Best Horror Film Ever

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2004)

This film was pure luck. The chemistry in this film was amazing. You don't achieve this type of chemistry between actors by good casting alone. If that was the case, then Debra Hill would have gone on to bigger and better things with higher budgets. As it is, Debra Hill is primarily known for her involvement in John Carpenters Halloween. I was 8 yrs old when I firt saw this film and now my own child has seen it and loves it. That is what I call a tried and tested film. Time does not age the creativity of this film. Made on a budget of 300K and shot in 12 days on location with no dolly shots, 1 crane shot, tons of steady cam shots and the use of a tri-pod made this film. How? In a word...LUCK. It was all chemistry between crew and actor that made this film because if you actually read the screen play, it is not what you would expect the film to look like. John made a few good movies since, but he will never re-live the glory days of Halloween. Well, actually, he will always have the glory days of Halloween but he will never make another movie like it again. It is a once in a life time masterpiece. This is PROOF beyond any doubt that budget has nothing to do with how good a movie is. If budget had anything to do with how good a movie is, then why didn't the other Halloweens made come even close to the original with a budget of 10 times the original budget? I am convinced that chemistry is the key to a movie success and not budget. The two are not even related. With out chemistry you have no movie. I don't care if you spend 50 million or even 250 million, with out chemistry a movie will not work. There is no substitute for chemistry and all the money in the world can not buy the kind of chemistry that John and Debra had on the set of Halloween!