A Horror Classic

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2003)

Halloween is to Jamie Lee Curtis as Alien is to most of its cast.Both of these movies were career starters, and they came out in consecutive years. Both movies also started careers for their directors. In my opinion, Halloween is the better film though.
John Carpenter is usually regarded as a hit or miss director. He wasnt that successful in the 90s. Village of the Damned and Vampires were eaten alive by critics. His recent movie, Ghost Of Mars got absolutely horrible reviews. Besides the other three movies I have mentioned, I saw his version of Stephen King's Christine which I believe to be kind of underrated. But whatever he has done or will do in the near future will never beat this Horror Classic.
The acting is actually pretty good. Jamie Lee Curtis is very believable as Laurie Strode. Donald Pleasence does a solid job. Lauries friends(forgot the actresses names) do solid jobs too.
One element of Halloween that may be a bit underappreciated is the dialogue. Some may find the dialogue a little lame. But I think the dialogue fits the characters perfectly. Laurie's dialogue is more intelligent than her friends because basically she is more intelligent than her two friends. They both have kind of airheadish dialogue (especially Linda).
Other features notable of Halloween are its music. Its actually quite memorable music. It gets more climatic and eventually ends when Michael has killed his victims.
Some critics and moviegoers may compare Halloween to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and actually may say that it is better. While I dont happen to think it is better, it is a very good movie.
The one flaw in Halloween is that in someway its a little too similar to Psycho. Im not sure how, its just afeeling. For that I cannot give it a 10.
Overall, Halloween is definitely worth a 9 out of 10.