Halloween (1978)

Happy Halloween Listeners and Welcome to the Halloween episode of the Horror Agenda. On today's episode we cover the original Halloween from 1978, a Debra Hill production, cowritten by John Carpenter and Debra Hill and directed by John Carpenter.

In this episode Carlos references the 2018 Bechdel Cast episode and listeners are encouraged to check it out for a more focused discussion on gender, sexuality and more. Our episodes together can make a fun double feature for your Halloween enjoyment.

We also have a brief discussion of the Bechdel Test, which this film passes and while we do not get into the Bechdel Test deeply, you can see the Wikipedia page for a stronger jumping off point.

In this episode we discuss CZ's World Horror History where he covers the 40 year timeline and uses the train station model mentioned in the episode.

The NYTimes Obituary for Debra Hill is available here.

This week Victor recommends the Mentalist (2008-2015) a show about a mentalist using his skills to read between the lines and help the authorities find various criminals and killers. Victor also further recommends CZ's World Horror History as a whole for all of his Horror History, What You Missed and general horror conversations.

Carlos recommends the Dead Space Remake (2023) a sci-fi horror video game about a engineer who has limited tools at his disposal and has to survive and hopefully save his remaining crew and his wife. Carlos also recommends folks check out not just the Halloween episode of the Bechdel Cast, but the show in general. 

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Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines
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Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss
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