What is the best "stalking" moment? [Archive] - The Official Halloween Message Board

NeewollaH

03-26-2005, 05:33 PM

None of the Above.

The Stalked of Annie in the original HalloweeN. The best stalking (in movies) is when the character doesn't see the stalker. That's what make these scenes so exciting and gut-wrenching from start to finish. First, she's on the phone, then he's outside through the window, then the laundry room, then finally the car. Freaky, riveting, and Annie doesn't see a thing.

SonOSam

03-26-2005, 05:55 PM

Well, I could have put best chase, but Michael does not chase. I could have put best follow as Michael sort of follows Laurie, but that would be stupid wouldn't it? Best "stalking" seems to work best. I could have put what is best "stalking" among these choices, but that was sort of the point of the thread....to choose one provided...or not I suppose and then discuss what you do like etc. Maybe there could be a best stalking part 2 thread.....
with more choices. I was gonna phrase it differently and include when Tom Atkins talks to "old lady" and discovers it is mechanical/robotic or when he punches man/robot and all orange gooey. I like H2's "moment" which also leads to Michael walking thru the hospital doors. Just cool.

SonOSam

03-26-2005, 05:56 PM

Originally posted by LoomisFan4Life
I went with Laurie trying to get back to the Doyle House. It is creepy as hell. I love the laundry shoot scence though too as well as H2's stalking scences. Good thread SonOSam.

Thanks :)

Scissorhands

03-26-2005, 07:45 PM

I always like all the scenes while Laurie, Annie, and Linda are walking home from school.. Michael driving by and stopping, the hedge scene, and Michael in Laurie's backyard.

Silverpsycho

03-26-2005, 07:48 PM

I went with "Laurie trying to get back in Doyle house:Halloween" but it was real close between that and the stalking scene in Halloween II. Both of those put me on the edge of my seat :D

complete

03-27-2005, 02:18 AM

The Laurie across the street was ok, but I preferred Jamie & Rachel on the roof in H4. More at risk there.

Nightmare13

03-27-2005, 01:36 PM

The original stalk, with Michael going acorss the street towards Laurie.

One not included in the poll that I love is the first 15 minutes or so of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, when The Shape is stalking Jamie and Baby Stephen. I mean... He follows her into the storm, then all the way to the bus station, all the way to the barn, and in the barn 'til he kills her! That rocked, and had one of the best kills of the series.

Hallowicked

03-27-2005, 04:48 PM

Laurie trying to get back in the Doyle house gets my vote. Her trying to get back in the hospital is a close second.

Turd Ferguson

03-27-2005, 05:36 PM

h1. Reason : Usually when Laurie saw Mike, then she turned then turned back again he was gone, then when he was stalkin her @ teh Doyle house, she turns the knob, and turns slightly around, Mike is still there. Made it real creepy there.

urg

03-28-2005, 01:15 PM

h5 with the laundry chute. damn i felt really bad for jamie then.

MyersFan927

03-28-2005, 01:18 PM

My favorite is Michael catching up to Laurie in H1. The stalking scene in H2 is a close runner up.

gerry d

03-29-2005, 10:45 AM

Best stalking moment has to be from HII.It's just the way he appears under the red light & the music starts up & Laurie is trying to get the attention of Loomis & Co in the hospital.

cheers

Superman

03-29-2005, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by gerry d
Best stalking moment has to be from HII.It's just the way he appears under the red light & the music starts up & Laurie is trying to get the attention of Loomis & Co in the hospital.

cheers You mean the part where she is laying in the parking lot trying to get the attention of Loomis and the woman and the cop when they are going into the hospital? The part where she is whispering " help me" and she keeps whispering until the door shuts and they go inside and then she finally yells at the top of her lungs" HELP ME"? That part?

gerry d

03-29-2005, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by Superman
You mean the part where she is laying in the parking lot trying to get the attention of Loomis and the woman and the cop when they are going into the hospital? The part where she is whispering " help me" and she keeps whispering until the door shuts and they go inside and then she finally yells at the top of her lungs" HELP ME"? That part?

That part is good also but the part i was meaning is when Michael appears under the red light & Laurie gets to the hospital doors & starts banging the glass to get the attention of Loomis & Co inside.

cheers

Superman

03-29-2005, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by gerry d
That part is good also but the part i was meaning is when Michael appears under the red light & Laurie gets to the hospital doors & starts banging the glass to get the attention of Loomis & Co inside.

cheers Oh yes..just before Myers walks through the glass door.

6Michael6Myers6

03-29-2005, 11:14 AM

HII gets my vote...i thought it was the most riveting of all the stalk scenes in the series

SonOSam

03-31-2005, 09:03 PM

I just watched H5 again recently. That is some pretty intense stuff at the end when Loomis tells Michael to "get the little girl..."
When I first saw that I thought he had really lost it and was maybe gonna let her be killed. The trap he set for Michael was preetty cool and looks awesome.

MyersFan75

04-02-2005, 02:58 AM

I went ahead and voted for the H1 choice.
I think either the H4 or the beginning H6 chase that you didn't put on the list would be second.

fanatic986

04-02-2005, 09:40 AM

I'm gonna have to go with the first one. Nothing beats that stalking scene.:)

TheShape2005

04-06-2005, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by SonOSam
All of the Halloween movies have some great moments. Some of those moments are similar, but what is your favorite?

the best is every single one of them

Bucky-lives

04-07-2005, 06:09 AM

I picked the first one. Tommy Doyle, that little shit and his long walk to the door was the best. He took so long getting to the door that i was wishing the Shape would get him instead.

TheShape2005

04-07-2005, 09:19 AM

Originally posted by Bucky-lives
I picked the first one. Tommy Doyle, that little shit and his long walk to the door was the best. He took so long getting to the door that i was wishing the Shape would get him instead.

yeah I think that the first is the best too but I'm a Loyalists to every single HalloweeN Film. and yes that includes HalloweeN III. I love them all in their own way. But that first chase there is one of the best of all!

Raechull

04-07-2005, 10:11 AM

That was hard because theyre all good. I like 1 and 2 the best. I voted for Laurie running to the Doyle's house in H1 becuase its the orginal thriller. But H2 is very close behind IMO.

thetodd

04-07-2005, 02:49 PM

The Doyle house scene. Perfect.
Michael should have had her. If I were Laurie I think I would have kept running instead of leading Michael to the house where Tommy and Lindsay were. I would have ran my ass off and gotten as much distance between myself and him instead of leading him to the children and putting myself in a postion to be trapped. At least outside, he couldn't have cornered her.
I guess people who are scared shitless don't always think logically............

myershall2

04-07-2005, 03:49 PM

I voted for the Halloween 1 moment woth her crossing the street becasue the first time I saw that I actually yelped when Tommy was taking to long to get the door open

Rudy

04-08-2005, 03:50 AM

Halloween II: Michael stalking Laurie in the carpark
Halloween 5: Jamie laundry chute

Dr. Dr. LOOMIS

11-28-2005, 02:12 PM

Marion in H20!!

Mark Warner

11-28-2005, 03:06 PM

That list misses the best stalk scene in my opinion. That being the scene where Michael stabs Nurse Jill and begins to go after Laurie. Tension was definately high in that scene.

Frazetta

11-28-2005, 05:14 PM

Michael chasing Laurie across the street to the Doyle house is still to this day one of the best thriller edge of your seat moments captured on film.

Bucky-lives

11-28-2005, 08:13 PM

Originally posted by Frazetta
Michael chasing Laurie across the street to the Doyle house is still to this day one of the best thriller edge of your seat moments captured on film. Yup.
Who didn't hate Tommy Doyle for taking his sweet time to get to the door lol

Chaosboy

11-28-2005, 11:40 PM

I picked the H-2 scene because Laurie's fear has reached its pinnicle. She is so desperate to get away from something she knows is an unstoppable force and to see the possibility of help, (Loomis, Nurse Marion and that dough-head Marshall) and not able to get to it brings her right to the edge of breaking.

MM shows his power as he steadily approaches the front doors and walks right through the glass as if it wasn't even there. Finally the way in which MM killed ol' dough-head Marshall whats his name and deliberatly shows Loomis and Laurie what is to come

All in all a very powerful and scary scene.

myersRUNNER2

11-29-2005, 04:17 AM

Im a fan of the HII chase sequences, so ill vote for the one where she is trying to get back into the hospital. Great scene in my opinion!

Horror Kitten

12-01-2005, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Superman
I like the one where he's walking after that girl.

LOL,
That's by far the best one :p

I went with H1

freethy

12-01-2005, 09:15 AM

I liked it when he was stalking Annie. From the car scene when she drops Laurie off up to Annie's death. I like the way he fucked with her for a while.

Cruel Intentions

12-01-2005, 04:19 PM

I thought during the school day in the original was a great stalker scene.

Rumpled Fedora

12-01-2005, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by Cruel Intentions
I thought during the school day in the original was a great stalker scene.

Yeah, especially when Michael catches the kid that nearly runs into him, and then seeing him walking alongside the chain-link fence. That's really cool.

For the poll I picked the one for H1. It's just one hurdle after another. The patio door won't open, the neighbors won't answer the door, Tommy walks to the front door...
All priceless moments! :D

RedZebra16

12-04-2005, 05:20 AM

mine was laurie trying to get into the elevator in the hospital... scene always has me yelling

discvader

12-04-2005, 08:00 AM

Halloween II gets my vote. No matter how many times I've seen it, when laurie is trapped and climbs through the window in the hospital, I'm like RUN WOMAN!!! Make like a tree and split or leave or whatever?

I will say that when Michael is coming across the street to the Doyle house in 1 is close to, cause that man is on a mission!

thetodd

12-05-2005, 06:44 AM

It looks like Laurie trying to get back into the Doyle house with Michael in hot pursuit is the hands down winner here.

renee30152

12-09-2005, 07:18 AM

I would say the first one with Laurie running from the house and into the Doyle house.
also the halloween five one with Michael stlking Jamie.

Bucky'sTheMan

12-09-2005, 08:34 AM

The one with Rachel & Jamie on roof.Funny as hell when Jamie gets hung up in the cable.Just flopping around.lmao.The original chase scene is more scary,but I also like a little comedy.

mikey_man

12-14-2005, 11:21 AM

My favourite chase is definetly in H2 when shes running through the hospital corridor and michael is doing a slow ghostly walk after her that scene freaks me out, in my opinion its my favorite chase seen of all time. BTW the ressurection chase scene isnt on here.

NancyThompson

12-19-2005, 04:52 AM

Jamie and Rachael/attic and then roof:Halloween 4

I just loved that Stalking moment since Michael was doing everything to get to Jamie

MichaelMyers04

12-19-2005, 10:40 PM

Out of the list given, I chose the scene in H1 beause it was just so intense. You want Laurie to get inside, and at the same time you want to kill Tommy for taking his sweet-ass time.

Second would be the parking lot scene in H2, because it was slmost like the H1 scene, and the third one is the rooftop chase in H4. It was scary without Michael, and then to add him was a genious idea.

I don't know if this is a "stalking" moment, but my favourite of all is the pickup truck scene at the end of H4.

lauriefan21

12-31-2005, 10:07 PM

i picked the good ole original, halloween one, when laurie gets chased through thre street and into the doyle house, its just plain creepy fun, its the best!!

thetwistedsoul

12-31-2005, 10:15 PM

This was so hard to pick. So many great scenes. I had to go with the first one just because it set us up for all the rest.

freakyfairy666

01-07-2006, 03:30 AM

well i think that there is 2 for me
1) when lil jamie is stuck in the laundry chute that is so intensifying n sad(H5)
2)in the hospital cos laurie is hurt n cant run very fast n its so nerve racking

but its a gud job he walks

Scarface315

01-07-2006, 08:13 PM

I think all the stalking moments are great and scary well michael myers is just plain scary any ways lol but anyways i would have to say my favorite one was in halloween one when he chased Laurie back across the street to the Doyles house.
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Crow

05-18-2006, 11:51 AM

the hospital scene from Halloween 2. one of the creepiest scenes in the series

The New Guy

05-18-2006, 12:29 PM

Ah. Very hard to pick. I'm gonna have to go with Laurie trying to get back into the Doyle house though. Had me on the edge of my seat the first time I seen it. Hell, it still puts me on the edge of my seat.

Bennett Tramer

05-18-2006, 08:50 PM

my vote went 2 Laurie trying to get back in the Hospital with Michael hot on her tail

saber372

05-19-2006, 09:46 AM

i voted with the h2 stalking.. the whole setup is sooo claustophobic and so menacing at set at such a slow but nervewracking pace... perfect.. but second... i would go with h6...

halloweenbabe

05-28-2006, 09:27 AM

I went with the best, when Michael is chasing Laurie back t the doyle house!! because it is scary because it is tradition it plays a major part throughout the movies. he always is makeing his victims run to locked doors and they yell and pound on the door and beg with the door to open! Plus I love it ~!~

Mark Warner

05-30-2006, 12:29 PM

One stalking scene that doesn't get enough praise is the opening of H20. While most everything else that followed wasn't too good, the opening to H20 was really great. There was an actual sense of tension and fear during this part of the movie. It's too bad what followed didn't have that.

son_of_myers_29

05-30-2006, 01:05 PM

I voted for the H2 stalking

PINKSUGARBABE

06-02-2006, 04:14 AM

Went with the best Myers stalking of all the series, when he is chasing Laurie across the street back to the Doyle house.

yeh i totally agree :)

devils-eyes

06-11-2006, 07:10 AM

i agree that the scene from H1 is probably the best but i also like the H4 scene were he chase,s jamie and rachel onto the roof of the house, theres also the end of H5 when jamie is all alone running thru the house

MetroidSA-X

06-11-2006, 08:30 AM

Laurie trying to get in the Doyle house is the best one. Though, the ones from 2, 4, and 5 are great too.

BobTheGhost

06-11-2006, 08:32 AM

The first one. no comparison

H'Field Slasher

06-11-2006, 08:36 AM

H2 when Michael is stalking Laurie in the basement as she is trying to get to the elevator

Shamrock-Robot

06-17-2006, 05:00 PM

Id have to go with either the last stalking scene with laurie in H1 or the stalking scene with Kara in the myers house in H6.

HiddenDragon

06-17-2006, 08:27 PM

I picked the H4 scene. It kind of creeped me out with the both of them trying to get away from Michael.

MikeyMyer$

06-19-2006, 02:28 AM

Agreed the original has a great stalking scene but how about H6 the curse of Michael Myers ?

There was some scary as hell stalking scenes in that film.
Myers in the hallway walking towards Tommy who was trying to open the door. Myers at the Bus station .

ALDO

06-24-2006, 12:17 PM

It would have to be LAURIE trying yo get back inside the DOYLE house.The
1st time i saw that scene my heart was pounding so hard and fast i was convinced he was going to get her. "TOMMY YOU LITTLE SHIT,HURRY THE FUCK UP!"

temp19

06-24-2006, 08:58 PM

In y opinion Jamie had the best stalking scenes because she always seemed so frail and innocent and you always wanted to see her escape but this one takes the cake when she was stuck in the vent with him stabbing at it still get me nervous today and then the scene in the attic is awesome. I love H5 and this chase is one of the main reasons why.

ashdavis

06-25-2006, 11:36 PM

I went with the original film and picked Michael chasing Laurie across the street to the Doyle house. I did like the scene with Marion in H20 as well. The hospital one is good too but my fav. is from the first film. :) :mike:

mr32

06-02-2007, 11:33 PM

Laurie running to the doyle house

zane1974

06-06-2007, 12:49 PM

I will have to go with the original,laurie running back across the street to the Doyle house

alexis

06-09-2007, 10:04 PM

When Laurie is trying to get back into the hospital in Halloween 2, it keeps my heart pumping everytime I see it even though I know how it ends, I always close my eyes when Laurie is in the elevator, I can't help but yell and scream at the T.V.

MichaelMyers04

06-10-2007, 01:28 PM

One thing I really don't like about the latter movies is that the chase scenes at the end just aren't scary anymore. From H6 onward, I find them really boring (H20's was good, but screwed up with generic scream music!!!), and that is supposed to be the best part of the movie (for me anyway). I was watching HR the other day, and I couldn't find one reason to cheer for Sara at the end. Hopefully, HalloweeN '07 will bring back the kickass chases (and by the trailer, I think it will :D)

Zombie

06-10-2007, 01:40 PM

I voted for the chase scene in Halloween 6, because it was really the only time Michael appeared to be really pissed. I remember the first time I saw that scene in the theatres, back when I was like 11, and it had me on the edge of my seat. It was definitely the most intense "stalking" scene in the entire series. At least I think so anyway.

Darth Tyranus

06-10-2007, 04:45 PM

Laurie trying to get back to the hospital in H2.

wyatt s

06-21-2007, 06:05 PM

I think Laurie trying to get back to the Doyle house is the best "stalking" moment in the series. To me that whole section from the time Laurie enters the Wallace House and til the end of the movie is the whole series.

mcilroga

06-21-2007, 06:37 PM

Yeah, Laurie running back to the Doyle house is definitely the best stalking moment in the series (not to mention the best chase scene) because you felt sorry and identified with her which in turn made you terrified of the killer, Michael Myers. The whole sequence is extremely powerful, and one of the scariest scenes in a horror film I've ever seen.

My only grievance with it is that it doesn't show Myers get as close as I wanted to see him get. There were only three shots of him walking towards Laurie, and in the last shot of him doing so, he had just stepped onto the sidewalk curb of Laurie's side of the street, which was still many feet away from her. And what really gets me is that Tommy still doesn't answer the door for about another five seconds, and the camera lingers on Laurie. They should've shown another shot of Michael REALLY close to Laurie.

http://www.smiths-grove.us/images/films/dvd/h1thx/images/HALLOWEEN_SE6-38.jpg

See? There should have been one more shot of Michael Myers ON THE PORCH with Laurie, just a handgrab away, and then cue Tommy answering and her getting in safely. And I know this happened off-screen because the last five seconds that the camera focuses on Laurie panicking obviously had Myers nearing that close to her. The point being: I wanted to see him doing it. It would have made the scene even scarier.

Still a fucking incredible sequence though. But nothing truly horrified me more in the original than the one shot of Laurie walking across the street to the Wallace's, because of a lot of things, but mainly that music and the knowledge that she was in for it. And of course her ascending the stairs in the house before she finds her friends dead. The entire shot was very dark and Laurie's face and the stairs were undescriptive (purposely, of course). And something about it made me exclaim, "fuck, where the hell is Myers?!"

BoogeyMan88

06-21-2007, 08:32 PM

Laurie's stalking scene in the original, especially the scene were the camera is below Myers as he is going down the stairs pretty quickly to chase her after she falls, that scene always spooked me.

Laurie Strode

06-21-2007, 10:05 PM

I chose the first one. I still remember watching this when I was little and that part I had my eyes glued to the screen....I don't even think I blinked, lol.

DarknessBDJM

06-22-2007, 06:07 PM

Easily the Doyle house moment. The photography when he's walking from the Wallace house to the Doyle house is amazing, as is the tension.

theoutfieldguy

06-22-2007, 09:00 PM

I voted the one from HalloweeN II.Dick Warlock did an awesome job as the Shape.Unrivaled,IMO.

wyatt s

06-22-2007, 09:08 PM

I voted the one from HalloweeN II.Dick Warlock did an awesome job as the Shape.Unrivaled,IMO.

Warlock is awesome but because of his slow, mildly robotic movement I think that chase became sort of absurd at some point.

mcilroga

06-22-2007, 09:11 PM

I don't think the scene in H2 holds a candle to the original's because it is a complete rehash, and wasn't as suspenseful because everyone knew what was going to happen.

theoutfieldguy

06-22-2007, 09:17 PM

Warlock is awesome but because of his slow, mildly robotic movement I think that chase became sort of absurd at some point.

I thought it made it that much scarier.He was going fairly slow for awhile and was still able to catch up to her every movement eventually.

wyatt s

06-22-2007, 09:22 PM

I thought it made it that much scarier.He was going fairly slow for awhile and was still able to catch up to her every movement eventually.

I think it worked for a while but there's a certain point in the film, and I'm not sure when, that it got kind of rediculous. Thus that chase only really had me going til about half way through. And just to be clear here I'm including from the time the chase begins in the hospital til she gets back.