everyday is halloween

this might be one of the spookiest intros for any movie from the 20th C.  it never fails to freak me out.  we get a haunting minimalist score from the director john carpenter, a jack o'lantern, the familiar orange halloween colors of the font.  the genius of this opening credits is how it conveys so much dread without revealing a damn thing about the movie.  other than the title.  we know the action happens on halloween.  but what might happen, if you saw this for the first time in 1978, we don't know!  genius.  & a favorite of mine for the scary season.  for every season.

boo