Ultimate Shocker!

Rating: 10/10 (1 November 2002)

Halloween is one of the best horror-thriller movies ever. Everybody knows the story so I won't write that down. What makes this movie so chilling is the fact that for about an hour nothing really happens(but it doesn't bore one second) although you feel that at any moment all hell can break loose. Another great part of Halloween is the camera work, it doesn't move or shock when you see, for instance, Myers wander around in search of his victims. The soundtrack is although very "simple" very effective and is a soundtrack classic. The acting is not so important although Jamie Lee Curtis(even as a dear school-girl she looks stunning) plays very well and screams perfectly. The Shape is movie history and quite rightly so because the way that Myers moves around and kills his victims without remorse is unforgettable. Just look at the scene when he kills Tommy by "hanging" him with a big kitchen knife, the Shapes ultimate weapon!
The ending is rather over the top, you know when Myers can't be killed not even by multiple gun-shots but at the end who cares? Halloween made movies like Friday the 13th and Scream possible if not other dozens of Horror movies, for instance the inferior sequels of Halloween. It is the perfection of suspense combined with horror. 9/10