The absolute scariest film ever put on celluloid.

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2005)

I saw this film for the first time when I was 6 years old. I spent the next three weeks dreading going to bed because I was frightened out of my mind. From the very beginning of this film, it lulls you into a dreamlike state, where everything is propelling you toward an inevitable final confrontation of sheer terror. Dean Cundey, films the entire first three plus minutes of the film from the perspective of Michael Myers, age 6, as he murders his sister, as one continuous panaglide shot. As Michael comes out of the house his parents are there to meet him. We see for the first time that this is a 6 year old. As he holds the knife, and is unmasked by his Father, the camera cranes back on the composition, and cuts to black. This is the perfect set-up for all the action that follows. Michael escapes from the mental hospital on the night before Halloween. He returns to his home town of Haddonfield, IL. This is "The Night He Came Home." The whole film unravels in a steady and deliberate pace, and there is very little on screen violence, compared with todays horror films. It features one of the most memorable scores in movie history. With it's percussive 5/4 time main theme, and it's minimalist stalking music, it hypnotizes you. This film will scare anyone who enjoys a good horror movie, and it will really scare those who don't.