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In this episode, the Bear Cave of Terror kicks off Spooky Season with a little independent film that broke records, launched careers, and started a franchise featuring one of the most recognizable modern movie monsters: 1978's Halloween, directed by John Carpenter! Because this is such an important horror movie, we have TWO guest hosts with us to discuss it - Bill Zanowitz of the Comic Book Bears, and Jay Yospa of the LOTSL podcast. With even the actors pitching in to make the movie, and a production crew made up of friends and significant others, the release of the first movie to feature the name "Halloween" in the title made millions at the box office and was followed by multiple sequels, reboots, and sequels to reboots, spanning nearly 45 years. We talk how this low-budget indie came together, from the instantly-recognizable music, to the use ...
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