Just another gem from the 70's

Rating: 9/10 (4 November 2009)

This use to be my favourite film of all time when I was only 11 . But as time progresses , I have lost huge interest in Halloween, in fact it been years since I thought of watching it again. After watching it again, it still clear that Halloween is still one of my favourites and one of the greats of the horror genre. The whole film is based hugely on voyeurism, not in an perverted way, but from the eyes of an evil man ( if you can call him man) who is obsessed of killing an specific type of person. In this case, the killer in this film only has one thing in mind, to kill his sister.
The film mainly takes place in an small town. Once the film takes you to this town, there no escaping . The horror takes place on one street, between two houses. This is what Carpenter does best, trapping the audience within this small space. What makes the film terrifying is the thought of being watched . Throughout the film , Laurie ( Lee Curtis) is being freaked out by an figure which she keeps seeing. At the first , she suspicious but as the Halloween night progresses , she gets one scare to many . This is not one of those films which the killer just jumps out and kill, giving the audience an slight shock. In Halloween, each death is built up with tension . Often the killer is seen in the background, signifying that he hunting his prey.
There are many things that make Halloween memorable. One of them is Donald Pleasance as Dr Loomis. The one who only knows the true terror of the killer. His Description of Myers in the Myers house is one of the biggest highlight of the film. Then there the opening sequence which consists of an POV shot from an Six year old boy's eyes. For the first time, the audience is put in the killers shoes. There's also the last twenty minutes which in my opinion is one of the greatest finale in horror history. Then to put the icing on the cake, to add a little more terror is the chilling soundtrack which today is highly recognisable.
Halloween is an complete package. It was the biggest horror film since Psycho. It reinvented the horror genre and also invented the slasher genre. Halloween remains one of the greatest horrors of all time and is a must see