suspense and terror packed into one movie

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2012)

Halloween: a holiday of children trick-or-treating for candy, but what comes up in the year 1978? The film masterpiece Halloween! I am a big horror fan, and what horror fan would I be without seeing and owning the most classic chilling film out there. Halloween is a film about Michael Myers who killed his sister at a young age, several years later he escapes and returns to where he once lived. A the same time, Laurie Strode a high school student is going about her life, trying to find a date and babysitting. What she doesn't know is that the embodiment of evil: Michael Myers is about to wreck her plans.
That's about what the film is about, let me just say that I like this more than the newer horror films like SAW and the remakes. What Halloween offers is much more than what the newer films supposedly try to give, Halloween gives you chills with the daunting appearance of evil, suspense with the simple yet terrifying death scenes, and fear knowing at the end that the killer is still out there. I see myself as a person who judges characters, for example: Michael Myers. I like the other classic horror icons: Jason, Freddy, Chucky, and ghostface. Michael is the first Jason (if you will), silent, deadly, and unstoppable. But what I like about Michale more than Jason, is that John Carpenter tries to show Michael as pure evil, Jason however is shown as a victim. That reason could explain Jason's popularity with the modern people, but it should be said: Michael Myers is perhaps a better 'VILLAIN' than Jason Voorhees.
My final thoughts: This film deserves to be recognized for its simple yet scary scenes, and I recommend this film to anyone, if your one who wants to get into Horror, start with this one.