the original, and still the best.....

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2010)

Before Freddy, before Jason, before Hollywood ran out of ideas and made poorly conceived remakes of horror classics, there was Michael. This movie, produced on a shoestring by master filmmaker John Carpenter, really was the beginning of the true "slasher" film genre, and was the birth of the horror "series" films (you can decide for yourself whether that part was good or bad). Take the suspense of a Hitchcock film, and merge it with the most evil character imaginable, and you've got this film. Great music (simplicity was the key), awesome camera shots and angles, and tons of great scares make this a classic that never gets old. I still watch this movie every time I see it on television, because its just that good. This is how horror films should be made. Unfortunately the sequels to this were nowhere near as good, but this film is the best of the best when it comes to horror films.........