Which early slasher horror film is the best (or your favorite) between the two?
Note: The original movies not the sequels or remakes
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film was the first installment in what has become the Halloween franchise. The plot is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween night in 1963, a six-year-old Michael Myers dressed in a clown costume murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, Michael Myers, age 21, escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing.
Halloween was produced on a budget of $300,000 and grossed $47 million at the box office in the United States, and $70 million worldwide,equivalent to $250 million as of 2014, becoming one of the most profitable independent films. Many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Halloween had many imitators and originated several clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s. Unlike many of its imitators, Halloween contains little graphic violence and gore. In 2006, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Carpenter
Produced by Debra Hill
Screenplay by
John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Starring
Donald Pleasence
Jamie Lee Curtis
P. J. Soles
Nancy Loomis
Music by John Carpenter
Cinematography Dean Cundey
Edited by
Tommy Wallace
Charles Bornstein
Production
company
Falcon International Productions
Distributed by Compass International Pictures
Release dates
October 25, 1978
Running time
91 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $300,000–$325,000
Box office $70 million
Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. The film concerns a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one while attempting to re-open an abandoned campground, and stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson and Robbi Morgan. It is considered one of the first "true" slasher movies.
Prompted by the success of John Carpenter's Halloween, the film was made on an estimated budget of $550,000 and released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and by Warner Bros. in Europe. When originally released, the film received negative reviews from film critics. It grossed over $39.7 million at the box office in the United States. In the years that followed, the film has received much more positive retrospective reviews, and it has become a cult classic. It was also the first movie of its kind to secure distribution in the USA by a major studio, Paramount Pictures.
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Produced by Sean S. Cunningham
Written by Victor Miller
Starring Betsy Palmer
Adrienne King
Harry Crosby
Laurie Bartram
Jeannine Taylor
Kevin Bacon
Mark Nelson
Robbi Morgan
Music by Harry Manfredini
Cinematography Barry Abrams
Edited by Bill Freda
Production
company
Georgetown Productions Inc.
Sean S. Cunningham Films
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
(USA)
Warner Bros.
(International)
Release dates
May 9, 1980
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $550,000
Box office $59.8 million
Note: The original movies not the sequels or remakes
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film was the first installment in what has become the Halloween franchise. The plot is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween night in 1963, a six-year-old Michael Myers dressed in a clown costume murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, Michael Myers, age 21, escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing.
Halloween was produced on a budget of $300,000 and grossed $47 million at the box office in the United States, and $70 million worldwide,equivalent to $250 million as of 2014, becoming one of the most profitable independent films. Many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Halloween had many imitators and originated several clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s. Unlike many of its imitators, Halloween contains little graphic violence and gore. In 2006, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Carpenter
Produced by Debra Hill
Screenplay by
John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Starring
Donald Pleasence
Jamie Lee Curtis
P. J. Soles
Nancy Loomis
Music by John Carpenter
Cinematography Dean Cundey
Edited by
Tommy Wallace
Charles Bornstein
Production
company
Falcon International Productions
Distributed by Compass International Pictures
Release dates
October 25, 1978
Running time
91 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $300,000–$325,000
Box office $70 million
Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. The film concerns a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one while attempting to re-open an abandoned campground, and stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson and Robbi Morgan. It is considered one of the first "true" slasher movies.
Prompted by the success of John Carpenter's Halloween, the film was made on an estimated budget of $550,000 and released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and by Warner Bros. in Europe. When originally released, the film received negative reviews from film critics. It grossed over $39.7 million at the box office in the United States. In the years that followed, the film has received much more positive retrospective reviews, and it has become a cult classic. It was also the first movie of its kind to secure distribution in the USA by a major studio, Paramount Pictures.
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Produced by Sean S. Cunningham
Written by Victor Miller
Starring Betsy Palmer
Adrienne King
Harry Crosby
Laurie Bartram
Jeannine Taylor
Kevin Bacon
Mark Nelson
Robbi Morgan
Music by Harry Manfredini
Cinematography Barry Abrams
Edited by Bill Freda
Production
company
Georgetown Productions Inc.
Sean S. Cunningham Films
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
(USA)
Warner Bros.
(International)
Release dates
May 9, 1980
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $550,000
Box office $59.8 million
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I gotta re-watch those soon.
