The Real Deal

Rating: Null/10 (3 February 2004)

Jamie Lee Curtis is stalked by a silent, seemingly indestructible masked killer who escaped from a mental asylum in this highly-suspenseful horror flick directed with style by John Carpenter. With this much-imitated blockbuster hit, and its killer POV angles, Carpenter practically invented a new horror subgenre single-handedly, and its easy to see why. Films like this are easy to make on a low-budget. All you need is a group of young actors willing to show a little flesh and a good make-up guy for the splatter effects. Not that this film itself was especially gory. It was until later that the imitators began giving us gore in lieu of genuine suspense. Still, don't hold all of the awful movies inspired by this film against it. This is the real deal. One of the best horror films ever made.