One more day until Halloween
Oct. 30th, 2003 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiIt's amazing that one of the worst horror movies (and the worst sequel) of the last twenty years has one of the best damned jingles associated with it.
But that still doesn't make Halloween III a watchable movie.
What makes it bearable is that it has a great score (swiped from the first movie), and a good opening scene.
Come to think of it, those are two essential ingredients in any horror movie.
So. what are your favorite horror scores, and what are your favorite opening scenes?
For me, no one does horror music better than John Carpenter. And Halloween is certainly one of the creepiest scores ever. But I think he actually topped himself with his scores for Assault on Precinct 13 and Prince of Darkness, both of which still creep me out.
Other great scores include Jack Nitzsche's great music for The Exorcist, and the superb job that John Williams did on Jaws. Yeah, nothing from the last fifteen years on that list. I'm sure there have been some scary scores, but nothing sticks out that much.
As for opening scenes, no movie, ever, will have a better hook than the original Halloween. That's a given. The entire scene, shot through the eyes (and mask) of a little boy, is just horrifying, in the truest sense.
My second favorite opening scene is in Deep Blue Sea, one of my favorite flicks of the last few years. The entire movie is a blast, but the opening scene sets things up perfectly, basically telling the entire audience, "hey, just because this movie is about sharks, don't think this is a Jaws rip-off." It's fucking brilliant.
And bad as the movie is on so many levels, the opening scene of Friday the 13th Part V is one that's still capable of making me shudder at how brutal it is.
Okay, your turn.
But that still doesn't make Halloween III a watchable movie.
What makes it bearable is that it has a great score (swiped from the first movie), and a good opening scene.
Come to think of it, those are two essential ingredients in any horror movie.
So. what are your favorite horror scores, and what are your favorite opening scenes?
For me, no one does horror music better than John Carpenter. And Halloween is certainly one of the creepiest scores ever. But I think he actually topped himself with his scores for Assault on Precinct 13 and Prince of Darkness, both of which still creep me out.
Other great scores include Jack Nitzsche's great music for The Exorcist, and the superb job that John Williams did on Jaws. Yeah, nothing from the last fifteen years on that list. I'm sure there have been some scary scores, but nothing sticks out that much.
As for opening scenes, no movie, ever, will have a better hook than the original Halloween. That's a given. The entire scene, shot through the eyes (and mask) of a little boy, is just horrifying, in the truest sense.
My second favorite opening scene is in Deep Blue Sea, one of my favorite flicks of the last few years. The entire movie is a blast, but the opening scene sets things up perfectly, basically telling the entire audience, "hey, just because this movie is about sharks, don't think this is a Jaws rip-off." It's fucking brilliant.
And bad as the movie is on so many levels, the opening scene of Friday the 13th Part V is one that's still capable of making me shudder at how brutal it is.
Okay, your turn.