Tag: John Carpenter

Halloween Ends

Michael Myers wearing his iconic white mask and black clothing stand on the porch of a building engulfed in flame

Beginning a year ago, Two Nerds went on journey to watch all the movies in the Halloween franchise. It’s been quite a ride, finally terminating in Halloween Ends, which wraps up the most recent trilogy begun with 2018’s Halloween. The…

Continue Reading Halloween Ends

Halloween Kills

Michael Myers wearing his iconic white mask and black clothing stand on the porch of a building engulfed in flame

Slogging on through the Halloween movies, Two Nerds watched the most recent Halloween (which brings the count up to three whole ass movies titled Halloween), and its sequel, Halloween Kills. These two movies dispense with every single Halloween sequel so…

Continue Reading Halloween Kills

Scre4m

detail of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" With rough, impressionistic brush strokes, a figure stands on a bridge, hands on his face, screaming. The sunset behind the figure is livid red and orange.

In which Two Nerds discuss the fourth of the Scream franchise, which was made a decade after the original trilogy, and evinces a slightly different sensibility than the rollicking meta-irony of the first three.

Continue Reading Scre4m

Retcons & Reboots: Halloween H20 and Rob Zombie’s Halloween

a surprised woman's face looks through a porthole style window at a man wearing a featureless white mask

Continuing with our deep dive into the Halloween movies, Two Nerds discuss Halloween H20 and its sequel, Halloween: Resurrection — in which Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode — and Rob Zombie’s reboot of the Halloween franchise. The series…

Continue Reading Retcons & Reboots: Halloween H20 and Rob Zombie’s Halloween

Halloweens 1-6

black background with the words "John Carpenter's Halloween" written in orange. To the side, there is a a jack o' lantern with the face lit up.

This Halloween, Two Nerds foolishly decided to watch all the Halloween movies. This installment covers Halloweens one through six, which exist on the same timeline, more or less. These movies cover roughly two decades of horror filmmaking, and it’s interesting…

Continue Reading Halloweens 1-6