The one that started it all.

Rating: 9/10 (21 February 2007)

This movie is mainly known as the movie that launched the slasher movie genre as well as the movie that made John Carpenter (as well as "Precent 13") on of the best directors of his generation. The thing that makes this a great movie is the fact that it scares you with actually fear, not gratuitous violence (not there is anything wrong with that) or cheap jump scares (there is a lot wrong with that). Jamie Lee Curtis is a great "final girl" because you actually are afraid for her and you really want her to live but are not sure if she will. Donald Pleasance is a great rival for the Shape. And now we get to Micheal Myer. He is, hands down, the best slasher ever. You have no idea what he is thinking witch makes him extremely dangerous and he isn't so much in love with his work as he is amazed by it which is shown in a scene where, after he kills a guy, he looks at it with a fascination. Fantastic horror film. One of the best.