Halloween, John Carpenter (2007)

Halloween, John Carpenter (2007)

Information from IMDB

Box Office:

Budget:

 $15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 $30,591,759 (USA) (2 September 2007) (3472 Screens)

Gross:

 $80,253,908 (Worldwide)

Distributors

• Dimension Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Genius Products (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Genius Products (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)

About the film opening:

• Starts again with a quote, white text with a black background, talking about dark souls to create a scare and an insight to what kind of film is coming up.
• starts with rock music, providing exposition again on the place and the date; Haddonfield, illinois. October 31
• Panning shot of the traditional Halloween house however this time in daylight, then again cuts to the house with a close up of rats and the little child with a mask on.
• Conversation between two adults, lots of swearing and using the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot, close up when the baby starts crying.
• What appears to be the scream queen walks in as she is wearing revealing clothes and has blondy/brown hair stereotypical of a scream queen, she swears also suggesting she is a scream queen due to her rebel kind of attitude.
• Shows a close up of blood on a knife, signifying a killing that may happen later on in the film.
• The child gets bullied by his step dad and at school, this signifies that the people who bully him may be the murdered victims themselves later on in the film.
• The stereotypical Halloween music starts again, high intensity getting more intense by the minute.
• when the stalking scene happens the music builds and builds until the victim is first attacked then the music stops.
• Quick paced editing is used to show how much pain the character is in and to create a scarier