John Carpenter's 'Halloween' delivers plenty of suspense, unlike its sequels and countless clones.

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2002)

John Carpenter wrote and produced (with Debra Hill) and directed the first slasher film on a shoestring budget about a six-year-old boy named Michael Myers who murdered his teenage sister and is placed in an asylum for fifteen years. On Halloween, 1978, he escapes and returns to his hometown to stalk and slash. His doctor (Donald Pleasence) goes after him and tries to save the peaceful town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Jamie Lee Curtis makes her film debut as one of the victims who successfully defends herself. Fun slasher film delivers plenty of suspense, unlike its sequels and countless clones. Carpenter also composed the creepy score. My evaluation: *** out of ****.