The Original Classic Suspense Slasher!

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2006)

'John Carpenter's Halloween' has a superb premise, And a superb opening all wonderfully done with the then state of the art Panaglide, also known today as Stedicam, It essential starts off in a suburban neighborhood in 1963, and is seen through the eyes of a young boy, who on Halloween night Circa 1963, spies on his older sister, who is in the process of making out with her boyfriend, is brutally stabbed to death by said little brother,
Cut to 15 years later, a group of babysitting pal's who are fresh out of high school for the autumnal midterm festivities of Halloween, the girl's arrange to do typical thing's teenage girl's do, Jamie Lee Curtis, plays Laurie Strode our head strong heroine, who gets more than she bargain's for when thing's go awry no thank's to several strange thing's going on which bring her face to face with an escaped lunatic, who is destined to re- enact certain tragic event's 15 years before!
This classic 'Stalk And Slash' is responsible for starting the formulaic run of the mill 'teenager's in peril' routine we all know today, not only is it responsible for a spate of imitator's particularly the too gory 'Friday the 13th film's it's also has given us wonderful parodies on the genre 'Scream' come's to mind as does the truly dreadful 'Scary Movie trilogy'
As with most John Carpenter film's It's essential to see this classic in 2.35.1 widescreen as 'pan and scan showing's do nothing for this masterpiece,