Masterpiece of Mood

Rating: Null/10 (22 August 2003)

Given 25 years of hindsight, Halloween doesn't look like all that good of a movie. Similar to Citizen Kane, it has lost its impact due to the simple fact that many of the movie making techniques it used have now become cliches. We're all familiar with the psycho killer who stalks his young virginal, yet hormonally rampaging, victims.
The one thing this movie does extremely well is set a mood. Whether through camera technique or use of music, this movie continues to scare the bejesus out of my wife. I can't recall much blood and guts in this movie, which is fine, because I don't find that kind of thing scary. It would be much easier to toss in a few witty mutilations, than to develop the typical horror plot.
One of Horror's best. Right up there with Night of the Living Dead