The original Halloween to be re-released in the cinema!

[Deleted User] · 15/09/12 - 15:12

Excellent News!

I will be going. I was too young to see it on it's original release, so pleased I finally get to see it on the big screen!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a406015/halloween-to-return-to-cinemas-in-october.html

[Deleted User] · 15/09/12 - 15:15

Scubamonkey wrote: »

Excellent News!

I will be going. I was too young to see it on it's original release, so pleased I finally get to see it on the big screen!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a406015/halloween-to-return-to-cinemas-in-october.html

At the moment it's US only unfortunately, and it's a "Limited" re-release at that, so the odds of it being re-released outside the US are fairly slim.

CLL Dodge · 15/09/12 - 20:32

The Shining is re-released too, in its extended cut (not seen in UK cinemas before).

chrisii2011 · 15/09/12 - 20:45

Real shame id love to see it at the cinema

[Deleted User] · 25/09/12 - 16:57

Saw it last year at a special screening at the showroom in Sheffield...if it gives you goosebumps watching it on DVD...just wait! It was awesome!

Heavenly · 26/09/12 - 14:04

The first Halloween still gives me the creeps...that music and Michael Myers.

TheWildHeart · 26/09/12 - 14:09

Great news. Big John Carpenter fan.

Styker · 26/09/12 - 23:03

I would much prefer to see the original The Fog on the big screen but I hope this re - release does well.

They need to do a well advertised campaign really in order for it to do well. A good way would be to "push" it in the trailers in cinema's from now on until itrs release. Having worked in cinema, I know that when a film is "pushed"/shown a lot in trailers and looks good, they often do do well.

If they just rely on the odd poster here and there, that appraoch does not work well on any film.

Deccomajor · 26/09/12 - 23:17

This is just a view and not criticism but why are they re-releasing all these films, have film makers run out of ideas, like all the 'reboots'.

Styker · 27/09/12 - 00:06

Deccomajor wrote: »

This is just a view and not criticism but why are they re-releasing all these films, have film makers run out of ideas, like all the 'reboots'.

I think they have largely run out of ideas or can't be bothered to put on "their thinking caps" and come up with good new ideas for films.

Given of a choice of really crappy remakes which imo there have been so many of, or re-release the brilliant originals, I would much prefer the latter. It gives those of us who never saw the originals on the big screen a chance to do so and even those who did see the films on the big screen the first time around, might wanna see them again in a Cinema etc etc.

jamespondo · 27/09/12 - 00:52

Would love to see this and Elm Street on the big screen. Infact, Hollywood could have saved itself tens of millions remaking them when a re-release would have been more profitable and enjoyable for me.

Johnny Clay · 27/09/12 - 01:20

Deccomajor wrote: »

This is just a view and not criticism but why are they re-releasing all these films, have film makers run out of ideas, like all the 'reboots'.

To be fair, none of these re-releases get anything like the same run/exposure of a major release. Even the 3D retrofits (Titanic, Phantom Menace etc) are done and dusted pretty quickly.

Yes, it is Hollywood shaking the piggy bank for the last remaining shekels, but some people do want to see them again on the big screen (especially those films that really benefit from a screening), and those new to them get to see them in their natural home too.

Done with tact, and an eye to what's wanted, the re-release market could catch on. Not in any major way, of course, but it could prove beneficial to many. It's only when they start to re-release any old dreck that we should worry.

Styker · 27/09/12 - 14:46

I think it would be good if film distributors re-released films that where good/very good and popular in their general release but have not been "raved about ever since" like Star Wars or Jaws.

Films like Point Break, The Commitments, Goodfellas, The Running Man, Coming To America, Beverly Hills Cop and on and on I could go. Again they would need to be pushed good in the trailers in cinemas at the very least well before their release in order for them to do well.

[Deleted User] · 27/09/12 - 15:20

Styker wrote: »

I think it would be good if film distributors re-released films that where good/very good and popular in their general release but have not been "raved about ever since" like Star Wars or Jaws.

Films like Point Break, The Commitments, Goodfellas, The Running Man, Coming To America, Beverly Hills Cop and on and on I could go. Again they would need to be pushed good in the trailers in cinemas at the very least well before their release in order for them to do well.

I can't see many of the films you list there being particularly popular if they were given a re-release, even if they gave them a massive push (i could maybe see Goodfellas being the exception). The whole point of them re-releasing films like Jaws and Star Wars is precisely because they've been "raved about ever since", the distributors know that people will go and watch them in large enough numbers to justify the cost of re-releasing it. The same goes for the recent IMAX re-release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (which i saw last weekend and was fantastic to see on the big screen). As much as i like Point Break, i really doubt that it would pull in much of a re-release audience.

Styker · 27/09/12 - 15:41

CJClarke wrote: »

I can't see many of the films you list there being particularly popular if they were given a re-release, even if they gave them a massive push (i could maybe see Goodfellas being the exception). The whole point of them re-releasing films like Jaws and Star Wars is precisely because they've been "raved about ever since", the distributors know that people will go and watch them in large enough numbers to justify the cost of re-releasing it. The same goes for the recent IMAX re-release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (which i saw last weekend and was fantastic to see on the big screen). As much as i like Point Break, i really doubt that it would pull in much of a re-release audience.

The difference with the always raved about films is that people in a lot of cases may have seen them to many times to be bothered to go and see it on a re-release where awesome films like Point Break may not have that factor and could attract lots of people coming to watch it if it was pushed enough. Really they need to be advertised on TV/radio too and film distributors may get put off by the cost but its bound to be cheaper doing that than re make the films and badly too.

I'm not sure if it would work all in all but as a lover of great films I would love to see those films I mentioned on the big screen and wish I was old enough to have seen them on the big screen the first time around.

Maybe in the meantime I should save up for as big as I can get/fit into my flat a flat screen TV huh?

Johnny Clay · 27/09/12 - 17:20

The sort of film I'd prefer re-released are the sort that have built up a reputation but only after a while from their original release, or weren't given much of a release to begin with. The sort of high-ranker that the majority have probably only seen via DVD etc. I'm thinking Mulholland Drive, Requiem for a Dream and so forth. I know these sorts do turn up at indie cinemas, festivals and have other sorts of screenings etc, but I think a wider, more co-ordinated re-release would be much appreciated.

Never caught Magnolia when it was first around and would love to see that in a cinema. There's loads I could name, thinking about it.

[Deleted User] · 14/10/12 - 00:08

It's official!! Halloween is getting a limited re-release here in the UK

Read below for the selected Showcase Cinemas it's playing at:

NOTTINGHAM
Showcase Cinemas
Clifton Blvd (A52)
Redfield Way
Lenton, Nottingham, NG72UW
Phone: 0871-220-1000

READING
Showcase Cinemas
Loddon Bridge
Reading Road
Winnersh, Wokingham, RG415EH
Phone: 0871-220-1000

PETERBOROUGH
Showcase Cinemas
Mallory Rd and Boongate
Cambridgeshire, PP15AH
Phone: 0871-220-1000

LEEDS
Showcase Cinemas
Gelderd Road
Birstall
Leeds, West Yorkshire, WF17 9TB
Phone: 0871-220-1000

PAISLEY
Showcase Cinemas
Griffin Avenue
Phoenix Business Park
Paisley, PA12BH
Phone: 0871-220-1000

TEESSIDE
Showcase Cinemas
Aintree Oval
Teeside Leisure Park
Stockton-On-Tees, TS177BU
Phone: 0871-220-1000

CARDIFF
Showcase Cinemas
Heol-Yr-Odyn, Parc Natgarw
Treforest Industrial Estate
Natgarw, CF157QX
Phone: 0871-220-1000

WALSALL
Showcase Cinemas
Bentley Mill Way
Walsall, Darlston
West Midlands, WS20LE
Phone: 0871-220-1000

COVENTRY
Showcase Cinemas
Gielgud Way
Coventry, CV255Z
Phone: 0871-220-1000

BLUEWATER
Showcase Cinemas
Water Circus Bluewater
Kent (county)
Greenhithe, DA99SG
Phone: 0871-220-1000

LEICESTER, S/C DE LUX
Showcase Cinemas
7 Highcross Lane
Highcross Centre
Leicester, LE14SD
Phone: 0871-220-1000

DERBY, SHOWCASE DE LUX
Showcase Cinemas
Level 3 West Mall
Westfield Centre
Derby, DE12PQ
Phone: 0871-220-1000

BRISTOL, SHOWCASE DE LUX
Showcare Cinemas
Bristol, Broadmead
Lower Castle Street
Bristol, BS13AG
Phone: 0871-220-1000

Just booked my tickets, so excited to witness this masterpiece of the big screen

[Deleted User] · 31/10/12 - 23:06

Here's my feature with Justin Beahm who is writing a book on the Halloween series -

http://lovehorror.co.uk/michael-myers-this-is-your-life

Just off to watch Halloween at the cinema myself!

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