absolutely spine-tingling!

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 1999)

Who would've thought that a movie made for less than $300,000 dollars could amount to anything. Yet "Halloween" did much more than that; it cultivated modern horror. Even though it was made in 1978, it much resembles the thrillers of the 90s (f.e. "Scream", "Urban Legend", "I Know"), which is why I say "modern". There aren't a great many people worldwide who haven't seen this movie, which is a major accomplishment. It also features a very young, busty, BLONDE Jamie Lee Curtis, whose acting went beyond impressive; she truly earned her title "scream queen". The movie itself was enough to scare the living crap out of you. With the erie background music (and that theme song is the bomb!) and scenes such as the one where Curtis has just found the mother-load of dead bodies and the killer emerges from the darkness right behind her, this film will guarantee some serious chills. What always amazed me was that they actually paid Donald Pleasence for his work on these films. His acting was so absurd, I was hoping that Michael Myers would get him and leave Curtis alone. Still, it is a horror masterpiece. Not to be missed. A+