A true classic of the genre.

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2001)

John Carpenter has given the world a classic horror experience,with a great cast and storyline.Very good acting and the direction by John Carpenter moves this film at the modest pace.The suspense is steady enough so that the film doesn't fall down quickly into the state of boredom.Carpenter creates an incredible atmosphere of dread and fear,without using buckets of gore-the beginning is truly creepy as hell.Michael Myers is one of the scariest villains in the history of the genre.He is pure walking evil."Halloween" was made on a small budget($300.000)and,in my opinion,this is good for a horror movie.I don't find high budget horror movies the least bit scary.However "Halloween" isn't really original,it was obviously influenced by such Italian genre classics like Argento's "Suspiria","Deep Red",Mario Bava's "Bay of Blood" and Sergio Martino's "Torso",and also by Bob Clark's masterpiece of pure terror "Black Christmas".Overall,you aren't a real horror buff if you haven't seen this one.Highly recommended.