We’re starting off Spooky Season™ with John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 Halloween, starring a very young Jamie Lee Curtis (iconic) and apparently also Mike Meyers, since Jaime can’t manage to say the character’s name right. Eric gives us the deets, Jaime gets her facts straight, and we get into one of the founding films of the slasher genre and also fate and mortality and all that good stuff.
Content Warnings: Unreality, stabbing, brief sexual content, sexual violence (just a discussion as a possible theme, not explicitly shown in the film), and the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week we donated to the Gofundmes for Jacob Blake, Jojo Rosenbaum, and Anthony Huber. See the Show Notes for links and more info.
Show Notes:
How ‘Halloween’ Brought Horror to the Suburbs and Inspired a Legion of Copycats
https://www.theringer.com/2018/10/1/17922416/halloween-unmasked-episode-1-john-carpenter
Halloween Unmasked
https://www.theringer.com/halloween-unmasked
In Myers We Trust:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/in-myers-we-trust-with-gyers-and-rust-premium/e/64532979
Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro: https://blmphxmetro.org/donate
How to demand justice for Jacob Blake and support Kenosha protesters: https://mashable.com/article/how-to-help-jacob-blake-kenosha-protesters/
Gofundme for Jacob Blake
https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceforjacobblake
Gofundme for Jojo Rosenbaum
https://www.gofundme.com/f/249yn2bzqo
Gofundme for Anthony Huber
https://www.gofundme.com/f/249ip7bjxc
John Carpenter Is Fighting With Internet Nazis Over His Cult Classic They Live
https://gizmodo.com/john-carpenter-is-fighting-with-internet-nazis-over-his-1790754727
Jason DeRulo Denies Falling At Met Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG1mCzzf-dM
