the best up there with the likes of black Christmas

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2004)

This is the best movie you will ever see. It is so scary and creepy. The atmosphere is amazing. It's not like the bullsh** they try to pass off as horror movies these days. It is actually scary. You see, the reason it is distinguished from most other slashers is because like black Christmas, it relies on atmosphere and suspense, rather than blood and fake intestines getting ripped out(just for the record, I am a fan of zombie flicks, especially ones from the infamous Romero, but intestines is good for zombie flicks, not so much slashers), you do see knives going into people but it is in the dark and shadows, which makes the movie that much more scary and Michael Myers much more threatening, unlike in the crappy sequels, where he just walks around in the light and kill people, tons of blood and gore, typical slasher, which i have no problem with, i love sleepawa camp and Friday the 13th and silent night, deadly night, but halloween is one movie that should not have blood in it. Avoid the sequels at all costs. Trust me, if you watch the first one and stop there, you will not want to leave your room and you will want to carry a weapon everywhere you go, and be looking into all of the shadows, but if you watch the sequels, its like, the scare factor, even for the first one, goes down(which is why the sh** sequels should all be avoided. If you are the type of person like I used to be who thinks you have to have every movie in the series to have the best collection, trust me, you get a much better effect if you just watch the first one. John Carpenter is the only person who has any business directing halloween, and halloween is such a perfect, flawless masterpiece that it needs no sequels, so yeah, that's right, all you talentless directors who tried to ruin halloween(dwight little, rick rosenthal, that french dude, and more)please do everyone a favor a f**k off. You are doing the series more harm than anything else. Also, Moustapha Akkad, please, just stop. Please. Just ignore the sequels, please, I cannot stress this enough, just please, if you love halloween as much as I do, avoid the crappy sequels. Please, you will be a better horror adict(which I am definitely one) if you just watch the first. The sequels are not even scary, Myers just walks around and stabs people with scissors, no suspense, just him walking around, you can always see him. There is no shadow, suspense, atmosphere, or POV that makes the original a masterpiece of horror. If you are thinking about watching the sequels, just don't. It makes every character in the movie seem less likable and, just go watch Black Christmas or The Funhouse, two other great slashers. Here is a list of directors and some movies that will help guide you to create a great horror collection. Tobe Hooper: Eaten Alive The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Funhouse
John Carpenter: Halloween(of course) Christine The Fog
Wes Craven: The Hills Have Eyes A Nightmare on Elm street(avoid most sequels, the first 3 are great, though Wes had no part in 2) Last House on the Left
Bob Clarke: Black Christmas
There are many other great movies out there, such as Happy Birthday to Me, Terror Train, etc., that are worth checking out. You just have to look, read a lot of reviews to get a good sense of a movie, so you know if it is a repeater, like halloween. There are some movies that are pretty scary, but not enough to have nightmares and stuff. They are mostly just fun to watch. Some are Uncle Sam, Jack Frost(please avoid part 2), Friday the 13th, pretty much all of those 80's slasher gems. Oh yeah, one last note, Carrie is VERY scary, and is definitely worth picking up, or at least renting. Okay, away with me, have fun watching 70's, 80's gold. Later