Halloween

Halloween (1978)

In Friday’s lesson we watched Halloween which is an independent film which was made on a budget of $325,000 and we focused on 'what you think you see and what you actually see' an example of this was when I thought I saw the psycho brother but it was the police officer that Laurie bumped into. Another example was when I thought I heard someone crying but it was children trick or treating and laughing.

We then focused on the opening trick or treat scene in which we watch the whole scene through the eyes of Michael. Halloween uses lots of conventions of horror films like the psycho stings that start playing when the light is turned off in the beginning and the use of voyeurism when Michael kills his sister. It is also a dark location which is also a convention of horror.