scary movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2003)

"Evil Dead" and "Suspiria" come close but for me this is the scariest movie ever. "Halloween" is one hell of a movie. For those who say that John Carpenter stole ideas from "Black Christmas", let me tell you something: that film is absolute crap compared to this! There is almost no gore in "Halloween" and the pace is very slow but there is so much tension and suspense throughout the movie that time just flies by.
The two films I mentioned at the beginning were scary but they relied a lot on the gore to do so. This film is just so well made that gore is not even necessary. The camera work and music are so effective that cheap effects aren't needed for this film. The story is well written and the opening sequence is just brillant. Also the additional scenes for the extended edition add a little more to the movie.
"Halloween" is certainly one of the best horror films of all time and it scared me even more the second time I saw it! 9/10