A True Horror Classic

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2012)

This film is more or less an independent make, with that being said the production quality is fair for what the budget was and the resources that were available to the crew at the time. One of the aspects that I did find rather interesting was the fact that the majority of this was shot with a steady cam, a device that we would not normally associate with this ear of movie making. If it was not for this, the shots that were achieved in the film would other wise be nearly impossible to pull off by other convention methods at the time. The shots in the movie enable the viewer to be brought into the experience, such as in the opening sequence when the viewer is in the point of view of Michael Myers. We are engulfed into the madness that is going on within his head with that first opening sequence. As the film goes on the majority of the indoor and tracking shots were flawlessly . With the techniques that were employed in this film John Carpenter was able to build up the tension that was going to happen in the movie. This is a big contrast to modern movies in the same genre that tend to have many quick cuts and a more action rich environment. The slower pace pull in the viewer enabling them to fully take in the whole scene. The filmmaker creates Myers to be the embodiment of evil. With his very machine nature furthers his lack of humanity and builds up the viewers fear of him. The addition of his white mask furthers this separation from man to monster, a monster in which any man could become. No matter what actions anyone takes Myers rises up and continues in his attack. This fear of an unstoppable enemy is frightening to most people. Also the fact that the film tried to imply that the safety that suburban America thinks they have is a farce. All in all this movie was the first of it's kind and still scares audiences to this day.