This woman’s commentary is top tier I swear 😂😂😂

“Oh god the 70’s,” No phones Neighbours don’t give a damn TOOK ME OUT🤣🤣🤣🤣

If it makes you feel better, the shot of the dog “being killed” is just his trainer hugging him like a baby and then letting him down in slow motion. So it’s just a hug. 🤗

"Jamie, get a knife. Get a gun. Get a dog. Get all three." And as you find out, none of them work against Michael Myers.

I always laugh at the mother’s face when she finds Michael after killing his sister. She just looked annoyed like “Did you kill your sister again?”

"Girl, you're a full f**king mess! Lindsey is the one really babysitting you. You better give her a cut of your hourly!" OMG, I'm figuratively dying of laughter! Alanda, you are a PURE GEM! :)

"How is he so strong?" Evil has no limits.

A few fun facts: We didn't use backpacks to carry our books back then. The budget for this movie was only $325,000, because of this the actors wore their own clothes and styled their own hair Michael Meyer's mask was a Captain Kirk (from Star Trek) Halloween mask that was altered slightly and painted white 5 different people (not all of them actors, not all of them were male) stood in as Michael during the filming

No matter how many times I’ve seen this movie when Michael sits up it still takes the wind out of me. I think what makes Michael so frightening is he is the inevitability of death incarnate, and he doesn’t attack you in some foreign place like a camp or your dream killers, he attacks you at home, and he feels nonthing

A thunderstorm during your 1st Halloween watch is a whole vibe. Lol

You screaming “HE’S A CHILD” had me rolling 😂

23:45 “Oh, and you’ve got jokes? F-ing ghost?!” 👻 🤣 I love my people 😆🙌🏿

One of the things I love about the original Halloween is how completely unaware the characters are. I don't mean the stupid unaware where they know murders are taking place and still decide to walk down an alley alone, but unaware as they completely are in the right mind to suspect nothing is going to happen. That is one of the things I find most terrifying. Couple that with the shots of the Shape just watching them and again them being completely unaware, is what makes this a really chilling movie.

I was weak when Alanda was like " He's a child! He's little. Wtf did he do that?! 😂😂😂😂😂

“My babysitter is a fool girl she was ass up in the window.” That piece of commentary is gold😂😂I absolutely love her and this is my first time ever seeing her❤️ new sub

A fun drinking game is taking a shot every time Lynda says "Totally"

From a film-making stand point, Halloween set the bar for "slasher" movies. One of the more innovative film techniques that Carpenter developed for this film, was starting off with mostly wide shots and as the film went on, the camera gets closer and closer to the subjects until, by the end, it's claustrophobic. That hadn't been done before. The movie is a slow burn with a lot of characterization, which is something modern day horror loses.

I honestly can't stop laughing. And the 70s were a wild time, how anyone made it out, I'll never know!

Yeah, I dunno, but you'd be my bet as final girl in any classic horror movie. We've all heard you gripe about their tactics.

So your comment about the backpacks got me curious and I went a googlin'. Most kids just lugged their books around or held them together with a belt. Backpacks were only used for camping. But with the introduction of lighter-weight canvas backpacks at the start of the 70s, college students started raiding sports supply stores for them as a way to lug their books around. The backpack manufacturers noticed the trend and realized they had a huge untapped market. But backpacks really weren't a ubiquitous thing among students until the 80s. The more you know .... shooting star. rainbow.

Fun fact: When Michael's parents are just frozen and standing and not doing anything, it's called a TABLEAU SHOT in the film industry. It's basically a moment that's frozen in the stories timeline. So we (the viewers) are basically focusing on the fact that a child /sibling was the murderer. Great affect. Happy Halloween 🎃

Don't think I've ever laughed so hard during a Halloween reaction. 😆

27:19 That literally happened to me in my own neighborhood. I was walking to a bar in the fall and these guys tried to jump me. They jumped out of their car and one hit me in the head, but I ran through bushes and rang the neighbors doorbell. They came to the door but closed the blinds. The neighbors nextdoor said they had a gun and would protect me. He drove me home.

Fun fact: In A Nightmare on Elm Street they only show the outside of Nancy's house but they never shot scene inside that house. What Nancy's house looks like from the inside is actually the house from Halloween

"Back-lit, button down, and 'bout to get murdered." I love it!

Okay I don't see this elsewhere in the comments, so hopefully I'm posting new info here....what they're watching is the 1950's movie "The Thing From Another World" which is one of Carpenter's favorite movies. It's based on a book from the 30's called "Who Goes There," which is the same book "John Carpenter's The Thing" is based on. JC's Thing is MUCH closer to the novel than the old movie was, in case you were wondering.

I would love to watch horror movies with Alanda! This is exactly how my sister is during horror movies. The greatness of Black women reacting to horror movies simply can't be overstated

Omg, the pep talks for Jamie were so funny! Your commentary made Halloween even better. It was never this fun before!

This was the film that started the whole '80's slasher movie genre. Without this, there'd have been no Jason, no Freddy, no Pinhead, all pretenders to the level of excellence established by Mr. John Carpenter.

"I did not let him go, bitch. I did everything in my power, including using insane hyperbole for somebody I had never even spoken to." 😂😂😂

I love your comments lol 😂 “bitch aren’t we friends”

Fun fact: Kyle Richards, who is Paris Hilton's aunt, plays the little girl Lyndsey.

I've seen a lot of ppl on here watch and react to Halloween but this was easily the most entertaining and funny 😂 🤣 🎃🎃

little Lindsey is actually Kyle Richards from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she reprises her role as Lindsey in the new Halloween Kills movie this October

The way you unapologetically drag Annie the entire movie. 😂😂 I never realized how problematic she was as a kid.

12:37 - This film broke a popular Horror film trope right there. Laurie, the survivor girl, smoked pot.

I've read dozens of true crime books, and almost everyone, whatever year it's been set in (but usually in some semi-rural setting) has a quote like, "We never locked our doors or windows before this happened!" Almost up to the present day. I've seen films/TV shows from the '50s and '60s in which people will run up to a random parked car, jump in and drive away -- because people apparently just left their keys in their cars back then. Even as a kid in the 1960s, that sounded bizarre. And don't forget: You can't kill the Boogie Man!

Raise your hand if you knew that the MIchael Myers mask is actually a mask of William Shatner, aka James T Kirk.

Michael Meyers is probably the one real movie villain that truly frightens me. You have more courage than I do for watching this.

@Alanda Parker 4:09. That’s the “horrifying” effect Michael had on Dr Loomis. Loomis was a great psychologist (is that the right word) who was very grounded. But treating (and being around) Michael for 15 years managed to break this man down and believe that pure evil exists and that this “being” was its embodiment. Like a scientist who doesn’t believe in “ghosts” in anyway shape or form gets scared then drops all pretense of scientific belief and becomes extremely superstitious.

I had to pause it and play it back the first 3 mins “He’s a child!!! 🤣🤣 dead

I loved your reaction, especially telling Laurie to stab him more.

Fun Fact: James Cameron was inspired by Halloween when making the Terminator.

"Why is he so focused on Jamie?" I guess you will have to watch the second film to find out exactly why! Lol Great review as always! Loved it!! 😉

"... _And here you are still waiting around like Booboo The Fool in this bush_ ..." LMAO 😂🤣😂😂🤣😂. Too frickin' funny!!

the color palette, the fall weather feel, the spookiness, the coldness of night during October, everything in this film screams the halloween the holiday.

"Oh, and you got jokes?" gets me every time.

I like how she has to remind herself that it was the 70s and there were no cell phones.

I'm marathoning her reactions to this franchise before watching Halloween Ends and this reminds me how cool it is that the little girl being baby sat by one of the other babysitters is played by the same actress as the same character in Halloween Kills. I understand why they replaced the boy Lorie is babysitting because Anthony Michael Hall is a bigger name but I think it would have been cool if they'd used him too. BTW PJ Soles has the distinction of getting killed by both Carrie and Michael Myers.

Alanda watching horror is PURE entertainment. I’m here for the commentary & hilarious quips. 🍿 👀

She should be on the commentary on the special features of these Halloween movies 😂😂😂.

This movie is one of the original "Oh no! Don't do that!" movies. The ones we rag on these days for doing this or that trope, but this is the era of film that started it all! The literal reason we talk about those tropes! An absolute classic! 😁 if I were you though, I'd stick to this, the one after this and the 2018 John Carpenter follow up. Carpenter himself said only the original and the 2018 one are his and canon but personally I think 2 in the 70's is very good. Love your comments during the reaction! You'd make a good ttrpg player I reckon! 😁😁👍👍

Darlin ya ask why would ya do that when she runs to a neighbors house & they turn the light off & don't answer the door again it's Halloween & she's a teenager, back then we teenager's pulled a lot af pranks js

“Someone in a track jacket! With a knife!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Oh!! And you got jokes?!" Lmaooo too good

The reason the movie to me is so great is that throughout the whole movie the soundtrack is on point and the setting and feel is just terrifying the fact of someone watching you is already bad but when you can't kill that guy. BOOOOOY

Your commentary is the best! "A haunted house of murdered loved ones!" "Don't you sense the rising doom?" :-) HA!!!!

Fun fact it was revealed that Michael can teleport. Which is why he can walk slow and still catch up to ppl but in part 5 he definitely had a slight pep in his step lmao

I’ll never understand why they did away with Michael’s creepy breathing in EVERY single sequel. It was such an effective, scary thing.

This is the best commentary reaction I've seen!!! Bravo young lady!! I was born in 1971 and I was way to young to be watching these movies when they came out! Halloween 3 is pretty scary too, even though its an anthology movie! I loved it..

You can never go wrong with a John Carpenter movie. He's an amazing director, and most of his filmography is worth watching.

Lindsey always been a real one. “She got stuck in the window. She’ll be right with you.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If I ever wind up in a horror movie, I hope you are there Amanda. You got your shit together.

I died at, "AND you got jokes?" Too funny!

Hahaha “stab him everywhere, ankles, face, chest, ass, everywhere!” Hahaha! Love it.

"Oh, and you got JOKES?!" One of MANY golden observations and one-liners in this stellar reaction. Thank you. Happy Halloween.

think back to the days of the movie theater. imagine seeing this, then leaving the theater, going into a dark parking lot, driving home, and then walking through the dark to your house. You'd be eyeing every shadow all the way to your room.

Her commentary is A1!! And she's beyond beautiful

Watching _Halloween_ on the Fourth of July? If Alanda Reacts comes out with a calendar, you've got my pre-order. I'm so glad you got into this one, on a dark and stormy night no less. Terrific commentary! Trivia: _Halloween_ was the first of three collaborations between John Carpenter and leading lady Jamie Lee Curtis, She next played a role in the ensemble of _The Fog_ and uncredited, voiced the opening narration for _Escape From New York_

One of the things about Halloween that made it so effective is that it was the suburbs. Back then people just didn’t think about killers being there. So Annie being “brave” really is just blind naivety.

You like Carpenter and Curtis? Than you will enjoy "The Fog" for sure.

“Girl. Do we not sense the rising doom behind us?” Omygod 😆😆😆👏👏👏

Damn. I want YOU with me if I'm ever trapped by a psycho!!!

Halloween II picks up right where this leaves off. Still produced and written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, but it has a different director if you are interested.

I love all the reactions she does, right down to her jokes, they make me laugh. I could sit in front of the computer and watch her do reactions all day.

Fun fact: the little girl that played Lindsey Wallace in the original and in this year's "Halloween KIlls" is Kyle Richards from "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"

*HE’S A CHILD, HE’S LITTLE* Thank God i just ran across your channel. Love your personality!!

Jamie Lee's character WAS the original Nancy. She started all this Final Girl business

I love her commentary. Shes so amazing entertaining and so expressive

I've seen this reaction way to many times, I love her commentary 😂

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite reaction channels.

9:23 AREN’T WE FRANDS?!!! Lol. I didn’t realize how terrible her friends were til this.

Lindsey and Tommy were watching the 1951 version of THE THING. The Carpenter version was made in 1982.

Halloween was originally supposed to be an anthology series , not strictly based on Michel Myers . But no one actually knew that and after the two , they tried going back to the original plan , and suffice to say it didn't work out , so in the interest of making money back , they went back to centering the stories around Michel and the rest is history .

I felt like I was in the room watching it with you! 😄 Your voice is so adorable 😍💕🤗

I actually loved Annie’s character. She was a bad bitch and I’d like to think if she didn’t go out like that she would’ve fought back harder than Laurie lol. You gotta watch Halloween 2 now 😭😂

Stab in his ankles,chest,face,back,ass got me rolling on the floor😂😂😂

Props to you that you kept watching when a real-life thunderstorm started outside!

Why am I just now finding your channel??! 🤣🤣🤣 “I’ma tell everybody. Everybody! My babysitter is a fool girl she was ass up in the window. Ha. Locked herself in the laundry room.” LMFAO I DIED!

"This is the problem. People who are ill you still have to see them as people" Ten minutes laturrr: "IT ate a dog?!!! Once again we aint dealing with a man"

This reaction is gold! Oh how I miss the 1970s. I was born in 73 and remember seeing the original Thing, saw this on like 1982 when it came out on VHS or TV/cable (forgot which format it was released first). Such a different time the 70s and 80s, and in many ways I liked it better than now, although admittedly it lacked several modern conveniences. Earned a sub for this... great reaction and commentary.

Michael Myers is a force of un-nature! Something I just realize about Michael..how did he learn how to drive and where did he get his strength from? I doubt he read the driving manuals from the highway department and he just doesn't look like the "doing pushups on the floor" type. I think Halloween 1 was the only time that Michael Myers' true face was ever shown.

I had a conversation with someone about that the fact they were so calm about the fact their son had a bloody knife in his hands and wasn't freaking out asking about their other two children is very strange.

Fun facts: Halloween was originally planed to be a anthology series where every movie was a new horror story but fans really wanted a real sequel to this so Halloween II was made and when Halloween III was made without Michael Myers, following the original plan, fans hated it so after that they made all the Halloween movies about him. The white mask Michael Myers wears is a Captain Kirk Halloween mask. The movie they where watching was the original The Thing from Another World (1951). Universal was making a remake and John Carpenter wanted to direct it but they said no because he was an independent film maker. This movie is what got him that job.

I loved your reaction , I can't wait for the next 1 😂😎🔥!!!!

Idk if it’s confirmed but I think michael’s presence is what makes him so scary. Like you’d think the characters would at least feel his presence when he’s stalking them. But maybe they don’t feel anything when he’s watching/around them, because he’s so cold and unenthused about stalking and killing. It could also just be for the plot(which is most likely), but it’s much more terrifying to me that he can conceal hisself to the point that nobody even gets the inkling that he’s around. Fuck that lmao

FYI _Starman_ just showed up on PlutoTV if you're interested 😀 This one's one of my favorite films! The next one, _Halloween 2,_ is when Univer$al got their claws into the franchise and saw how much money this one made, so they're like "do a sequel we want more money" and John and Debra are like "no that'll ruin it" and Universal's all "contract obligation fam" and John and Debra are like "well shit." _Halloween_ (2018) is considered the official sequel though, retconning the others to just be Laurie's bad fever dreams or something. _Halloween 3_ was the attempt to do a different story based on the holiday, but it didn't do as well so they went back to Michael for the rest of the sequels. _Halloween H2O_ is the only other one I'll watch because Laurie gets payback and it has her mother Janet Leigh, who was in _Psycho,_ which would be a really good classic to watch if you've never seen it before (the 1960 one, not the remake). Hitchcock rocks.

Donald Pleasance's (Dr. Loomis) Ernst Stavro Blofeld character in the 5th James Bond "You Only Live Twice" was the inspiration to Mike Myer's Dr. Evil.

“And here you are hanging out like Boo-boo the Fool in this bush.. STILL!” 😂😂😂

Great commentary! Favourite part....'And here you are waiting around like booboo the fool in this bush..STILL!!' That had me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣🤣