The Bigger Picture, presented by The British Film Institute

Happy Halloween?

Slasher icon Michael Myers is as much part of Halloween as hiding behind the curtains hoping those 16-year-old Trick or Treaters will go away. This episode we look back at Mike's work by examining the venerable Halloween franchise and take a stab at reviewing David Gordon Green's revamp. Joining us to talk stabbing and screaming is Mike Muncer, creator and host of <a href="https://evolutionofhorror.libsyn.com/" target="_blank">The Evolution of Horror</a> podcast. Mike and Anna talk us through the Halloween franchise's history, talk about Jamie Lee Curtis's changing role in the story and explain how gender roles in the series have changed across the ages. Hen makes some scarily bad dad jokes. Plus! Recommends for Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House, indie drama Blindspotting and AI point-and-click adventure2064: Read Only Memories. The BFI Podcast is ... BFI Southbank Programmer <a href="https://twitter.com/annabdemented" target="_blank">Anna Bogutskaya</a> BFI Digital editor <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryHBarnes" target="_blank">Henry Barnes</a> Producer <a href="https://www.petersale.co.uk/" target="_blank">Peter Sale</a> Scarily good: • <a href="http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/halloween/feature/a866082/halloween-movie-order-timeline-franchise/" target="_blank">How to watch the Halloween films</a> and have them make sense (via Digital Spy)• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/10/john-carpenter-interview-anthology-film-scores" target="_blank">John Carpenter likes playing Destiny 2</a>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grw5AT5kq0c" target="_blank">Queens of the Stone Age's Hangin' Tree</a> is the Halloween theme sped up. Really! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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