movie (just a cat nap). I was barely waking up, my eyes hadn’t even fluttered open yet, when suddenly this theme starts playing, and Michael’s breathing is getting louder and louder... I felt as though he was in the room with me. I haven’t been able to replicate that terror since.
I watched this movie when I was younger maybe 3, I had a TV in the room and the scene I saw that instantly incapsulated me was when Michael is wearing the bed sheet over himself, I was so scared but completely memorized, I watched the whole thing through and the ending gave me nightmares
That breathing at the end makes it feel like Michael Myers is everywhere. This movie is damn near perfect and one of the greatest horror movies ever made.
Yeah there was never supposed to b a sequel from what I understand. J carpenter says the ending is to show evil never truly dies. When I watched it I thought it was like, (the shape): "I can b anywhere and nowhere at the same time..." oof
@@mexsaiyanvegeta1882 that's correct. The original plan was for Halloween to be its own anthology horror series with each film being a self contained story. Due to popularity, a sequel was made instead and the ending was to kill Myers off permanently. So Carpenter was able to do this with Halloween 3 and while it is a great horror movie, it wasn't what fans expected or wanted and was a commercial and critical flop. And that's why every Halloween movie since has been about Michael Myers. But yeah, because this was designed as it's own self contained story it makes for one of the best horror films ever made.
@@skar8009 Halloween 1 has three different timelines after the first movie ended. Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20 and Halloween 2018/Halloween Kills. Most fans consider Halloween II to be the real ending, and everything after just the movie producers wanting to milk Michael Myers for all that he's worth.
@Dante Carroll yup, hence why she started crying only after she realized he was gone. She had thought her nightmare over, only to realized it had just begun.
@@Vanic00 you do understand that Laurie had no idea that the guy wasn't dead and was gone...right? When Dr Loomis went outside the balcony, Lori was still inside a shock crying about the deceased people and everything that happened to her. She had absolutely no idea that he was gone. You're an idiot
@@samanthamcbride8285 shit, watch the clip and wrap your brain around it. She was looking right at Loomis, when he was checking to see. The fact that he showed no relief upon looking, quite the contrary, he looked even more concerned, was all the confirmation she needed to realize this horror wasn't over. Due to the limits of filming, this tooking slightly more time to convey. But in the reality of the movie, she could tell instantly what Loomis' reaction meant. Find something else to do with your time/life instead of throwing insults, ya twat
@@Vanic00 doesn't matter if she was looking at Loomis because Loomis never told her anything and there is no way she could have looked down the balcony in the position that she was all the way in the hall next to the bedroom. Glasses will do you a world of good, dipshit. Come back when you actually have facts to debate with...
Donald Pleasence was born for his role as Dr. Loomis. My God what an exceptional actor. His facial expressions when he looks over the balcony and sees Michael is gone are flawless. He makes the movie.
The last few seconds of the ending will send chills down your spine! The iconic theme song mixed with Michael breathing threw the mask while the camera is showing different places he may be. Chilling!
Yup!.. He could hiding in the dark on the right side at 2:30. He Could In one of those rooms at 2:32. He could be in that closet at 2:35. He Could be Outside at 2:41. He could be in one of those rooms at 2:23. Very spooky.
The second movie was good. But that one was more of a heavy slasher film than a suspense one like this movie. The rest can just be forgotten about. And I may be in the minority, but H20 wasn’t that good to me. Didn’t like the scream influence to it tbh. Scream is a fantastic movie, but the influences on other movies, just felt like copy cats.
@TayGi777 Yeah I know the sentence was a kind of callback to earlier in the movie, but if it was SO obvious people here wouldn't be hearing different things.
This still to this day is one of the most bone chilling endings to any movie ever it’s still creepy as hell and leaves you with that sense of ambiguity. I remember when I first saw it in the end happened how spooked I felt as a kid.
This was literally the perfect ending, they describe Michael as a boogeyman so him getting away again and him being literally anywhere makes the most sense. We did not need any sequels after this
When you hear 👂 Michael’s breathing at the end of film, still one of the scariest moments in Halloween 🎃 a horror classic that never goes out of style.
Christopher lee and peter Cushing were originally asked but turned it down because the money was to low. Lee later told Carpenter he regretted turning it down. Also the budget was originally three hundred thousand dollars but needed a loomis so they asked for another twenty to get an actor for the character so it became three hundred and twenty thousand. This movie was the perfect storm for horror film making.
I may be over thinking it, but I noticed the music(The Shape Stalks, I think) stops when Loomis aims and fires his first shot to make you think you don't have to be afraid of Michael anymore and that Loomis has control of the situation. Music jumps back in when you realize you still have to be afraid of Michael and Loomis truly doesn't have control of the situation.
Also this is something small but I love that the very last shot you see is the Myers house. Here it practically represents Michael Myers and the impending suffering for Haddonfield.
0:59 I love that Loomis never called out to him, never gave him a warning, never tried to reason with him, (like he does in later movies) he just straight up shoots the motherfucker (6 TIMES!!!) in the hopes that it kills him but Loomis nows just as Tommy did... You Can't Kill The Boogeyman!
Michael's theme song (original-wise) is and will always be the best theme song to a slasher and one of the best horror theme songs ever. It has a sense of dread that something eerie and creepy is about to happen.
This is without a doubt the best horror movie ending of all time! If you watch this late at night on Halloween, look out your window as you hear Michael Myers breathing. You’ll swear he’s out there… somewhere.
I think it’s great seeing that Michael can just get up easily after 6 gunshots, multiple stabs to the chest and a stab to the eye. I think that’s just insane
Bruh his breathing is EPIC!! I've been practicing it ever since. No lie, every time I see someone I don't like, I start breathing like him loooooooool.
Those haunting images of the household after Michael has escaped as the music plays gives such an ominous shiver down my spine. Especially the shot looking up the stairs as if we expect Michael to slowly creep up.
Best horror film ever made. Incredible tension. John Carpenter was a true auteur. To direct a film like this and compose the iconic soundtrack is amazing. Assault On Precinct 13 was great too.
Greatest finish to a horror film since Psycho The whole movie you watch from the predator’s POV ( Michael ) then at the end you watching from the Prey’s POV ( Laurie ) He gets so close multiple Times and you’re on the edge of your seat. Then at the end they see his body is missing & the music hits ! All of those shots around the house signal that he is still alive, he can’t die & it’s no telling where Michael is ... just the music and him breathing GENIUS
The ending that started it all. Jason, Freddy, Chucky, etc would not have started unless this movie did it and it paid off! I love slasher films but this slasher is the greatest. Michael Myers is king of this genre of horror! Halloween one of the greatest horror films of all time! Also the slasher himself is one of the greatest if not the greatest killer in film. He is the embodiment of evil and carnage. He is the BOOGEYMAN!
@@haripratapsinghparmar1443 everyone has their opinion. I’m saying Myers is because he was the first slasher before Jason and the rest of the 80’s slashers
It is a fantastic ending Some of my favorite end scenes The Birds Psycho Rosemary's Baby Exorcist Mother Sleepaway Camp (yes that One, that ending is Awesome) Black Christmas (the original, which this movie actually lifted ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Descent Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer
One of the most greatest, iconic, and memorable twist endings in horror cinema as of today it still gives me chills and goosebumps as I sit in complete shock and silence as I'm trying to comprehend what just happened. It never gets old.😍😎💯👍😏😰😱
@@vinceniederman Facts that's what makes the ending so effective and brilliant as it sends chills and goosebumps 😰😱 down your spine as you sit in complete shock and silence as you are trying to comprehend what just happened.😰😱
Nick Castle nailed the walking perfectly. I like Dick Warlock and a couple of the other guys who “played” Myers in the sequels but none of them could recreate what Castle did in this movie. Myers’ movements are almost non-human. He moves like he’s possessed by something other worldly.
So happy I met Nick Castle last year. He was suprised though a bit when the first thing I praised him for was making The Last Starfighter. That was part of my childhood before I ever saw Halloween
Even though I was allowed to see slasher films early enough in my teens, I was surprisingly late in getting round to Halloween. But I’m glad that I finally did. It’s timeless and both Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance are outstanding. 🎃
Fun fact. Christopher Lee was offered the Dr Loomis role. He turned it down due to the low pay of 20000. He since said that was his biggest career mistake. Also Lindsay is aunt to Paris and Nicky Hilton.
Actually, it was Lee's agent that denied Carpenter the role of Dr. Loomis. And when Lee saw Pleasence's performance as Loomis, he was SO angry at his agent, he fired him for denying him the role.
@@kryptonianpowers Interesting....I know Christopher Walken did that as well to his agent for not showing him the script and role offer from Tarantino for Reservoir Dogs.
At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 times into Michael Myers, John carpenter said, let’s get a shot of you looking out the window and seeing no one laying there.” Donald pleasance
It’s weird watching this movie now, by itself Seeing everything that’s come since and what came before I can see why the movie was so iconic, truly a deserved classic
2:48 The final shot of Michael's house shrouded in darkness while his breathing and theme song are heard in the background gives me goosebumps every time, man. 🔪🎃
No movie killer will ever come close to Michael Myers. Most slasher movies are about a masked killer hunting victims, then at the end it’s true identity is revealed as some crazy lunatic, who is then shot or killed, and peace is finally restored. Halloween takes a much different path. At first Michael seems like a crazy psychopath, but as the movie progresses, you notice there is something otherworldly about him. Even at the very end, when we think the horror is finally over, we noticed that Michael has disappeared, having survived what couldn’t be survived. He’s no longer just a crazed killer. He’s some kind of demonic entity that could appear anywhere at any moment.
I love that ending shot of the different locales at night because it shows what this first movie does better than the others in the series: Michael Myers is a violent force of nature with no explanation; the true boogeyman. You don't know what he looks like, where he is, or when he will strike but he's always there, waiting.
@TayGi777 Yep. Because I think Carpenter told Pleasence about how Loomis was professionally a psychiatrist, he began to see that Michael Myers was a living embodiment of the Devil based on eight years of failure of trying to reach out to Myers for the crimes of murdering his sister in cold blood without any motivation and decided to make it his life's goal to see to it that Myers was never released, nor ever saw the light of day again after failing to warn all of his superiors about how dangerous he truly is.
He asked John how to react, like "am I suprised he's gone" or "am Inot suprised?" Carpenter had him do it both ways, and he'd pick. I think he picked the "I'm not suprised"
This is why this movie is the better ones, it’s not like Friday the 13th where Jason survives all that stupid shut cuz he got hit by a lightning bolt, you see that Michael has weaknesses, I saw a comment sayin that the ending was unrealistic, he got up and dipped, in the second movie you can see he didn’t make it far, he was bloody and weak. He’s not like Jason, he doesn’t just snap someones back after being shot with a shotgun. But the 2nd movie was scarped for the 2018 one. Probably for the best
