The scariest movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2012)

A masterpiece. For pure visceral scares, HALLOWEEN is the the scariest film ever made. John Carpenter's film is more than a slasher film, it's an experience. A recently escaped mental patient returns to his home town and sets his sights on local babysitter Jamie Lee Curtis. He's pursued by dour psychiatrist Donald Pleasence. There's no more plot than that but it's so well put together, with razor sharp editing, scary music, and a genuinely menacing villain. Both Pleasence & Curtis are great and the supporting cast features Nancy Loomis & the always entertaining PJ Soles, who solidified her status a one of the queens of cult-filmdom by appearing in ROCK-N-ROLL HIGH SCHOOL the following year.