Halloween- A great slasher flick, best for when you're on a dare to not sleep for a night or for just Halloween night!

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2007)

Halloween has to be one of the best movies, let alone horror, of the 1970's. In it, we are given the story of a psychotic child who kills there sister for being unclean (e.i. having sex, doing drugs, etc.). He is then locked up in a mental institution for fifteen years, in which on the fateful night of October 30, 1978, he escapes! Thus bringing upon mass hysteria and mayhem as he stalks Laurie Strode, a high school baby sitter. It is the basis for most of todays slasher flicks unfortunately, but this was the first movie to use it and do it the best. Keeping in mind, that John Carpenter actually got the idea for this movie from Bob Clark's 'Black Christmas', the first actual slasher flick, he puts atmosphere and suspense to good use, instead of just throwing gallons of blood and guts in when ever some one gets a paper cut. And the climax is very good, it has left me wanting to see the second one now. So if you're looking for a nice little horror flick this Halloween, just go to the h section of the horror area at Blockbuster and see if you can pick up a copy of it.