A great, and life changing movie for me

Rating: 9/10 (31 October 2006)

I saw Halloween for the first time on Friday night, October 30, 1981 on NBC. I saw it again the following Sunday night, October 31, 1982, on NBC, and ever since then I have loved it, as it is my favorite horror movie, fourth favorite movie of all time. And it is, from these two showings, the movie that began my huge love and interest of movies (still going strong 25 years later). I thought it made great use of the Halloween theme (a holiday I've always loved), and incorporated it in this, and had a very creative, engrossing plot. And I thought it was extremely scary, as by the last 30 minutes of these two showings my ribs were really hurting! The music, screenplay, and direction by John Carpenter were all very good, as were the performances by the entire cast. And it moves along very good and briskly, from the 1963 opening, to the escape, to the Halloween action in Haddonfield, and this day seamlessly becomes night and dives right into the main part of the movie. And the ending is very scary, as well as exciting, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the credits roll. Thus, a great horror movie, and a great time for me to write this review on it.