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Benedict Arnold

Isn't it ironic that the best holiday of the year (Halloween) is the namesake of the crappiest horror movie franchise as well?

The Halloween movies suck donkey genitals.

Posted - October 29, 2016
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  • 6988
    Yeah, but the music is cool.
      October 29, 2016 5:34 PM MDT
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  • Good point.
      October 29, 2016 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 17620
    It isn't the namesake of a movie.  I do believe Halloween is older than your movie. 

    There is no irony.
      October 29, 2016 9:44 PM MDT
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  • Ugh????  Yes it is, the movie franchise is named after the holiday.   That's a namesake.
      October 30, 2016 2:34 AM MDT
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  • 17620
    Yes. However, you have it backward in your original post;  that's all I'm saying.  The day called Halloween is not the namesake of the movie; the movie is the namesake of the day called Halloween.

       name•sake
        (nāmˈsākˌ) 

      
    n. One that is named after another


    This post was edited by Thriftymaid at October 30, 2016 12:18 PM MDT
      October 30, 2016 12:16 PM MDT
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  • Oh gotcha.  Oh well.   My bad.

    I hate using wikipedia to make a point but oh well

    "In general, the second recipient of a name, named for the first, is said to be the namesake of the first. The attribution can, however, go in the opposite direction, with namesake referring to the original holder of the name (the eponym).[3]"
      October 30, 2016 12:23 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Crappy is not the word for it, or any of those "horror" films; i.e., boring, 2 hours of  mind-numbing nonsense passing as entertainment.  I think people go to the show and watch them to make out.  Who watches this crap for real? This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 6, 2016 3:27 PM MST
      October 29, 2016 9:48 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    I never went to horror movies with a date. We went to the last remaining drive-in theatre in the area to watch stuff like Blazing Saddles and Cheech & Chong. That drive-in is still showing movies. 
      October 30, 2016 6:52 AM MDT
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  • Horror movies are awesome.   Halloween isn't really a horror movie.  It's more of a suspense thriller.

    It could be worse than horror.  There's always that crime suspense drama bullchit. 
      October 30, 2016 12:25 PM MDT
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  • 23662
    I find the first original "Halloween" movie very good. 
    The rest of the films in the franchise that I've seen - - I've not seen a lot - - are not so good to me.
    :)

    If that means I enjoy sucking donkey genitals, so be it. Ha!
    :)
      November 6, 2016 3:26 PM MST
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  • The only one I like is Season of the Witch.  It's corny as hell but in a classic b-movie way.
      November 6, 2016 3:43 PM MST
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  • 23662
    Darn! I think that's the one of the ones I haven't seen! Or I've only seen parts of it. Is that one connected to children watching a TV show or something? If you like it, I should make sure to watch it, too.
    :)
      November 6, 2016 3:53 PM MST
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  • Yep, that's it.  It's pretty silly to be honest.   John Carpenter's original intention for the Halloween franchise was for it to be an anthology series.  Each unrelated to the other except that they all occurred on Halloween.
      November 6, 2016 4:13 PM MST
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  • 23662
    That's fascinating to me, Glis!
    Thanks for helping me out, too!
      November 6, 2016 4:36 PM MST
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  • Oh you're welcome.
      November 6, 2016 4:37 PM MST
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