NOT a classic, a HUGE rip-off of Black Christmas!!!

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2002)

I am sick to death of everyone saying this is the film that started it all! No it's not! This film is almost a CARBON COPY of another film called Black Christmas, which was released in 1974!!! It's pathetic! Everything they use to make this movie scary down to the killer hiding in the shadows is done FIRST in BLACK CHRISTMAS, and much better, too. The only thing this film should get credit for is starting the horror craze that soon followed. It doesn't deserve anything beyond that! Halloween was IMITATED!? NO! Halloween is an IMITATOR! Watch Black Christmas and look at the opening. It is EXACTLY like Halloween, even using the killer POV shots!!! The plot is just like Halloween except it takes place on Christmas. A killer on the loose, the police searching for him, he kills young girls, hides in the shadows, we see his POV...even the ENDING is like Halloween! The shots used to be "scary" in Halloween are done here! The acting is way better, the direction is perfect, and the writing flawless! Forget this film and watch Black Christmas. Halloween is a big rip-off that everyone praises. It's not right. Halloween copied Black Christmas and gets all the credit! BLACK CHRISTMAS is THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC! Halloween is a knock-off!!!