The Strong and Silent Type

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2002)

Created from John Carpenter's mind, Captain Kirk's looks painted white and a British distributor. That would make anybody go crazy! If you've ever been afraid of a small town with dark streets, trick or treating kids who never seem to knock on your door or people wearing the likeness of William Shatner, but you like to be scared, watch this movie many times! As Dr. Sam Loomis would say, "The Evil is Gone!" and now he's paying a visit. As you watch Michael come out of shadows or step beside your vision, there's this want of a body count. Well, either implied or seen, the count is as follows: two dogs, two male humans and two female humans. The music caresses the scenes with an embrace that's hard to tell where the music of the movie stops and the music of the viewer's intense visionary inspired mind begins.
The scenes are very close to reality. Even the windshield of Annie's car is dirty with hand prints and daydreaming goes hand in hand with class work. The thing that will last forever as a why question is, "Why no trick or treaters knocked on the doors of the houses where all the action occured? But, even the leaves looked real!
And who can forget some of the lines that will remain with the viewer for years to come: "Maybe someone round here gave him lessons!" and "Hey Lonnie, Get your ass away from there!"
Watch this movie alone, and then your life will forever more be changed.