Hail Hail Halloween

Today is Halloween. A great day to launch my blog. Why? Because it will all be about movies and John Carpenter's Halloween is one of my favorites. Saw it at least a dozen times and have owned many different versions on VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and Blu-Ray. Will post some pictures of my laserdisc collection here soon. It's still the best format to own movies, not to watch, I have to admit, but nothing beats the artwork of a laserdisc.

Back to Halloween. Saw it for the first time somewhere in the beginning of the 80's and taped the whole soundtrack on to an audio cassette (this was before we had a VHS), so I could actually listen to Halloween. And that is almost as scary as watching the movie. It scared the hell out of my kid sister and made me realize how important sound and sound design is to a movie. Well I leave you wit a picture of the incredibly smart cover design from the Halloween Laserdisc by Criterion.

Happy Halloween!