{"title": "Why \"Halloween\" 1978 is a classic?", "timestamp": 1760019088.981672, "description": "Compared to the contemporary slasher films ( with blood and guts displayed viscerally ) and even compared to [John Carpenter]()'s other horror classic *The Thing*, 1978's film *Halloween* is rather un-scary in comparison. Yes, it is a slasher, where a lot of teenagers die. Yes it has a lot of disturbing ideas and a lot of rather good cinematic tension. But it is weak in the blood department. Which begs the question: What's so special about this movie?", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. The writer and director of the 2023 film \"Moria's Race\" and the lead developer of it's game sequel \"Dani's Race\".\r\n\r\n[My Story](/about/who_is_blender_dumbass_)\r\n\r\nMore links to me ( view page source to see how I did those ):\r\n\r\n![internetarchive](https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22J.Y.Amihud%22) ![imdb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15214305) ![notabug](http://notabug.org/jyamihud) ![odysee](https://odysee.com/@blenderdumbass:f) ![codeberg](https://codeberg.org/blenderdumbass/)", "invited": ["AngryAlien", "Erwinjitsu", "trueauracoral", "Cricetus", "elban", "Troler", "johny", "RowdyJoe", "adgbeveridge", "doublelion", "alkyilcycloalke", "jedi66", "WanchaiMike", "Trolli123", "ddd", "ByteBlast", "dolphinana", "Madiator2011", "Uriel_Cohen", "mk-la", "TestUser", "Mr._MotherFucker", "MorsMortium", "cptbichez", "dbbs", "Xavi", "test", "Ozoned", "Tcll", "FranzoPow"], "invited_by": "blenderdumbass", "title": "Blender Dumbass", "website": "blenderdumbass.org", "mastodon": "@blenderdumbass@mastodon.online", "username": "blenderdumbass", "activity_pub": {"pub": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAupr+zzHFZXpPvayAbk8R\na3Yp2k+ymoI6IbfMkekWv5rTjrCBQRa1tcoy8o1cgxdFo/QYPb++s8+q4R/Xl4zV\nvSp40z1M6tI7zDQZv4BGInEqKgLpR5ahjqYVL4GVpYaw+FfQ3tc0J9Ui8/y/3HBX\nN5YzyaOpp0oxEW+tnnDHhHZSQ7G32MMWVL5DIZZKEAqxdgtw1s3sa2iAqcb3TSib\nCA1OvYQmPOicQS07/CVY+1OwKVKKV7CPNFk4SBYyCZ/CyC3Uujngl05jw9TpVR7T\n0WwVFijfMSSVFiBQmOQLFG0e4g8/XP+HvKDD8dB1PwreEAq+jrOBv6GvOgMOlGxi\nOQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"}, "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/account/blenderdumbass"}, "thumbnail": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Halloween_%281978%29_theatrical_poster.jpg/250px-Halloween_%281978%29_theatrical_poster.jpg", "license": "cc-by-sa", "views": {"amount": 17, "dates": {"2025-10-09": 4, "2025-10-11": 2, "2025-10-13": 1, "2025-12-03": 1, "2025-12-26": 1, "2026-01-07": 1, "2026-02-18": 1, "2026-03-14": 1, "2026-03-21": 1, "2026-04-28": 1, "2026-05-17": 1, "2026-05-23": 1, "2026-06-11": 1}}, "recording": "", "comments": {"comments": [{"text": "> But the film isn't trying to show stab-wounds or rivers of blood to get the point across\r\n\r\nBut the [Substance]() does, there the blood fountains are quite literally part of the name of the film.", "username": "Troler", "id": 0, "timestamp": 1785962202.6644092, "p_index": {"2": 7}}]}, "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["halloween", "horror", "johncarpenter", "film", "review", "movies", "cinemastodon"], "not_ai_proof": "", "tab": "reviews", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/why__halloween__1978_is_a_classic_", "likes": ["Troler"]}