John Carpenter (1978)
Budget:
$320,000 (estimated)Gross:
$60,000,000 (Worldwide) (1978)
Distributors
- Compass International Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical)
- Mid-America Releasing (1979) (USA: Midwest) (theatrical)
- Miracle Films (1978) (UK) (theatrical)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
About the opening:
- non- diegetic high intensity music during the opening. played on piano, high notes and fast throughout the titles.
- Exposition telling the audience the year and the day that it is 'Halloween night', white lettering against a black background
- cuts from children talking saying trick or treat straight to an extreme long shot of a house which is a POV shot.
- diegetic sounds of grasshoppers and an owl whilst leading to the house, still a POV shot getting closer and closer to the house, its at night time.
- panning shot across the house, now diegetic sounds of people having a conversation and showing a pumpkin lit up.
- The POV shot then goes straight to the window where it shows two characters flirting, the male character pretending to be a clown. The female character appears to be the scream queen as the is blonde, showing skin, and sexually active.
- music then gets louder, to a screaching noise and slow piano notes when the light in the bedroom is turned off. Then goes for a knife and continues to go in through the house.
- Non diegetic music get higher and higher the closer the boys get, he graps the mask then when in the bedroom very high pitch music.
- When stabbing the scream queen the music goes at its highest, can only see through his mask and the pov shows the quick pace editing
- at the end it zooms out from a high angled shot.
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