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I don't know any other movie as this that reveals so much new detail in the image with each improved format, mainly of course I'm referring to the night scenes. This is another one that I've had on so many different formats since VHS.

I remember trying to convince friends and relatives that widescreen was the way to watch “Halloween” or any 2:35.1 film but everyone wanted their “TV screen filled up”. It was very frustrating!

Dude that's a whole bunch of releases, I'm loving this series so far, and yes my friends ask me all the time why I spend $40 on a 4K but like you said they used to spend $100 on laserdiscs

Jeff, you are freaking killing it. So glad I found your channel a few years back. You’re so knowledgeable and the videos are just enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work!

Halloween was THE movie that scared the absolute shit outta me when I was eight years old. Halloween made its debut on NBC on 10/30/81, the weekend Halloween II opened. I saw the film years later on Media Home Video & loved it. When I was working at Blockbuster, I picked up a copy of Halloween for a buck. A year later I had gotten a laserdisc player from Pioneer & got the Criterion Edition. That was great but what was even better was the 2 disc Special Edition released in 99. I still have that version w/ the lenticular cover, & of course disc 2 was the TV version w/ the new footage. ***The scene when Linda rushes into Laurie's house, saying there's an old guy out there following her. The inside is Laurie's home, but, in reality, the outside of the house is Nancy Thompson's house from a Nightmare On Street*** Right around 2002-03, during the wild west days of ebay, I placed bids on the original painting for Halloween that was used to mass produce the one sheet poster. It was on a reserve bid & I tried to find out who the seller was. It got up to sixteen grand & the only response from the seller was that it is the original painting & would come with a COA. Very weird. The painting was incredible, but, I didn't see it sell.

I didn't have the money at the time to get the boxset when it was in print, so my 25th Anniversary DVD was my version to watch until I got the Scream Factory 4K. That release is definitely the definitive one! A great looking disc!

Jeff. Please , please , please keep these home video releases coming!! Some of the most outstanding content on KZfaq!!! You rock Jeff!!

Before the Media orange and purple slipcase there was the Time Life mail order release, which is very rare, then the MEDA release, which was Media before it became Media. The Meda and Media look almost identical. There was also a release known as Medaween, which was a Blackenstein Meda slipcase with black and white Halloween label placed over it. That’s also very rare.

As a horror fan and a VHS collector still I find this to be the most comprehensive for the Halloween releases. Excellent job on presenting it for fans of the movie. Know I’m bragging here but I was very lucky to find a non rental media VHS release maybe around 10 years back at a flea market in pristine shape for just a few bucks. One of my pride and joys of my VHS horror collection.

Awesome! Thanks Jeff, I’ve been looking forward to the next instalment in this series! 👍🏻🙏🏻

The first time I saw Halloween was in the fall of 1980, a friend from school had cable TV and after we watched it, we where scared to go upstairs, the lights where off and we where the only two in the house at the time, my friend passed in 1985, but I'll never forget that scary night in 1980.

This is one of my favorite franchises. I'm so glad that we've gotten these latest versions of the first five movies. I really wish Halloween 6 could've been included, but I'll take what I can get. I'm loving this new series man... awesome video.

I’d love to see a more general long form series on the history of home media! I think that would be a fascinating subject to learn about

This is awesome! Thanks for putting that all together. It's hard to believe that despite my frugality and resolve to not buy every version of a movie released, I still bought this thing EIGHT TIMES in my life (so far), which is probably the most times I've ever purchased a single film. I wish I kept my two-tape set from back in the day. Thanks again for running through this history!

I only saw the extended cut once, and really wish it was more easily available because I’d love to own that version

Something about VHS makes Halloween scarier. The original VHS copy really makes it look like a found footage film found in the aftermath of a home invasion.

So I wasn’t dreaming when I remembered seeing Halloween on TV when I was 5 and my brother and cousin on the phone with each other while it was playing? 😂 Thus starting my fear and love of the series!

I bought the tv version on vhs from a Roses back in 1989. I had no idea that it wasn't the theatrical version, and I watched it countless times for years. So imagine my surprise when I pick up the dvd around 1999 and find out that the ACTUAL theatrical version is COMPLETELY different, there's boobs at the beginning, Loomis just appears out of nowhere, riding around in the car with the nurse, the scene with Laurie with the towel on her head is gone, and there's a few extra cursewords and scenes of violence, none of which improved the picture very much in my opinion. I STILL to this day can't STAND watching the normal theatrical version without the MUCH better introduction of Loomis at the beginning that was filmed in 1981, I actually have always wondered if the audience was extremely confused back in 1978 when he just appears out of nowhere. I wish they would release a PROPER combination of the theatrical cut together with the extra footage, and THE ORIGINAL MONO SOUNDTRACK, they don't EVER bother to put the original mono on that version on the various blu-ray releases, so it makes it unwatchable to me, I always just have to stick with the original theatrical cut, with the unsatisfying intro sequence.

Cool video-I thought I had all the releases (even UMD!) until I watched this! I remember seeing it in widescreen for the first time on laserdisc (mother wouldn't let me watch horror movies the whole time I was growing up, so I had to wait until I left home to see it; Never even saw it in the theatre until about six years ago when they had a festival in NYC)-what a revelation! In the scene where Bob and Linda are making out on the Wallace's couch, the camera pulls away, and then there's a musical sting-I had always been mystefied as to why, until I got to see the entire frame and realised that the camera reveals Michael standing in the shadows in the next room, watching them make out (as he did so many years prior, when his sister Judith was making out). Thanks for making this one, Halloween is definitely worthy of the treatment, given the almost countless releases its had!

My favorite film of all time! I currently own at least 5 of these releases I think. My nostalgia will always be geared towards the 1997 Anchor Bay VHS release because that’s how I first watched it as a kid. Still have that tape to this day! Great video.

Bought the 4K release from Shout Factory, absolutely amazing transfer. Thanks for the video, very informative!

A man after my own heart. Thank you for saying H-20, and not H-2-0. I know it's random, but you're literally the first person I ever heard call it that and was quite satisfying 👍🏾

I hope you continue this video series. I especially find the history of the psychical release formats interesting.

Very much historically interesting and informative. This Halloween fan from the Netherlands thanks You!

The misspelling of Michael Myers is hilarious

I really like this series. Please keep making them.

Glad someone is covering the physical formats,educate the kids

1980 is the first time I watched Halloween on TV , I was 5 and boy oh boy it scared me. That Tommy Doyle looking out the window and seeing the shape scene . Wow

Bravo - feels like I purchased Halloween over and over but thankfully Scream's version gave me some closure!

it’s so nice knowing and hearing from you that you believe the SF 4K is the peak/definitive release for Halloween because having the definitive/best release for a collection is all we want. we’re all tired of upgrading lol

I am loving this series! Please continue it 🙂

I kinda feel the same way about Clerks, I’ve got the Blu-ray but something about the VHS is so much more charming and just feels better.

Hi from across the pond, Milton Keynes. Been a long time subscriber and your channel has always been a go to for reviews. Your honest opinion on is it worth upgrading from blu ray to 4k has been really useful and has saved me money. I've been a collector all my life, currently have 3000 + blu ray and 4k. I started out on VHS when I was 13 and it stayed with me (which really sometimes annoys my wife), anyway just wanted to say hello, really love your channel. This feature on the evolution of films from VHS, DVD, blu ray, 4k etc is a fantastic feature, please do more. I actually helped my then 15 year old Son do a school project on the evolution of Star Wars on physical media, which got him a gold credit. He like me is a film fanatic which now he is 25, and a subscriber of your channel and collector, often annoys his wife as well ☺️ Keep up the good work my friend. 👍

I've owned this movie on VHS, DVD, Blu Ray, 4k, and if another format comes along, I'll buy it again.

Great Video, thank you so much!

Would love more content like this. Would love to see you explore the physical media history of Asian films being brought into Region A: Tartan Express, Old Boy, Pulse, etc.

I saw Halloween and Halloween 2 for the first time in the early 80's on the Video 2000 format. Those were the days =)

Like i said in your jaws video, love this idea. I think another thing you can add is a timeline that's on the bottom that as you talk about a new release you add it. This will give a visual of the time between different releases and can be super informative for anyone watching to see which two releases had the largest gap or the smallest. Will make the video a tad bit more interactive for the viewer. Otherwise amazing and watched these back to back

I was at 15-year-old Junior high student in 1978 in a suburb of Kansas City. My older cousin whom I always went to rated r movies with picked me up and took me to see Halloween. I have loved Halloween ever since and have since turned by younger son onto the movie many years ago. I have real vivid memories of what it was like in the theater that night and it was crazy. It scared the crap out of everyone. I get this really Kick-Ass feeling during Halloween if you can feel the crisp air and the smell of fallen leaves reminds me of that evening every time. I watch Halloween only once a year and it is on Halloween night. One of my favorites.

Great clip dude. Thanks for the thorough walkthrough.

The box for Ghostbusters was $100 and It was built cheaply; at least the jackets for the old laserdiscs still to this day are sturdy and protect the disc. That ghostbusters set didn’t even last transit the year it was built for. Also pricing was made back in the 80s by factoring in rentals that would be lost if you bought a film upfront. So you essentially bought prepaid watches of the movie that would equal the price you paid. So whatever the rental costs was would be that added together a few times. Bit dumb to compare them today like it means anything than rentals don’t factor into physical media pricing lol

Love this (hopefully) series so far! All the work is much appreciated!

"Halloween" was also released on UMD for the Sony PlayStation PSP in 2005.

The 1999 collector's edition dvd with the lenticular case was one of the first DVDs I ever bought. I remember getting Halloween, The Shining and Taxi Driver at Circuit City. I sold my Criterion laserdisc for a pretty penny a few years ago. That was a beautiful release for it's time. Great job on these videos!

Very good review on the history of Halloween on physical media!!👍

To me, Jeff, the definitive version of Carpenter's classic original is the THX DVD from 1999 (Anchor Bay) just because it most closely nails the correct color timing (so it actually LOOKS like fall in Illinois). I have that THX DVD (the single disc edition with just the mask on the cover), Halloween II on Universal's anamorphic DVD, Halloween 4 on Anchor Bay's anamorphic DVD, the first Halloween on the first Anchor Bay/Starz! Blu-ray, Halloween III on Scream Factory's 4K and the 2018 Halloween on Blu-ray. I also had that Blockbuster Presents VHS tape of the first film....wow, memories....

The 1998 2 VHS (Orange) version also came in another variant. It is a larger clear plastic box. Which contained a (red) snow globe in it. I foolishly sold mine several years ago.

A home video history on Star Wars would be interesting cause of its many versions

Still have my old Anchor Bay double sided DVD with the goofy purple and yellow menu selection system. You never actually knew if purple or yellow was the “right” color, and I would always accidentally select the commentary version. Good, frustrating memories. Ha!

Jeff, thank you for putting in the research. This series is fantastic.

Love these new media history channels.Remember having some of these releases.

It's amazing in the trailer at end of video... you can clearly see Myers coming down the steps (Much brighter). Every home video version I've seen... he's mainly covered in shadows.

Ok jeff we need more videos like this

This series\type of videos is very great! Much appreciated

I remember going into west coast video and just spending hours looking at the movie posters and art in the horror section. Those old movie box covers from the 70s and eighties give me mega nostalgia

Really cool video. I love digging into physical media history especially for my favorite films. Thanks for doing this.

*A nightmare on elm street and friday the 13th video history would be cool. great job on this video*

There was a release before media, you see, media used to be called MEDA and Charles Band was a co owner of the company and right before he parted ways, MEDA put out Halloween and he left and started up wizard video, and meda was changed to media after Band was gone. And the Meda release IS THE RAREST release on vhs.

I love this series! Star Wars, Superman: The Movie, Apocalypse Now, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Alien would all be great for it.

*OMG. thanks for this video. a little off topic. I love Halloween 2. the tv cut is so funny lol*

Halloween is one of my favorite movies of all time. I actually squealed when I saw this was the next video in this series haha I devoured it :D Keep 'em coming!!!!! This series is absolutely great

Love this series!

I never really liked the TV version but there was an added scene in that version where Dr Loomis meets with two board members discussing Michael and his condition. It's a terrific scene with great dialogue that's rarely seen in any horror movie

Astral Video also released Halloween on VHS & Beta between the 1979 and the MEDIA 1981 VHS.

when someone says "no offense" it's usually followed by an offensive statement 😂

Love your content man! Really digging this new home media history series your doing! Keep it up!

*As an Australian I love umbrella entertainment. I also love looking at amazon from other countries to see all the different Halloweens they have and different cover arts. of all the movies from the franchise*

Yuss, so glad you’re continuing this series!!

Anniversary edition vhs had a snowglobe,a lenticular sleeve

Wow. I did not know that Halloween premiered in KC.

Great new segment for the channel! Would love to see more home video history, especially with something like Jaws or Indiana Jones. I think there's a further peak for the original Halloween...and that would be for Criterion to have a revived version in 4K with the tremendous special features they usually bring into their releases. Excellent video!

In 1990 I bought the red stripe media edition, it was not the tv version it was the theatrical release. That was the first time I actually watched it. I watched it in my basement with the lights off and with headphones, I was scared, between the music and Jamie lee Curtis scream in the original mono track was awesome. As years went by and other transfers were made, it was not the same as my original media edition. The new 4K is awesome but the scare factor seemed to have disappeared along with my original vhs copy.

My copy of Halloween Extended Cut that came out in 2000 was really cool it came with a film cell from the movie which I still have

great video jeff love your home video history series so far would it be possible to do a video involving the history of the peanuts home video releases for both the specials and the movies

Man if you do the OG nightmare on elm street maybe they’ll see how much we want a 4k set 😭

Nightmare on elm street needs a video like this

I love these new style comparisons but can you show us a original first vhs release vs 4k release screen comparisons?

Hi Jeff, great video, just thought I would mention another home release in 1989/90 a UK company Derann Film Services secured the rights to release Halloween on Super 8mm full length uncut in anamorphic 2.35:1.. its a much sought after collector's item now, I think only about 500 copies were struck... keep up the great work 👍

You should do a Evil Dead Home Video history! They’ve had a lot of em!

i was so waiting for you to make a home video history about my favorite scary movie

I never saw the television version until I bought that Criterion Laserdisc. It has the additional scenes at the end of each side and you could program your player chapters to re-instert the additional scenes during playback which, of course, was very crude because, in addition to having a weird pause in the movie while it skipped chapters, the TV scenes were in 4:3 aspect ratio and the rest of the movie was wide-screen so they stood out like a sore thumb. Crazy daze back then. Ha!

Hi Jeff, Awesome video! Halloween is one of my favorite movie. I bought all the 4k releases by Scream Factory and they really are amazing! Please keep the great work going!

Enter the dragon would be a good one to do

Literally just received the 15 disc box set today. Can’t wait to watch it all these weekend.

Love these videos dude ! Do one for The Terminator (1984)

Great job on this and the Jaws videos man! I’m very interested in seeing videos like them for the films “The Ten Commandments”, “Alien”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”, and of course the original “Star Wars” trilogy. I appreciate all your hard work! I have my own trailer editing channel, “RichesMovieTrailers”, so from one content creator/filmmaker to another, thank you for this series. :)

Wonderful video, Jeff! I look forward to more from this series!

I'm loving this new format of video bro. Cheers from Brazil. 🇧🇷

I had that 1999 release. Some of those dvds had a lenticular cover. I've now got 1-3 from the most recent scream factory release. So impressed with part 3.

Awesome video series keep doing these!

VHS movies were absurd in terms of cost in the early-to-mid 1980's. I remember seeing "A New Hope" on VHS... new... for $120 in 1983!!!

Once again this series is fantastic

I have the 2 orange tape collection still

In the UK, the 25th anniversary was released as a 4 disc edition by anchor bay. It had over 7 hours of extra content .

.....and you should do Raiders of the Lost Ark next, not only because it's Indiana Jones, but because it was the first VHS release priced for, and intended to be sold to, the consumer.

holy shit i’ve been looking for this type of content for AGES

I’m so here for this!!

Would love to see a video on Once Upon a Time in America, I love this movie and would like to know the history of the home format that was released

Awesome work on this video Jeff! I hope you will continue the Home Video History series with the other Halloween sequels and other movies 🤘