Episode 70: Remake Reframe - Halloween (1978) & (2007)

This episode was recorded on September 18, 2025 and posted on November 8, 2025.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 70
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Welcome back to Remake Reframe - our series pitting horror films and their remakes against one another
• Today's Topic: Halloween (1978) and Halloween (2007)

Remake Reframe

• The legacy of Halloween and making of the original film
• The ongoing controversy around Rob Zombie's remake
• Criteria for the Original Film
  • Did this film need a remake?
  • Has the film aged well?
  • One thing from the original that is important to keep in a remake
  • One thing from the original that is important to change in a remake
• Criteria for the Remake
  • How true was the remake to the original, for better or worse?
  • What was kept the same? What was changed?
  • Was the remake successful?

Film Discussion

• Halloween (1978)
• Halloween (2007)

Closing Thoughts

• Which of the Halloween adaptations is the better film?

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Sources

Wikipedia contributors. (2025a, October 18). Halloween (2007 film). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(2007_film)

Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, October 19). Halloween (1978 film). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)

Wikipedia contributors. (2025c, October 20). Halloween (franchise). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(franchise)#:~:text=Twelve%20films%20have%20followed%20since,released%20on%20October%2014%2C%202022.