The original film "Halloween" is a very feminist film.

Having a female producer does not mean that the film became more feminist as a result of this were the case Laurie would have handled Michael on her own without needing the assistance of a man to actually put Michael "down" to save her life. She would've handled him all on her own instead which is something none of the Halloween movies have done except the most recent one [Halloween 2018]. I also never pointed out that it laid the groundwork for later films to make her more a feminist icon I stated that the 2018 Halloween made her way more a feminist icon. All the other films portray her the same as a scared woman being hunted down by a serial killer in which she always fails to stop him and usually only "defeats" him by running away and getting lucky that accidents happen to harm him and make him weak. She does eventually gain the upper hand on Michael in one of the films but of course instead of being strong minded she falls victim to Michael playing a trick on her which leads to her death. She is killed off like nothing and not just that she was killed seeming weak minded falling for a trick from Michael when we all know she'd faced him enough times before not to fall for his tricks. "Her role as the protagonist automatically makes the film more feminist. " This is by far one of the dumbest things I have ever heard ever. If you google who the main character of the Halloween [1974] is you will find Dr Loomis appears as the hero of the film followed by Laurie as the heroine. She is also not the protagonist she is nothing more than the main victim the main protagonist would be Dr Loomis since we follow him throughout the entire film from beginning to end hunting down Michael and saving Laurie. Laurie would be a secondary character if not the other protagonist as I would argue the film can be very split between the two since they both get about the same amount of screen time. "The argument over specific numbers of men vs. Women killed does not particularly work in this debate, As the numbers are so close. "By your logic about the film being automatically feminist cause Laurie is the "main protagonist" than my argument would also work and thus makes the film less feminist since it actively chooses more female victims and shows us in detail how they die and the horror they suffer as compared to one offscreen male death and the only other male death being on screen. Also giving the coolest kill to a male character does not make it more feminist if anything it does the opposite since more people would remember the death scene with the male character over the other female characters and would be something often referred to as one of the coolest while the female deaths are played for nothing more than weak helpless women. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre also had the "Last Girl" trope you have referred to Halloween having. I can understand Laurie Strode being a feminist icon this I will not argue as I agree however the film is not a feminist film in any way it portrays women as easy, Weak targets who I would even argue die in more horrible ways then the men do Bob gets a simple stab pinning him to a wall, The truck driver who knows what happened as where the women get strangled and slashed and the film seems to have no problem at all at almost every turn towards the end of the film showcasing the female victims breast when there is absolutely no need for it and this would be a trope you could blame Halloween for starting that appears in almost every single slasher after it. Also without Loomis it is almost certain Michael would have killed Laurie eventually since the film kept making her make the dumbest decisions and run away from Michael every single time she had the advantage over him making her appear as super stupid and as I have pointed out before it ends up being Loomis who shows up out of nowhere to save the victim in distress which would be a continuing trope in slashers to come. To sum this debate up from my point of view PRO appears to see this movie as feminist purely because of Laurie as where I see it as being neutral if not, Not at all feminist due to the gruesome kills and portrayal of women as weak, Easy victims and the utter unnecessary continued exploitation of their naked bodies that the film seemed to cramp in at almost any chance it got towards the end be it when the characters were having sex, After sex, Being killed and being dead. I do however think this debate was incredible fun and I can agree that we all can look at Halloween as a brilliant classic by Carpenter and later Akkad's family who would be involved in almost every sequel. I do hope there is not hostilities against PRO and myself [CON] since it's clear we are both massive fans of Carpenter's work and may we respect all the amazing actors who not only brought the films to life but would show continued support and appearances throughout the many sequels.