{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/665d9f032d254e001355534b/68f5d476842e1823cc2579c6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"John Carpenter - Halloween (1978)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/665d9f032d254e001355534b/1760940348736-785ea75d-2e6a-4016-9c49-7f84ac1f89f5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Halloween has come early, which is only fair as two of us are coming very late to Halloween, John Carpenter's genre-setting 1978 teen slasher classic. </p><p><br></p><p>The adults are all busy at boring grown-up parties, the teens are constantly on the phone and swapping houses, and Michael Myers - inscrutable killer, embodiment of evil, and provider of cheap Halloween costume options for several generations - has been to the hardware store and is ready to work.   </p><p><br></p><p>Let us know what you think of this episode by emailing us at redshirtcinemaclub@gmail.com and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub for access to two bonus episodes per month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.</p><p><br></p><p>Our October John Carpenter series:</p><p>Dark Star - 6/10/25</p><p>Assault On Precinct 13 - 13/10/25</p><p>Bonus - The Fog - 15/10/25</p><p>Halloween - 20/10/25</p><p>Escape From New York - 27/10/25</p><p>Bonus - Prince Of Darkness - 29/10/25</p><p>The Thing - 3/11/25</p>","author_name":"We Are Reach"}