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Halloween
Film
3,843 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 452 | 81 | 3174 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 92 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| TMDB reviews * | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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Halloween is a 1978 horror thriller film, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and Nancy Kyes.
- 2,611 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span Feb 17, 2017 to Nov 5, 2026
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Upon its initial release, Halloween performed well with little advertising, relying mostly on word-of-mouth, and received mostly positive reviews from critics. The Los Angeles Times deemed the film a "well-made but empty and morbid thriller", while Bill von Maurer of The Miami Times felt it was "surprisingly good", noting: "Taken on its own level, Halloween is a terrifying movie—if you are the right age and the right mood." Susan Stark of the Detroit Free Press branded Halloween a burgeoning cult film at the time of its release, describing it as "moody in the extreme" and praising its direction and music. Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three and a half stars out of four…
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60 of 3,843 · most liked firstFNAF movie Vanessa’s Halloween costumes,,
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to watch his movie again and say its a Halloween movie now
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1993, #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas by #TimBurton hit US cinemas! Critics and fans acclaimed it, with the question being - is it a #Halloween or a #Christmas film?
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Halloween 👻 What’s your favorite scary movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →@itzalart.bsky.social is running into a lot of issues trying to film on location... 🦴 (From Halloween 2024 Director drawings on patreon/substar.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tis the Halloween season, and I'd like to recommend a terrifying movie, also disgusting. Jeff Goldblum stars in it. Enjoy!
positive · AI labelView post →45 years ago today, this absolute classic premiered. Harryhausen was a god to me when I was 10, so I was all in on this movie. I read the novelization before, I saw the movie opening weekend, I had all the toys, and I even dressed as Perseus for Halloween that year. #filmsky #swordandsandals
positive · AI labelView post →Heidi Wong's Halloween costume (instagram) is as the Shimmer from the Annihilation movie, with a purse using my novel. Really clever, looks good affixed to the purse.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's October and Halloween season is officially here!🎃 So what's everyone's favorite scary movie? I have too many favorites to list them all, but for purely spooky Halloween vibes I love Scream, Trick R Treat, Sleepy Hollow, and Halloween (the original)
positive · AI labelView post →My last Halloween viewing, and my first of this film... NW: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice I'm 10 minutes in and loving life/death
positive · AI labelView post →New video coming out this Halloween discussing my favorite film in the Halloween franchise!
neutral · AI labelView post →Truly nobody does Halloween better than animation people. Maybe the film people
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween Costume Inspired by "They Live" (1988), the John Carpenter Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Next Halloween watch is Monster House! Underrated, entertaining Goosebumps-adjacent animated film produced by Spielberg!
positive · AI labelView post →Halloween movie night with me~ 🦝🎃
neutral · AI labelView post →Rising from the grave for Halloween... it's an old sketch. Every Horror Movie (not literally).
neutral · AI labelView post →Decades of film scholarship about the Halloween films culturally supplanted by “on god Michael myers be sprinting when nobody lookin”
neutral · AI labelView post →This Halloween season there’s no movie as frightening as everything currently happening in real life
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminder that Werewolf at Night exists and is a really good Halloween scary movie for your family without going overboard
positive · AI labelView post →Revisiting The Frighteners and this movie doesn’t get onto nearly enough Halloween movie discussions and list.
positive · AI labelView post →TEACH THE CONTROVERSY: not only is Halloween III: Season of the Witch the best of the Halloween sequels, but if they had gone with plans to make a Halloween-themed anthology film series rather than a "Michael Myers kills errybody over and over" film series, we might've gotten much better stuff. 🎃 🎥
positive · AI labelView post →Showing Halloween 3: Season of the Witch to friends who have no idea what this movie is about
neutral · AI labelView post →Today on trans day of visibility SmallBu would like to highlight the artistic powerhouse Emma Elliot, aka @pseudonymjones.bsky.social. You can find her inspiring design work in the short animated film we worked with her on for Halloween below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiOg...
neutral · AI labelView post →Is “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a horribly overrated Halloween movie or a horribly overrated Christmas movie? [Why not both?]
negative · AI labelView post →Drawn this for that one Halloween movie lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic 3 parodying Christmas posters makes me want them to release Movie 4 around Halloween to parody horror movie posters
neutral · AI labelView post →As of today, it's Halloween. Time for scary movies. letterboxd.com/trevorhender...
neutral · AI labelView post →I would also give Halloween credit for basically reinventing the slasher movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I had no idea this was even a debate. It is a Halloween movie. End of story, end of debate. I was born on Halloween, so I am a certified Halloween expert and can be trusted in this. Now if you want to watch a great Christmas movie, check out Die Hard.
positive · AI labelView post →Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ is being re-released in select IMAX theaters for Halloween. The Michael B. Jordan-led film will be in theaters between Oct. 30 - Nov. 5. (via Variety)
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies that will be parodied in ‘Scary Movie 6’ include: • Weapons • M3GAN • Sinners • The Substance • Get Out • Ma • Terrifier • Longlegs • Smile • Halloween • Scream 6
neutral · AI labelView post →GHOSTS: THE POSSESSION OF BUTTON HOUSE is a totally gorgeous movie! 🎥 🍿 I loved every second, it’s so funny and kind-hearted, and it’s got a strong Spielberg vibe running through it in the best way. An absolute triumph, and a perfect family movie for half-term and Halloween. Get your tickets now!
neutral · AI labelView post →If Die Hard is a Xmas movie, Cinderella is a Halloween story, because it has a pumpkin in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →🦇 30 days until Halloween... *Movie marquee and theatre display for Horror of Dracula (originally released as Dracula in the UK). Hammer Film Productions, 1958. 🎞
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Halloween! 🎃👻 What’s your go-to animated movie or special for spooky season?
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching my absolute favorite Halloween movie. 💚
positive · AI labelView post →Fourth movie of Halloween: The Tingler (1959) | Screened this for a crowd at the Screenland theater and got everyone to scream along when Vincent Price tells the diegetic audience to scream. That's what Halloween is all about.
positive · AI labelView post →It's Halloween season, and that means Morgana Ignis (@morganaignis.bsky.social) has chosen GINGER SNAPS as the next film to be screened for my Nu-Classics series! 🎃🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween movie night For this Halloween night, he wanted something simple and chill ; a good werewolf movie and a comfy couch. But suddenly, the movie became quite imersive... The Halloween symphony will be accompanied by a wolf's howl this night. Happy Halloween ! 🕯️🎃🕯️
neutral · AI labelView post →I started my Halloween horror movie rewatches early #letterboxd #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →Robbing you blind!! My 2nd year film, Glove and Beanie with Bait drops this Halloween! 🎃💥
neutral · AI labelView post →Dressed up as my favourite character from David Ayer's seminal Snyderverse film Suicide Squad (2016) for Halloween #releasetheayercut
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s scary movie: “Halloween” (1978), directed by John Carpenter
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello cat lovers. As we get closer to Halloween, how about some cat horror movie posters. If you like 'em and want to see cat movie posters, cat propaganda posters, follow me here and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thanks for taking a look. Thank you, Cats of Yore, for the show!
neutral · AI labelView post →CAUGHT ON FILM - Epilogue 🌄 The morning after Halloween... Turns out Arvey's moaning and struggling alone wasn't quite enough to draw in customers, so he got demoted to the role of "piñata."
neutral · AI labelView post →John Carpenter knew how to do a Halloween film trilogy Film 1: great, perfect Film 2: same thing but worse Film 3: Irish Warlocks
neutral · AI labelView post →Last week's Halloween movie night.
neutral · AI labelView post →Is everyone having a fun Halloween evening!? 🎃 Are you tucked in with a Horror movie or out on the porch handing out candy?
neutral · AI labelView post →“I hate film people at Halloween, wdym you’re drunk Margot Kidder in BLACK CHRISTMAS??”
neutral · AI labelView post →Young people are walking the streets in scary Halloween costumes, with the sound of generators humming in the background. The whole scene feels like something out of a movie set in a parallel universe. And yet, this is just our everyday life. Kyiv, Ukraine.
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying Halloween, Name your fav film to watch on Halloween.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last article for the month, and in ready for Halloween! Christopher Tucker's makeup effects for one of my favourite films ever, The Company of Wolves !! Much thanks to Graham High for having sent so many behind the scenes images of the film too! makeupeffectsarchive.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Halloween !! Time for a spooky movie night 🎃
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween 3 bravely asks the question “what if Zap Rowsdower was the lead of a horror film”
neutral · AI labelView post →With Halloween coming up, how about some cat horror movie posters from Scaredy Cat Films! If you like what you see please follow me here for more and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thanks for taking a look.
neutral · AI labelView post →JASON EISENER HALLOWEEN 3 FAN FILM
neutral · AI labelView post →Sketch Comm for JS-Xeno Turning a Halloween poll idea into a Christmas concept, there's a certain film joke here somewhere... #giantess #vore #sizesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning! It's almost Halloween, tell me your favorite scary movie/show 💀👻🎃💜
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) By Devon Whitehead
neutral · AI labelView post →discord server event is "HALLOWEEN MOVIE TIME" i dont think this is halloween movie
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