Years later it can still bring some fear.

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2007)

Micheal Myers has always been one of my greatest fear and even at 20 years old, I will admit he still petrify's me.
Walking through a video rental store I thought I would revisit one of my greatest fears as a child and pick up the 25th anniversary DVD.
Years after first watching this movie, some things are still in-tact and others I realized were not as good as others say.
This movie is not for people who get bored easily. The first hour of this movie is so slow, you'll be crying for something that is more then a glimpse of a white mask.
I don't find the dialogue in this movie to be all that impressive, even for the 70's. Although some of the dialogue will keep you entertained, most of it will seem like nothing more then a time-filler. I also understand this movie was created on a 320,000 dollar budget but that doesn't mean it had to be so slow.
That's really my only beef with the film. There are some really impressive things in this movie. For instance: when she tries to trick Michael by opening the balcony door and hiding in the closet. You don't see that kind of intelligence in horror films anymore. Also the way she got herself out of the sticky situation in the closet was pretty cool.
Being one of the first stalker movies around, this was a very nice thing to see. Its good to know the ground of which one of my favorite movies of all time was inspired from...Scream.
To bad the sequels of this film made a mockery of Michael Myers. He was pretty scary.