Taking A "Halloween" Reality Check

Rating: 4/10 (25 October 2016)

OK. Let's face it - Back in 1978 this sick & twisted little slasher-horror picture may have packed a substantial-sized wallop and wowed audiences everywhere.... But, today, nearly 40 years later - (Watching it with a very critical eye) - Halloween certainly left this somewhat jaded viewer quite bewildered and, yes, let down by the sheer tediousness that prevailed throughout its story..... (Need I go on?)
And, speaking about Michael Myers' teenage sister being butchered in the film's opening scene - No one (in their right mind) can tell me that this grown girl (who wasn't caught completely off guard by Michael's appearance) couldn't have fought off this 6-year-old (Yes! That's right! - A 6-year-old!!) who was wielding a butcher knife with the sole purpose of killing her.
I mean - C'mon, folks - Take the time to really think through how preposterous and implausible that scenario really is, especially when you take into account that Michael didn't take his sister by total surprise - No - She clearly saw him coming at her with the knife.... Sheesh! Spare me!!