Listen To An Audience React To ‘Halloween’ In 1979 [VIDEO]

It set the gold standard for horror movies. It was an independent film. It made Jamie Lee Curtis a household name. And we continue to watch it every Halloween. Even though this clip of an audience in Hollywood watching 'Halloween' in 1979 has existed for a couple of years, I hadn't heard about it until earlier this year. Check this out!

I've talked before how I grew up with HBO, but I know I didn't see all of 'Halloween' until I was an adult. I had no idea director John Carpenter was raised in Bowling Green while his father Richard was a music professor at WKU; don't forget, Carpenter also provided the soundtracks for his films. I met the director in Bowling Green at a book festival probably fifteen years ago, and he was very quiet and polite. I think he was smoking a cigarette or he was about to light one up. The man who created the first and the greatest slasher horror film was sitting in front of me. I praised him and he politely said "thank you" and he autographed a picture for me.

Do yourself a favor, and take a look at 'Halloween' again. You may catch yourself still gasping at the site of Michael Myers and that cliffhanger. It's the best.