No Sleep October: Halloween (1978) & Friday the 13th (1980)
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By the time I was old enough to really fear anything, around age 4 or 5, the “Friday the 13th" (1980) and “Halloween" (1978) film series were puttering out. They left behind contemporary boogeymen that scared the hell out of me. Jason and Michael were characters as vivid as the superheroes I loved, with their own costumes and attributes and power sets. Silent, immortal, endlessly creative killers. Larger than life. I've never known them any other way.
No Sleep October: Halloween (1978) & Friday the 13th (1980)
No Sleep October: Halloween (1978) & Friday…
No Sleep October: Halloween (1978) & Friday the 13th (1980)
By the time I was old enough to really fear anything, around age 4 or 5, the “Friday the 13th" (1980) and “Halloween" (1978) film series were puttering out. They left behind contemporary boogeymen that scared the hell out of me. Jason and Michael were characters as vivid as the superheroes I loved, with their own costumes and attributes and power sets. Silent, immortal, endlessly creative killers. Larger than life. I've never known them any other way.