Since the beginning of 2022, I've been watching more and more horror films. Probably one of the best classics I saw over this year was John Carpenter's Halloween, which I have recently learned came out well before Friday the 13th. John Carpenter's Halloween is much better.
The first shot alone is a heavy rip-off of Halloween's iconic opening. And from there, it just gets weird instead of really scary. Finally, when the killer is revealed as, yeah, I'm just going to pull a Gene Siskel and say who the killer is (besides, anyone who has watched the original Scream by Wes Craven knows that twist anyway!), the psychotic Pamela Voorhees, there are some other Halloween rips like the reveals of all the dead bodies, much like the infamous reveal in Halloween with the tombstone on the bed.
Unlike Halloween, there is much left to the imagination outside of the killings. There's almost zero character development, plus the scenes with Mrs. Voorhees attacking Alice and Mrs. Voorhees being possessed by Jason's vengeful spirit is pretty contradictory in comparison to his silent monster portrayal in the rest of the franchise. I really felt nothing for the characters as they met their ends.
That ending twist is a nice touch, though...too bad that Brian de Palma thought it up first for Carrie!
The first shot alone is a heavy rip-off of Halloween's iconic opening. And from there, it just gets weird instead of really scary. Finally, when the killer is revealed as, yeah, I'm just going to pull a Gene Siskel and say who the killer is (besides, anyone who has watched the original Scream by Wes Craven knows that twist anyway!), the psychotic Pamela Voorhees, there are some other Halloween rips like the reveals of all the dead bodies, much like the infamous reveal in Halloween with the tombstone on the bed.
Unlike Halloween, there is much left to the imagination outside of the killings. There's almost zero character development, plus the scenes with Mrs. Voorhees attacking Alice and Mrs. Voorhees being possessed by Jason's vengeful spirit is pretty contradictory in comparison to his silent monster portrayal in the rest of the franchise. I really felt nothing for the characters as they met their ends.
That ending twist is a nice touch, though...too bad that Brian de Palma thought it up first for Carrie!