A chilling masterpiece with great atmosphere

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 2003)

Halloween is one of the best movies ever. Some people might get disappointed though because there is hardly any gore. This was provided later by Sean S. Cunningham's Friday, the 13th, which became also a genre favorite. Halloween was not the first slasher flick, but it was the first of its kind. John Carpenter knew how to use locations, great camera work and the creepy piano music to create an unique atmosphere. Even though some of the sequels weren't that bad (or better than most of the Friday, the 13th sequels) it all should have ended with Halloween II (which was never as good as the first part). Over all these years Michael Myers just mutated to one of these modern teeny killers. Sad.