The ultimate in horror movie

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2000)

Halloween is the forefather of slasher pics, it paved the way for mediocre imitations, Friday the 13th, Scream, I know What You did..., the list is endless. They all try to recreate the sheer genius that was John Carpenter's all time classic.
There was strong acting from debutant Jamie Lee Curtis, and old dog Donald Pleasance.
The film is the story of a psychotic murderer who escapes from a top security prison 15 years after murdering his sister. The killer Michael returns to his home town and takes it upon himself to go after Jamie Lee Curtis' character, Laurie. The movie takes place on Halloween night and Michael stops at nothing trying to get at Laurie, he kills any one who gets in the way including all her friends and a pet dog!!!!
The reason Halloween was so successful was due to the chilling soundtrack ( composed by J Carpenter) and the imense feel of claustrophobia as Myers chases his victims through tiny suburban houses, a laundry house and down dark lanes.
This is where today's horror movies fail, they are all teenyboppers starring "the beautiful people", with a very poppy soundtrack ( the faculty, urban legend, the craft), the films are set in huge houses or vast schools, the victims being chased all over town, making the fact that the characters are being found all the more unbelievable