The Good And The Bad...But Mostly The Good !!!!

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2010)

Pros :
So what can one say about "Halloween" ??? Easily one of the best slasher films ever made...The elements that really make this film a great one is the suspense,camera-work,the score and of course Michael Myers...What's so great about the film is , that it never truly tells you what Michael is...The Movie enters into the realm of the supernatural but still refers to Myers as nothing more but a simple human.When Laurie pulls off his mask , we can see that he is truly nothing more than a human being...Yet at the same time he is so much more...He is darkness and evil personified.He is the devil beneath human flesh...A being born of darkness and shadows with no conscience or knowledge of what is right or wrong.Carpenter and Debra made a monster who is not "really" a monster , but is far more scarier , for it was proved with this movie that nothing is more scarier than a human soul engulfed in darkness...The fact that we never get an explanation as to "what" Myers really was (Loomis even refers to Myers as an "it" )or his motives adds to the inhumane nature of this great character...It seems his only motive to kill was because he was evil to the core...Astounding !!! The score is absolutely amazing and is a huge part of the film's success...I dare to say that Michael's theme has become as much of a general representation of the Horror Genre as Hitchcock's famous shower scene...It sends chills down your spine every time you hear it and makes you think of Michael Carpenter really knows how to build up suspense and keep you on the edge of your seat , the scenes are magnificently depicted and the acting by both Jamie Lee and Pleasence was top-notch...
Cons :
So what's NOT so good ??? Like any movie "Halloween" has it's flaws...For one it is extremely cliché ( but this can be forgiven since some of the cliché killings and frights were not really cliché when the movie was released...) The scene in the beginning where Michael stabs his sister to deaths was very poorly done...I also think it would have been better if Carpenter would have kept Michael's face in the shadows...The mask could still come off , but keeping his face in the dark till he put his mask back on would have been even better...
Conclusion :
Michael Myers is the pure depiction of evil and darkness...He doesn't need a reason to kill and that's what made him such a good slasher monster...This is also my first movie review so take it with a grain of salt...