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As for today, The Good, the bad and the Ugly is nb 1 of his Top 3… 
oh Halloween, just like Assault on precinct 13 is an exploitation film, and therefore played grindhouses theaters… being or not an exploitation film is smg that is link to the production company and distribution of the film. i think somewhat Halloween doesn’t feel much like an exploitation films because Carpenter quickly moved to bigger studio films and doesn’t have the image of being an exploitation director, but still… still, that doesn’t provide those two films (assault on precinct 13 has my preference) of being masterpieces.
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I always assumed that it was film’s subject matter that determined if it was an exploitation film or not. Halloween doesn’t feel like an exploitation film because there are not really many exploitation elements. But if it’s to do with studios and distribution then that’s a different story…