The definitive scary movie

Rating: 10/10 (15 October 1998)

Halloween is possibly my favourite movie. From the moment John Carpenter's terrifying theme tune rings out to the end credits I was glued to my seat. Carpenter brilliantly builds the suspense. The opening steadicam scene, witnessed through the eyes of a six year old Michael Myers. Myers' escape from the mental hospital exactly 15 years later. The introduction of the various teenage lambs to the slaughter. There is a hint of the terrible things to come in the opening hour and the last half hour certainly delivers. Halloween has been often imitated, including a string of sequels, but, no other 'slasher' film comes close. Halloween was the original and by far the best. For me Halloween is the definitive scary movie.