Halloween is my comfort blanket....

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2007)

I will never forget when I first purchased this film at Best Buy back in 2001 (yes, I didn't see it before than because I just never did). I remember running upstairs to my room, quickly ripping open the DVD and than practically shoved the DVD onto the slide and in it went! Due to all the hype I even turned off the lights and layed under my blankets just to give the movie more effect...and i didn't forget the popcorn!! When the movie was over I was shocked. This low budget independent film had actually won me over!! I enjoyed every single second of the film and even loved the corny facial expressions Nancy Loomis and P.J. Soles performed during their death scenes. Sure, the acting wasn't marvelous and you could see palm trees in the supposed Illinois setting, but still, this late seventies flick made me happy I didn't give up on horror!! The only down fall though is that I didn't really jump or get scared a whole lot but I did manage to love it for what it was....a low budget boogeyman fest!! Thanks to this film I have such a wide range and big horror movie collection, but of course if anybody asks about my top favorites, this is always one of the three I rip off the shelf....