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Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2002)

There is no doubt in my mind that this movie is probably the most influential movie ever made!
Never has any other movie had such a major impact on its genre, and it is my belief that 'Halloween', not the original 'Psycho', is the reason we are today still treated to such delights as 'Scream' and 'Urban Legend'.

In 1963, Michael Myers butchered his teenage sister to death on Halloween night. He was sent to a maximum security insane asylum, under the charge of Dr. Sam Loomis.
Fifteen years later, on the anniversary of his first massacre, Michael escapes the sanitarium and heads to his home town of Haddonfield, Illinois.... to kill again.
With Dr. Loomis, memorably played by the late Donald Pleasence, trailing the mad man in the now legendary white Halloween mask, it seems that the small town of Haddonfield are in for a Halloween night of which the stuff nightmares are made of.
Without a doubt, the immortal stalk 'n' slasher by which all others in its genre are judged by, ( sometimes unfairly ), 'Halloween' spawned several enjoyable sequels; but there isnt a fan of the series I personally know who claims any of them can match the terror, the suspense and sheer class of this 1978 classic.
Legendary.