The film that created every slasher film trope.

Rating: 6/10 (18 October 2018)

I just want to say right off the bat that I feel bad for giving this film a 6. And I am being a bit biased here. If I had some sense of nostalgia with this films I would probably give it a higher rating. But the sad thing is, I wasn't shocked or surprised by anything this film did.
It spawned so many replicas that I can't help but to notice that it no longer holds up. I don't feel like I should blame this film for the flaws of others, but I'm not blind and I have to be honest. This IS a very flawed film. And I am very disappointed since everyone holds this film to such a high standard, but I can't help but to feel like I've seen this before.
Now if I can try and be a little bit unbiased when critiquing. There's a lot of frustrating things that happen in this movie. The acting is bad(especially from the child actors), the dialogue is terrible, there's absolutely no characters, and characters make a lot of dumb decisions. How am I supposed to care or feel scared for these people when they aren't convincing and make poor decisions?
Fairly disappointed with this film, especially when it compares to John Carpenters The Thing. Where characters are convincing and intelligent. Don't understand all the critical acclaim and hype surrounding this film. But I'm descensitized beyond return by this point so maybe I just watched this at the wrong point in my life. But that still doesn't make up for the other flaws with this film.
Sorry for being vague, but I don't want to spoil this for anybody else.