Halloween H40!!! (Sort of)
Added 2023-09-12 21:03:22 +0000 UTChttps://drive.google.com/file/d/176nJo9-i54FojkYH_EfLdyjbfwLPan5J/view?usp=sharing
*Oh, first and foremost, because of a small thing, Fried Green Tomatoes and Barbie will be flipped on the patreon release schedule. Just a heads up that FGT will be here first.
SO.....What is up, peeps. This is Blank, and just wanted to drop off a link to a side project I've been working on the last month or so for fun. Finally got it to the first cut I think is watchable/sharable, and you all are the first ones I'm gonna give an opportunity to see it.
So....I'm a Halloween fan. More so, I'm a Michael Myers fan, and have been since I saw the original when I was a kid. And like many, I was stoked for the newest trilogy that came out. And, also like many, I wasn't truly in love with the finished products that we got. But, I always thought there was some potential there. I always thought there was a pretty good Michael vs Laurie Round 2 type of story in there, if all the cringe and BS was just cut away.
So, that's exactly what I did. Or, rather, I'm in the process of trying to do.
I took Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends, and cut them all down into a single 2:24 minute movie, all set on October 30-31 2018. No Evil Dr. Loomis character. No "Evil Dies Tonight!" mob. No Corey. No flashbacks. No time jump. None of that. At all.
It's not perfect, and one thing I wanted to limit myself to (at least for now) was only using existing footage from these three movies. So a few parts are a little quick/jarring, but that's just what I had to work with. No stock footage is included (although some may be added still, if need be), but I am still working it out, so maybe some will be eventually. But over three hours have been cut out, and some things have been reorganized to tell the story a little more closely to what I wanted to see. There might be a scene or two where something happens off screen (cough, Hawkins, cough), or Laurie's shirt changes mid scene. But that's all stuff I can't control, so hopefully it can be overlooked. LoL
So, if anyone is interested and has a couple hours to burn, check out the link above and feel free to download or stream from there. And, by all means, let me know what you think in the comments. Again, still working on it, but I think it's in a pretty good spot so far, considering what I have to work with. J hasn't seen any of these three movies yet, and we'll get to all three, if for no other reason I'll be able to show him the finished cut of this. LoL
But let me know, peeps. Would love to hear some feedback from anybody interested, especially those who like some of these recent movies, but like me, just wished all the bad stuff wasn't in it. Hopefully, this will be an improvement over the trilogy we got, even with some rough edges. But I think I might be onto something here, so let me know, peeps!
Comments
Thank you so much for this Blank! I really enjoyed your cut and it did a nice Laurie v Michael feel at the end. This is now the only version of those three movies that I shall watch. Well done sir!
Mike
2023-10-18 19:15:16 +0000 UTCJust wanted to say I watched through this 1 or 2 times and really enjoyed it. Never thought about editing up the movies together. I called it "The Blank Edit" on the hdd lol. If there's any updates/revisions, I'll def grab it. Thanks for sharing your project with us.
2023-09-14 06:37:28 +0000 UTCAgreed…Corey and the mob were AWFUL! The entirety of Halloween Ends was terrible imo!
CatsandCrafts
2023-09-13 09:09:48 +0000 UTCIf your a Halloween fan have j check out see no evil with Kane since he was inspired by Michael myers
mike baker
2023-09-13 05:52:58 +0000 UTCLooking forward to watching this. Thank you for fixing Evil Dies Tonight...hubby and I use "evil dies tonight" as a verb when something goes wrong or is bad LOL. The same director/team who did Evil Dies is doing the new Exorcist film that's coming out soon. I hope they do better with Exorcist than they did with Halloween, but looking at the trailer it looks like we have another Evil Dies Tonight! Same look, same color palette, same directing style, etc. Not sure if the power of Christ can compel anything good out of it. Oh, have you ever seen the tv version of the OG 1978 Halloween? They had to film some extra scenes to stretch it out for a two hour time slot on tv. Kinda interesting... Been a fan of the OG Halloween since I got my first letterbox vhs back in the day. ;) I liked the new trilogy somewhat, but def with you on it needing to have all the crud removed.
Echo Moon
2023-09-13 04:52:49 +0000 UTCYou should be proud of your work! People need to do a job that they love doing. Even though I don't know what you aspire to be. Be it as an editor; cinematographer; Sound Design, and/or other's. Whichever you have in mind as a part of motion picture industry, I'm sure you will leave your "mark". And, I'm your biggest fan!!
Chris Baldwin
2023-09-13 04:17:46 +0000 UTCThanks so much for sharing this, Blank! I'm a huge Halloween fan and was personally unsatisfied with the David Gordon Greene trilogy despite appreciating certain aspects of all three films. Can't wait to check this out tonight. Excited to see how you've chosen to streamline them into a single narrative; that's quite an editing feat!
Chris Gaitan
2023-09-13 01:31:55 +0000 UTCIt definitely did come off as an actual movie, you got it right imho. It prob helps you being a fan as well to know the good from the bad too lol. I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to them if you do more.
SilverDoe🎔
2023-09-13 00:35:58 +0000 UTCIt def was. I love the franchise and just tried to make what *I* would have done with with they had. And I'm super happy with where it is.
Blank EOM
2023-09-13 00:32:30 +0000 UTCI've been on this since Ends came out. Just finally sat down and did it. LoL
Blank EOM
2023-09-13 00:32:03 +0000 UTCI just hoped it came off more as an actual movie than a disorganized fan edit. I looked at a few others people did with these three movies and they were rough to get thru. LoL Super glad to hear you liked it, tho. I'm still tweaking it, but good to know I might be on the right path.
Blank EOM
2023-09-13 00:31:43 +0000 UTCThat was soooooo good 👍 that made it easier to watch without the guff in between, and the editing was spot on! Well done Blank, you done an excellent job, loved it - Hats off to you, that was a helluva lot of hard work! Thank you👏 👏👏👏
SilverDoe🎔
2023-09-12 23:54:00 +0000 UTCI was just thinking: Blank doesn't have enough to edit; whatta lazy bones. 😂 Seriously, its amazing that you created this! I *really* look forward to checking your handywork out. Evil lives tonight!
g g gooding
2023-09-12 23:17:28 +0000 UTCVery excited to see this. I liked the trilogy except for the obvious in the last one. It will be great to see it without all that. 😊 Thanks
Amy the CheshireCat
2023-09-12 23:14:10 +0000 UTCSounds like a labor of love Blank. I'll have to watch it.
Chris Baldwin
2023-09-12 23:02:00 +0000 UTCWow dude. Major kudos. Will have to check it out this weekend or something
Webwyrm
2023-09-12 21:45:39 +0000 UTCLaurie & Michael were never meant to be siblings originally. There was never meant to be a sequel in fact (it was meant to be an anthology series hence Halloween III), but the studio wanted a sequel, so John Carpenter just threw in the sibling angle (I think he said he was drunk when he wrote Halloween II because he didn't want to make the movie that studio was pushing him to make, although it's a great movie). That why this new timeline only counts the first Halloween movie. Michael was never really meant to have a motive for his actions, or at least we were never meant to know why he does what he does. That was part of the original horror of Michael Myers. It's just some random, psycho stranger stalking and murdering you. Despite the sibling connection being a main figure in the franchise up until this point, it wasn't the creator's original intent, and this timeline took it back to it's true roots. For that, I can accept the new timeline for what it is, although I do love most of the other timelines...
Ash Lee Can
2023-09-12 21:44:29 +0000 UTCWill let you know in 2 hours, 24 minutes and 9 seconds lol give or take a minute or two!
SilverDoe🎔
2023-09-12 21:34:35 +0000 UTCLooking forward to seeing what you think!
Blank EOM
2023-09-12 21:33:23 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see what you think!
Blank EOM
2023-09-12 21:33:09 +0000 UTCNot a frame of either. LoL
Blank EOM
2023-09-12 21:33:08 +0000 UTCAwesome, horror is my favorite genre and I to was disappointed with the newest movies. Can't wait to watch!!!
LeSheezy
2023-09-12 21:32:17 +0000 UTCNo Corey? No Mob? Count me in.
Kambo
2023-09-12 21:30:47 +0000 UTCOhh interesting! Will check this out right now!
SilverDoe🎔
2023-09-12 21:30:43 +0000 UTCI also wasn't a fan of what they did with the continuation of Laurie/Michael. That being said I'm excited to check this out!
fish_thefilmcollector
2023-09-12 21:14:55 +0000 UTC
