Halloween is actually the traditional "Ghost Festival" in the West. Just like the 14th of July in China every year, it always has an atmosphere of horror and horror. But for Western countries, Halloween is not so much a "Ghost Festival". Rather, it is a grand festival.
Including many domestic amusement parks, there is always fun at home and abroad for such a special holiday as Halloween. Jack-o-lanterns, ghost costumes, lighting, fun candies, cosplay, etc., even costume parties, people like to be here One day, get together, eat and drink, crazy party and play.
Of course, Halloween, like many festivals, has corresponding theme movies released every year. Most of the "horror" elements are "Ghost Festival", but no matter how many Halloween series movies are released each year, so far, These three Halloween films are insurmountable classics.
"The Crow" (1994) Douban score: 7.3
"The Crow" is one of the most classic Halloween films, and it is also a masterpiece of many horror films competing to imitate. According to legend, the crow can lead the soul through yin and yang, and the film "The Crow" is based on this theme, telling the hero Eric and his fiancee who were killed by local villains on Halloween. A year later, with the guidance of the crow, Eric's soul returned to the world and possessed supernatural powers, followed by a long road to revenge.
The movie portrays the hero Eric and the crow very delicately, and the costumes of the characters establish the classic image of "clown". The fighting scenes in the play are also tailored for the hero Li Guohao. After all, Li Guohao is the son of Bruce Lee. , Martial arts skills are very solid, and the aura is quite sufficient. It's a pity that when shooting "The Crow", in a shootout scene, unfortunately he was hit by a real bullet and died young. Many subsequent shots of the film were also taken as substitutes. Li Guohao of that year At the time when Hollywood became famous, he was only 28 years old.
"Moonlight Panic" (1978) Douban score: 6.5
"Moonlight Panic" is called "Halloween" in English. It is a typical Halloween horror film and one of the most classic mask horror films in the United States. First, 9 series of works have been remade so far, becoming one of the most popular masterpieces in the series of horror films.
Like many perverted murderous movies, "Moonlight Panic" follows the story line of crazy slaughter, but it contains some ghostly hints related to Halloween, which makes the whole horror atmosphere more weird, but in fact, from the film In terms of the way of expression and character creation, in essence, the core highlight of "Moonlight Panic" is the protagonist: "Michael", from a little boy to a crazy killer with a mask, even the props in the play The scene looks a bit crude, but the director's ability to control the camera still makes the film a classic horror film, and is also a masterpiece of the National Film Protection Agency's collection.
"Don't mess with children" (2007) Douban score: 6.5
Among the Halloween horror films after the 21st century, "Don't mess with children" can be said to be the most impressive, even if it is a messy hodgepodge Movies, but it does not affect the popularity of the movie, after all, horror!
"Don't mess with kids" quotes five American horror stories in the plot, and it is also some Halloween customs and legends. For example, in the first story, "Don't turn off the pumpkin lantern on Halloween night". What will happen if you turn it off? It must be a bloody and terrifying scene, of course there are vampires, werewolves, perverted madmen and so on.
Five stories are linked together by a pumpkin head child, So that seemingly independent stories are connected with each other, and the film fully shows the atmosphere of Halloween to the audience. A pile of pumpkin lanterns, even the protagonist is a pumpkin head, and the murder weapon is also a pumpkin-shaped murder weapon. Lollipops, the main storyline of "Troubleshooting without sugar", and vampires playing COS with masks, are quite hot.
Actually, there are not many horror films in the Halloween series, and there are no particularly high-scoring masterpieces, but the three films, "The Crow", "Moonlight Panic", and "Don't Make Children", But it can stand out in a lot of bad movies, let alone how high the horror coefficient is, at least the plot, acting and Halloween atmosphere are quite good.