One of the All-Time Great Horror Films.

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2015)

Halloween (1978): Dir: John Carpenter / Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers: One of the grand masterpieces of horror films and its unique references to childhood fears, only its Boogeyman is an escape mental patient named Michael Myers. He murdered his sister fifteen years earlier on Halloween night and has return to his home town. Donald Pleasence gives maddening determination as Dr. Sam Loomis who describes Myers as a patient that he spent fifteen years trying to reach before becoming focused on keeping him locked up. Now he awaits Myers return at the old abandoned Myers house. Jamie Lee Curtis plays babysitter Laurie Strode whose life of high school and ignoring boys is interrupted by images of an ominous masked man whom will become her ultimate fight for survival. Nancy Loomis plays her friend Annie with wit and sarcasm as her babysitting duties lead to a potential stray date but not before severe consequences. P.J. Soles plays Laurie's "totally" stunning cheerleader friend Lynda whose sexual escapades will come with a price. Charles Cyphers plays the local Sheriff, Annie's father, who questions Loomis's rants. Director John Carpenter presents ominous shadows and lighting but it is his masterful spooky score that gives off the mood rendering this as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Score: 10 / 10