Epic slasher film

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2010)

Michael Myers has become an icon for horror films. John Carpenter's Halloween is still remembered as a great horror film classic and has had great success among slasher film fans.
There were many good things about this film. The thing I like about it the most is that it had a very eerie feel to it. The music certainly did it's role in giving this movie an eerie feel. Some people I know complained that it was a very slow movie and I think it suited this movie very well. When Laurie is walking around her neighborhood and it has creepy music playing at a slow tempo it makes a very creepy movie.
Dr. Loomis when describing Michael Myers gives great detail. Donald Pleasence does this role very well and portrays the "pure evil" theme in a very dark way.
I like how it is dark in a lot of the scenes. It gave off a great atmosphere and essence. During Bob's Death Scene, Michael Myers pops right out of nowhere grabs him by the neck and stabs him, it is very dark in this scene which gave this creative kill an element of darkness and pure evil.
Many of the kills in this film were creative particularly Lynda's death scene when Michael strangles her with a telephone chord.
I think the mask serves a great element of fear to the movie. Dr. Loomis in the film says "I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face." The mask certainly resembles what Dr. Loomis says, it's a white mask that looks completely emotionless.
I liked how Michael Myers is seen and then within seconds he is gone. Laurie Strode notices Michael outside a window when she is in class he's gone as soon as she looks back. This gives a very suspenseful essence to the film because you don't know where he went a lot of the time and he can pop out of nowhere.
This movie is a great slasher film. Not only did was this movie successful but many of the sequels were very successful as well. The Halloween franchise overall is simply great. If you haven't seen to many slasher films this would be a great movie to start with. This movie is a classic and always will be.