Halloween: The Complete Collection[Blu-ray]

I've been a huge Halloween fanatic ever since I was 8 years old, and I was ecstatic when Scream Factory announced they were releasing the entire series together in one box set. At first, I thought it was too good to be true because of rights issues, but they pulled off the impossible. The movies look great and crisp and clear all on blu-ray. They even released the long boot-legged Halloween 6 Producer's Cut which looks absolutely fantastic, if you've only seen it on a crummy boot-leg dvd. All the movies are in individual black blu-ray cases with the original posters as the cover art. There is even a special disc in the end along with Rob Zombie's Halloween II. Packed with interviews, making of, tv cut of the original, and much more. You may have audio sync issues with the Halloween 4 disc. If so, notify Scream Factory about that. My only problem is that this does not include the theatrical versions of Rob Zombie's Halloween films, just unrated. If you prefer the theatrical cuts, keep your dvds of those. These reviews WILL contain spoilers for those who've never seen the series.Halloween- I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this film! In my opinion, HALLOWEEN is without a doubt, one of the best horror movies ever made! I love everything about it! I love that it takes place on HALLOWEEN! I love all the characters; especially Michael Myers, Dr. Loomis, and Laurie Strode. I love the mood and atmosphere! It has a classic horror story of a psychopath breaking out of Smith's Grove Sanitarium the night before HALLOWEEN and the next day, returns to Haddonfield, Illinois and goes on a rampage and stalks three friends named Laurie, Annie, and Lynda. Dr. Loomis tries to stop Michael from killing anyone, but it's already too late. Laurie is babysitting Tommy Doyle, and next door, Annie is babysitting Lindsey Wallace. Michael waits patiently to make his move. I love Michael's mask! It's freakin' awesome! Will Laurie survive the dark, bloody HALLOWEEN night? If you love classic horror, I highly recommend HALLOWEEN!!!!Halloween II- I love this sequel! I just love how it takes place right after the original ended! Michael has been shot six times by Dr. Loomis, but he gets up and walks away! Loomis continues his hunt and Laurie Strode is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital. Michael stalks the hospital in search for Laurie. Loomis finds out something about Michael that he NEVER knew. I love the showdown at the ending with Michael, Loomis, and Laurie. HALLOWEEN II is a treat for any and all fans of HALLOWEEN, horror, and slashers! I highly recommend HALLOWEEN II!!!Halloween III: Season of the Witch- Since 1998, I've been a big hard-core HALLOWEEN fan! I love HALLOWEEN III. People just hate it, because Michael Myers is not in it...SO WHAT!!! A little temporary change never hurts anyone. I love the storyline with the warlock named Cochran making HALLOWEEN masks out of Stonehenge. I love the "Happy happy HALLOWEEN" song and Cochran's speech to Dan about the Celts and how HALLOWEEN was 3,000 years ago. I really appreciate this "sequel" yes, I called it a sequel, because it's called HALLOWEEN III!!! Another part I love is what happens to Little Buddy Kupfer when he watches the commercial and his head turns into snakes and bugs. The last part I love is the ending, it keeps you in suspense. This classic film earns the right to be called "HALLOWEEN III"Although Michael Myers, Dr. Loomis, and Laurie Strode have been taken out, this is 100% really good HALLOWEEN material. It starts off with a man named Harry Grimbridge trying to run away from some men in business suits. In his hand, he's grasping on to a Silver Shamrock HALLOWEEN Pumpkin mask. Later, he passes out and taken to the hospital by the filling station attendant named Walter Jones. Later in the night, Harry is murdered by one of the business man. Dr. Daniel Challis wants to investigate why he was murdered. Dan has a bad relationship with his ex-wife, who is played by the actress that played Annie in original HALLOWEEN. Dan hardly spends any time with his kids. Dan and the murdered man's daughter; Ellie Grimbridge make a plan and go to Santa Mira where the Silver Shamrock company is. (For some reason, I love the scene at the bar when Dan is drinking beer and that silly cartoon is on, then the original Halloween plays.) Conal Cochran is the boss, and Dan finds out that Conal is a warlock who plans to use the popular masks as a way to kill all the children on HALLOWEEN. Dan must stop it from happening. This really is a classic in its own way. I highly recommend HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH!!!Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers- This sequel returns to the basics of the Halloween series. Everybody cried that Michael was gone, so they brought him back. Six years after Dr. Challis stopped Cochran and the evil Silver Shamrock masks, we return to Michael Myers, who has been in a coma ever since the fire in the hospital. While being transferred, he overhears that Laurie Strode had a daughter named Jamie Lloyd, so he awakens and goes back to Haddonfield and tries to kill her. Hot on his trail is Dr. Loomis, who also survived the explosion in the hospital. Jamie has been adopted by the Carruthers family and must be protected by Rachel. On Halloween night, Jamie and Rachel are trapped inside the Sheriff's house with Michael locked in. This movie has some beautiful Autumn scenery. If you love the series, you'll definitely enjoy HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS!!!Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers- I love almost all the Halloween films, but this one goes a little downhill for me. One year after stabbing her foster mother, Jamie Lloyd has been taken to a children's hospital. Since Jamie touched Michael's hand, she exhibits signs of a telepathic link with her Uncle Michael. On Halloween, Michael returns to Haddonfield to finish what he started last year. Rachel, Tina, Mikey, Spitz, and Sammy become Michael's new targets at a Halloween party as he tries to find Jamie. I love the scene when Michael is chasing Jamie, Billy, and Tina through the cornfields with the car! Donald Pleasence is back playing the awesome Dr. Loomis who tries to hunt Michael throughout the Halloween night at all costs. Later, Loomis takes Jamie to the Myers house. I love scenes of the police and S.W.A.T. team stakeout at Michael's house. That's pretty cool. Loomis tries to reason with Michael one last time before the showdown. Loomis uses Jamie as bait to trap Michael. When Loomis finally stops Michael, he is taken to the police station, so that the U.S. National Guard will take Michael to a maximum-security prison until he dies, but something bad happens. What happens? You'll just have to watch! If you love the Halloween series, maybe you'll love HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS!!!Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers- This is where things get weird. The 6th film in the franchise tries to explain why Michael is the way he is. He's being controlled by a cult who gives him the Thorn curse. (The Producer's Cut is a much better film if you want to make any sense out of it. The theatrical version is too watered down and difficult to understand at times) Tommy Doyle is back, and he fears for the people living in the Myers house, who happen to be related to the Strode family. When Jamie Lloyd is found dead and her newborn baby turns up, Dr. Loomis comes out of retirement to try to find and kill Michael for one final time. He teams up with Tommy and Kara Strode. Dr. Loomis is baffled when he comes face-to-face with the man who has been controlling Michael all these years. This film is a lot better than part 5. I highly recommend HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS!!!Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later- I remember being 8 years old and seeing it at the theater. 20 years after Michael tried to kill Laurie Strode, he soon decides to try again. She lives under the name of Keri Tate. She has a son named John. She works as a head mistress at a private boarding school in Northern California. She has a boyfriend. Soon, Michael tears her life up again. She soon decides to fight back and finish her brother off once and for all...until the sequel. If you love the Halloween series, you'll love HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER!!!Halloween Resurrection- As a hard-core Hallowee fan, I feel like I'm the only one who truly loves this awesome sequel! I love the plot, the setting, and the mood in the film! Michael finally finishes off his sister, Laurie Strode, which kinda sucked. One year has passed and Freddie Harris starts a new website called DangerTainment and six lucky people win a chance to be in it, and the location is Michael Myers' childhood home. I love that the house looks just like the original house. Sara, Rudy, Jen, Bill, Donna, and Jim are the winners, and they meet Freddie and Nora for their interviews. Meanwhile, across town, Myles 'Deckard' Barton is watching Sara do her interview, because he is interested in her and has been helping her with internet stuff. on Halloween, they all go to the Myers house, and broadcast live on the Internet for millions of people to watch. No one can leave until the show is over, so they are all locked in. Little do they know, Michael is back and doesn't like uninvited guests. At a college Halloween party, Myles 'Deckard' is watching the show, and when Michael shows up, Myles believes that the people are actually being killed, but no one else at the party does until Sara is the last one alive and calls Myles for help to tell her where Michael is at. Freddie finds Sara and realizes what is happening. Most people hate that Busta Rhymes karate-chops Michael, but I have no problem at all with it! Later, in the garage, Sara has been knocked on the ground with some heavy equipment on her, and Michael is coming to kill her, then Freddie knocks the door down, and says "Trick or treat, motherfu#*er!" to Michael because he thought he killed Freddie. If you love sequels, horror, the internet, and the Halloween series, you'll love HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION!!!Rob Zombie's Halloween- I personally loved this remake! It was everything I hoped it would be and more. I saw this the first day it came out. I couldn't possibly wait another day. I loved the beginning showing Michael, his mom; Deborah, Judith, baby Laurie, and Deborah's boyfriend; Ronnie White. I loved how we meet Dr. Loomis. I love the scenes at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. I love how Michael breaks out. (NOT the unrated version of how he breaks out!) I love how Michael gets his clothes from Big Joe Grizzley. I love when they show Michael putting his infamous mask on and they play the Halloween music! I love it when Laurie finally meets Michael at the Wallace house, I loved it when Dr. Loomis tries to kill Michael. I especially loved the ending. To me, Rob Zombie's Halloween is just as good as John Carpenter's classic! Halloween begins in Haddonfield, Illinois on October 31st in the morning. Michael is 'playing' with his rat. We see how it is in his house with the white-trash Ronnie White, his mom and sister. During school, he gets in a fight and Dr. Loomis sees that he is at the early stage of becoming a psychopath. On Halloween night while Deborah Myers is at the Rabbit In Red Lounge stripping, Michael kills Judith, her boyfriend, and Ronnie. He is transferred to Smith's Grove Sanitarium. During his years there, Dr. Loomis tries to help him, but he gets a lot worse, and I really feel sorry for Deborah when she realizes what a monster her son has become. 15 years later, Michael escapes and goes back to Haddonfield on Halloween. Throughout the day, Laurie Strode, Annie Brackett, and Lynda see Michael stalking them. When Laurie babysits Tommy Doyle, Annie makes Laurie watch Lindsey Wallace also. While Annie and her boyfriend, Paul are having sex, Michael strikes again, and waits for Laurie. Laurie finds Annie bloody, so she calls the police. Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hurry to the rescue, but Michael has already captured Laurie and taken her back to the Myers house. Will Laurie escape? Will Dr. Loomis find her in time? You gotta watch the movie to find out! If you love horror, remakes, and Rob Zombie's work, you'll love HALLOWEEN!!!Rob Zombie's Halloween II- I had waited a long time for this movie, and it was definitely worth the wait! HALLOWEEN II was awesome! I loved every minute of it! I have been a fan of the HALLOWEEN series ever since I was eight years old, and this film was everything a Halloween fan would love and more! Michael Myers is back with a vengeance and he's more brutal and violent than ever! Rob Zombie did an awesome job at directing his newest masterpiece! This is the trippiest Halloween yet. I loved the amazing details of the dreams and hallucinations that Michael and Laurie both had. I love when Michael attacks at The Rabbit in Red Lounge. I love all the decorations and costumes at Haddonfield's 4th Annual Phantom Jam. I love the police standoff toward the end when Michael is holding Laurie hostage. Everybody did an amazing job! (I think I still prefer the theatrical version. In the unrated, Laurie is too bi-polar and makes us hate her. I love the original ending the best, too)A year after the HALLOWEEN massacre, Laurie Strode lives with Leigh and Annie Brackett and is an absolute mess, does drugs, and slowly descending into madness. Dr. Loomis has written a new book and becomes more of a spoiled celebrity. Michael is still alive and sees images of his beautiful mother as a ghost, and the younger version of himself. Deborah tells Michael that he needs to kill Laurie so they will become a family again. When Laurie finds out the truth about who she really is, she doesn't care about anything anymore, so she heads off to the Phantom Jam. After partying with Harley and Mya, Michael comes after Laurie once again to have the ultimate family reunion, because family is forever. Will Laurie put an end to Michael's reign of terror once and for all? If you love the Halloween series, and Rob Zombie's directing style, I highly recommend HALLOWEEN II !!!It was announced recently that Danny McBride and David Gordon Green are writing the next Halloween film and looking to be released in October 2018 along with John Carpenter as Executive Producer. I'm very excited about that, and I hope they do a great job. If you're a major big-time Halloween fan like me, I highly recommend HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!!!

Scrap the old Universal dvd release's of Halloween, Halloween II & IIIScrap the old Anchor bay dvd release's of Halloween 4 & 5Scrap the old Miramax/Dimension DVD release of Halloween 6, Halloween H20 & Halloween resurrectionalso scrap the previous blu-ray release's of Halloween 1,2,3,4,5,6and get this all new 15 Disc Deluxe edition blu-ray set by Anchor bay/shout factoryall 15 Discs are packaged nicely in Keepcases which goes Great on my blu-ray shelfi hate the Digi-pak packaging, so i'm happy all discs are in clamshell keep casesall Keepcases also have the original artwork, not Distribution company's artworkHALLOWEEN KEEPCASEDISC 1 has the 35th Anniversary version plus all the extras from the previous 2013 blu-ray releaseDISC 2 has the 2007 version from Anchor bay with the Cut Above the rest 90mins Documentaryplus the 2007 Audio commentary aswellHALLOWEEN II KEEPCASE is exactly the same blu-ray release as the 2012 Scream factory releaseDisc 1 has the Theatrical cut plus the 45mins making of Doco, plus the Audio commentarieseverything from the 2012 blu-ray release is on this DiscDisc 2 is the Television version in 1:33:1 Fullframe formatHALLOWEEN III KEEPCASE again is exactly the same as the 2012 Scream factory blu-ray releaseHALLOWEEN 4 KEEPCASE from Anchor bay i assume is the exact same blu-ray release from couple years agowhich only has 2 Audio commentaries for the extrasHALLOWEEN 5 KEEPCASE from Anchor bay i assume is the exact same blu-ray release from few years agothis Disc no. 7 has 2 Audio commentaries plus Halloween 5 on the set, H5 promoHALLOWEEN 6 KEEPCASE is the first Highlight of this BoxsetDisc 1 has the Theatrical cut from the Miramax/Dimension films blu-rayDisc 2 has the all new Producers cut runtime 95minsScream factory have done an excellent Job producing the extras on Disc 2all new interviews with cast members J.C Brandy and Mariah O'briena new interview with the original Jamie Lloyd-Danielle Harriswho was very very close to playing Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 6but according to her the Studio at the time were very Disrespectful to herand didn't think much of her returning as Jamie Lloyd which i think is a major insultso Danielle Harris was offended and left so J.C Brandy was brought inall new interviews with Producer Malek Akkad and Paul Freemanand new special interview make up effects artists John Buechlernew Audio commentary with writer Daniel farrandsa new Tribute featurette to Donald pleasancethis Tribute only goes for a few mins tragicallywith recollections from some of the cast and Associate producer Malek Akkad from Halloween 6Donald Pleasance Deserves a longer tribute than just a few minsthere should've been other Halloween cast members involved aswell, not just from Halloween 6so i thought it was pointlessalso included on this blu-ray Disc is 30mins of behind the scenes footage taken during the filming on the setplus the usual Trailer, TV spots etcHALLOWEEN H20 which is Disc 10all new Commentary with Director steve miner & Jamie lee curtisan all new Making of H20 Documentary (1hour )which has brand new interviews with some of the cast and crew from the filmplus Vintage behind the scenes footage from the DVD releaseHALLOWEEN RESURRECTION Disc 11which has all the same extras from the DVD release, nothing new on this DiscROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN DISC 12DISC 1 & 2 is exactly the same as the previous ROB ZOMBIE HALLOWEEN BLU-RAY SETROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN II DISC 14 & 15 which is the Bonus DiscDisc 1 is exactly the same as the previous blu-ray releaseDisc 15 The Bonus Disc is the 2nd Highlight of this incredible Deluxe editionScream factory produced this Bonus Disc and did a fantastic Jobwhich has the Extended TV version Full screen 1:33:1 format of the first HALLOWEEN on blu-ray for the first time everthe last time this TV version was released was back in 2001 by Anchor baymuch better quality than the very old dvd releasethis new version has a new 1080p blu-ray transfer and a new 5.1 master audio mixthe scenes for TV broadcast are only in standard definitionthere is also1-2hours worth of all new interviews recorded months ago for this blu-ray set2 all new making of Documentaries with most of the cast and crew from 4 & 5first one is about Halloween 4 Doco (47mins) 2nd is Halloween 5 (45mins)these 2 Doco's could've been put on the Halloween 4 and 5 Disc i thinkbut for some reason it's on this Bonus DiscNew interview with special effects man Tom Burman on Halloween IIINEW episodes of Horror's Hallowed Grounds, the films covered areHalloween 4,5 and 6 and a longer version of the 25th anniversary HALLOWEEN episode, only couple mins longerHorror's Hallowed Grounds fan edition which covers the 35th Anniversary tour of Halloweenthe 35th Anniversary fan edition tour episode i was surprised how short it was, about 10-15minsplus the Halloween UNMASKED 2000 featurettethere's also a thick booklet with rare photos plus the new Documentaries/featurettes noted for the Bonus Discso if your a big of Halloween like myself than get's this 15 Disc deluxe edition which has the Bonus Discthrow out all the old previous release's and get this new blu-ray setit is only Limited edition release so buy it now before its completely out of stock/out of printthere is a 10 Disc blu-ray version available aswell which has less extras on iti Don't think the 10 Disc has the Bonus Disc, but not surei was only interested in this 15 Disc set5 stars or more for this box set, Definitely worth the money