Overrated but is still good

Rating: 7/10 (20 February 2008)

Many people praise Halloween as the "Original Slasher" and the "Greatest Horror Movie ever". Although I do like the movie a lot and John Carpenter is a terrific director, I have to say that both of those are false. The "Original Slasher" would have to be Texas Chainsaw Massacre which beat this by about 4 years. The "Greatest Horror Movie Ever" is always won by The Exorcist (I would disagree but hey, I'm not here to push my values on everyone else). I think this movie was slow and predictable at parts, and some of the kills took way too long to build up. Enough bad talk about this movie. Time for the positive. This movie has a good music score and some interesting scenes of The Shape sneaking around. The kills weren't half bad either. The lighting and music really set the mood. Dr. Sam Loomis was very interesting as well, much different than the modern stereotypical protagonists. I would say this movie gets a 7/10. Good, but not fantastic.