I think HALLOWEEN's major strength is also what would make it difficult to do a commentary -- the single-minded, relentless threat of Michael Myers. It's masterfully done in that the tension goes up and stays up the entire film -- he's always out there, he's always coming, there's nothing you can do but try to run, try to hide. And you do, and he finds you anyway. And you try to kill him, and he doesn't stop. It's the first film I can think of that literally feels like a nightmare. The entire film is the last act of TERMINATOR.

So, I put it on my list. But, really, how many times in a commentary can we say "This is really scary, the way she runs and he keeps on coming"?

I did not put TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE on my list because I thought it was boring as fuck. I want to say the remake was scarier but I'm weirdly not sure if I actually saw it or just imagined I did.

That is because you're crazy.

They are?

...ah, shit.

I got to the bit where the blond was a glam rock drummer. Then I died.

I watched the prologue in IMAX and it was more difficult to understand him than it needed to be. I do think they went to the other extreme (and I'm not sure why they re-recorded the lines instead of just re-mixing them, unless that was actually the on-set recording), but it doesn't bother me with him any more than it does with Vader.