116 - John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)

Remember earlier this year, when Julio was over the moon about the MCU and Alex struggled to care? Well, the tables have turned, as The Contrarians finally cover Alex’s favorite movie ever, John Carpenter’s original HALLOWEEN! But before they can reconcile their differences regarding this so-called classic, they have to give it the Contrarians Corner treatment: how bad is Carpenter’s version of a Sorkin “Walk & Talk”? How can Laurie spend an entire night watching horror movies, then constantly fall into horror genre tropes? And how ridiculous is it to see Michael Myers drive all around Haddonfield? It’s the second installment of our HADDONFIELD NIGHTS!

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91 - A Nightmare on Elm St. (1984)

Let’s be honest: what self-respecting adult could possibly find Freddy Kruger (the 1984 version) scary? More importantly, what self-respecting movie watcher could argue A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (original recipe) is a good film? Alex and Julio start The Autumn of the Remakes by tackling a so-called classic, the horror flick that gave us a liquified Johnny Depp, a flaky Robert Englund, and a collection of genre clichés that somehow earned a 94% on the Tomatometer. It’s almost like its only merit is that it would eventually give us an awesome remake.

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