Watching 'Halloween' Why is this such a cult classic?

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It's awful. All tits and knickers. No one can act. It's not scary at all.

I thought I was missing out on something good for years with all the hype

Sounds like you are viewing it with a 2020s expectation....

Although to be fair I wasn't overly keen on it back in the day either 🤷🏼‍♀️

Are you too young to have seen it when it was first released? I didn't know it was a cult classic, just a typical popular film of its time.

Very few films if any made in the 1970s are going to have stood the test of time, that's to be expected imo

I'm almost 40.

I just don't see the appeal, its a cringefest.

Not seen Halloween so can't comment on that, but watch poltergeist the other day and that bloody clown 🤡, freaked me out thirty years ago, still creeps me out now I'm an adult supposedly.

Cult classics are generally shit. That's why they're cult classics, rather than just classics.

Take Sharknado, for example.

The Legacy is a 70s classic. Talking Pictures shows it occasionally.

Not seen Halloween so can't comment on that, but watch poltergeist the other day and that bloody clown 🤡, freaked me out thirty years ago, still creeps me out now I'm an adult supposedly

Me too, and the tree coming through the window terrified me! It was on the other night and my 9 year old saw a bit and thought it was hilariously awful. I guess we were just more easily scared

I think to modern eyes it might seem cliche and unscary but Halloween was the first film to do a lot of the things that then became standard in every horror/ slasher film.

Loved Salems Lot in the early 80s. Watched it with DS2 14 on Sunday. Crickey - talk about slow and clunky. Watched half of it and then he went on his phone

I think that’s precisely why it is a cult classic, because it’s so rubbish. Most cult classics are similar- poor acting, even worse script but somehow still enjoyable. Back to the future is a prime example, absolutely shocking but still somehow enjoyable.

It's brilliant for the music alone though.

It was probably seen to be more scary at the time. But it's not scary at all compared to modern viewing. The acting is crap undoubtedly. But it is an absolute classic. I think it's great.

It was bloody terrifying when I was 12. Don't know what my friend's parents were thinking, letting a bunch of us watch that. I had nightmares for years.