The influence of Michael Myers

The famous American murderer Michael Myers came from the origin of the dismemberment movie "Halloween" (also known as "Moonlight") and became the king of horror. Series, born on October 19, 1957 in Haddonfield, Illinois, USA. Bewitched by a cult since he was a child, he killed his sister Judith Myers with a sharp knife on Halloween night when he was 6 years old. As a result, he was imprisoned in Smith Grove Mental Hospital for 15 years of treatment with no results. On October 30, 1978, Michael escaped from the dark mental hospital as if inspired, and began the legendary journey of a masked murderer.

The authoritative British science fiction journal "SFX" conducted a selection of the scariest films in history. The 1978 film "Halloween" became the king of horror.

This film directed by John Carpenter and starring Jamie Lee Curtis has become the target of countless serial murder film plagiarism, especially the sudden appearance of a violent faceless killer in the film , it’s really thrilling. It beat out the 1968 classic "Night of the Living Dead," in which corpses are resurrected by accidental rays, crawl out of their graves, and attack the living. The 1963 haunted film "The Haunting" ranked third.

"SFX" magazine editor Steven O'Brien said: "'Halloween' is the originator of the horror movie genre for subsequent generations. It is a landmark work of horror movies in the following 20 years." Steven also Added: "Horror movies don't have to be full of blood and gore. The best horror is connected with tension, atmosphere, and the feeling of visceral churning. The development of the plot is completely unexpected, and even the director may not have expected it." The "Halloween" series has been filmed from 1978 to today's "Halloween 10", and the first one is still the most famous. The film was selected into the National Film Preservation Board's collection in 2006 and has become one of the classics of postmodern horror films.

British magazine announces the scariest film in history——

1. "Halloween" (1978)

2. "Night of the Living Dead" (1968)< /p>

3. "The Haunting" (1963)

4. "Psycho" (1960)

5. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) )

6. "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935)

7. "The Ring" (1998)

8. "The Exorcist" (1973)

9. "Alien" (1979)

10. "The Shining" (1980)

11. "The Heretic" (1973)

12. "The Evil Dead" (1981)

13. "An American Werewolf in London" (1981)

14. "Shameless Eyes" ( 1959)

15. "Suspiria" (1977)

16. "Dawn of the Dead" (1978)

17. "Peeping Tom" ( 1960)

18. "Don't Look Now" (1973)

19. "The Red Death" (1964)

20. "The Devil Strikes Out" ( 1968)

This low-budget horror film released in late 1978 changed the face of the genre. Initially, many serious critics considered the film a piece of trash that did not deserve attention or praise. It seemed that the film had been destined to be forgotten, and there was no hope of recouping the mere 300,000 yuan invested. But a few months later Tom Allen's insightful tribute in The Village Voice changed the film's fate. Suddenly, critics discovered a lot that they hadn't originally discovered in the film. Because of its title, the film was often confused with other "plasma films" and screened in immigrant-inhabited cinemas in the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, since it is considered the originator of modern "dismemberment films", it has evolved from this divided into types. This isn't a hideous action movie - there's surprisingly little violence and almost no blood. "Halloween" was built on suspense, not blood, and inspired a large number of subsequent mediocre horror and thriller films, becoming the target of countless serial murder film plagiarism. From 1978 to 2010, the long-lived "Halloween" series has produced ten films in total, with a total box office of US$38.5 million. It has been popular for more than thirty years and has become a horror film all over the world. An iconic work revered by film buffs.

Hitchcock once said: "I like to play with the audience like a piano." The same is true for John Carpenter. The most powerful cold-blooded murderer in history, Michael Myers, was carefully created as a nervous, inhuman enemy. He wore a white mask, so the audience could only see his face extremely briefly, which made him even more... For terrible. He moves slowly, like a corpse that has returned to life. He kills without making a sound or showing any expression. When filming Michael, John Carpenter adjusted the camera angle very carefully. Before the climax at the end, there was no clear close-up of Michael—he was always hidden in the shadows, appearing in the distance. , or appear in other unknown ways. This approach creates a particularly sinister image.

Not only is the distance between the murderer and the victim obvious, but in the play, the distance between people is also clearly expressed through the lens of the photographer. In the too empty streets, there are people who will never appear. The zero-distance close-ups, all of this creates a kind of indifference, which perfectly sets off the murderer's coldness when killing.

Interestingly, anyone who wants to survive Halloween has to be a virgin. The three girls who had sex with their boyfriends did not survive the encounter with the murderer, but the heroine, who had a clear relationship with the boy, survived. John Carpenter and his co-screenwriters have emphasized many times that they did not do this intentionally, but from this film onwards, an unwritten standard of "dismemberment movies" is: promiscuous men and women must die tragically. John Carpenter was unable to make another film as artistically and commercially successful as Halloween, although he tried many times. Halloween remains an unrivaled classic of the modern horror genre.