By Chris Snellgrove | Published
There are Hollywood stars who want to distance themselves from past works, forever worried that nostalgia-crazed fans will focus more on their biggest hits instead of their latest and greatest films. That’s not true of Jamie Lee Curtis, the scream queen who took home an Academy Award last year for best supporting actress for her performance. Everything Everywhere At Once. He may be an Oscar winner now, but Curtis never forgot his roots and today posted a loving tribute to him HalloweenJohn Carpenter’s movie that made him famous.
Paying for Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis began her post with a heartfelt “HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone” before sharing some of her memories of it first. Halloween a movie that came out “46 years ago” (specifically, it came out on October 25, 1978, not Halloween itself). She went on to enthusiastically describe being “THE LAST FIRST GIRL” before openly praising John Carpenter for her role in that film and her subsequent career success, thanking him for “picking me to play every girl, Laurie Strode.”
While slashers existed before Carpenter’s film, the original Halloween The movie created and popularized many important elements of this horror genre. For example, we get a masked killer in the form of Michael Myers, and his tendency to brutally kill good co-eds was a direct inspiration for the first time. Friday the 13th movie and the next Jason Voorhees character. And as Jamie Lee Curtis happily celebrates her character became the first Final Girl, someone who is destined to survive the killer and, in her case, continue to appear in several sequels and reboots.
Halloween Has Left Its Mark
In his Instagram post, Jamie Lee Curtis described the film’s impact: “over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to meet millions and millions of people whose lives were touched by that film and subsequent films.” Then he explained how Halloween he successfully reunited him with his followers. “That shared experience in the theater has bound us all, so, on this Halloween night, I am grateful for my creative life and my renewed belief in coming together as a group of people, with a common goal, fighting for our lives together. , it brings out the best in us.”
At the end of his message, Jamie Lee Curtis couldn’t resist adding “Mr. Myers is not included, of course. ” Of course, the silent artist (well, silent except for that second Rob Zombie movie, at least) isn’t one moviegoers can associate with bringing out the best in anyone, or bringing the world together. Fortunately, his first film is very different: a film that electrified the world and quickly became a terrifying touchstone for future directors of spooky cinema.
Understandably, he saved most of his praise for John Carpenter, but Jamie Lee Curtis also thanked “all the members of the seven film crew and my co-stars, without whom nothing would have happened.” Given how prominent he is in the franchise, it’s genuinely touching that the legendary actor wanted to honor everyone involved in this long-running franchise. Horror is a big tent and these films have a good collection of talents both on screen and off, so it is worth seeing HalloweenThe biggest star gives everyone else involved the credit they deserve so much.
Jamie Lee Curtis may have become a household name for playing a flawless young man, but he ended his Instagram message with some parental advice to his many fans…namely, to “stay safe” and “have fun” by making “good choices” during this difficult time. It would be good advice from anyone, but it means something special from this fearsome icon. After all, who better to help us all survive this year’s Halloween than the ultimate Hollywood girl?
