In this exclusive essay, Halloween superfan Devin Lotfi shares his love of the slasher movie franchise.
"I'm just going over Katelynn's to play Donkey Kong, be back later! Love you!" I yelled at my mom right before I ran down the lane and crept into my friend's basement to face my fears and watch the one, the only, the classic...From an early age, I fancifully found myself a prestigious, blossoming cinephile, but the allure of the horror genre was always present and ominous and forbidden.
I walked into the now-defunct Suncoast Video soon after my first viewing and bought the VHS of Halloween. The cashier took no issue with this. I had inherited my dad's Iranian facial hair, so, even at twelve years old, I was sporting a nice five o'clock shadow. Scared, I threw it away. We were just a year away from the tragedy in Columbine that would rock the nation, and the question of blaming violence in movies and video games for real-life crimes had already arisen.I remember having to explain to my mom that I wasn't watching the movie for the carnage, I was watching it for the good person who was facing evil! Mom didn't get it, but she got it.
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