The Beginning is always the best part

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2014)

Halloween is considered by many including myself, to be the greatest slasher of all time, Allot of imitators followed throughout the 80's. Allot of the Imitators failed in capturing what Halloween was all about. However one or two found there place Such as Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm St. like Halloween they created their own style while taking notes from older movies. I saw Halloween: H20, it being my first ever Horror movie I was 12 at the time and loved every second of it. My best friend slept over that night and I watched it again this time with him and he fell in love with it just as I had. I knew there were other movies that my mother had told me about. I and my friend were on a hunt for all of them at the video store. We came across the original one. I remember the cover. The evil Pumpkin head holding the large kitchen knife.
Halloween has a simple premise but an effective one. On Halloween night 1963 A young boy by the name of Michael Myers butchers his older sister in an upstairs bedroom. He runs down stairs, where his mother and father find him holding the bloody kitchen knife.
Cut to fifteen years later the night before Halloween we are introduced to Dr Samuel Loomis who is riding passenger with a Nurse on their way to pick up Michael Myers and take him to a different facility. Hear we learn Michael has not spoken a word in 15 years. Loomis is also convinced Michael is pure evil and not even remotely Human.
However as they approach the front gates to Smiths Grove Sanatorium. In the shadows penitents are roaming free. Loomis begins to panic and runs to the front gate to see what is happening. Meanwhile the nurse struggles with a penitent on the roof of the car she escapes. Michael however drives off into the night.
Loomis states "It's gone, the evil is gone from here".
Moving onto the next day October 31st 1978 we are introduced to Laurie strode who is on her way to school and drop off the keys to a place her father is selling. We learn that it is the old Myers house. She is joined by young Tommy Doyle who she is babysitting tonight.
Tommy informs her that the house is haunted and calls it "The Spook House" Here see Michael from behind as Tommy and Laurie leave the old house to the school.
Meanwhile Loomis is hot on Michael's trail knowing full well where he is heading. Loomis even tells the other doctor who he is arguing with where he is heading.
After Night Falls, Michael begins his plans.. And Laurie Strode is his main Target.
(The Characters)
Dr Samuel Loomis. Dr Loomis is played by the late Donald Plansecne. Loomis spends the entire tracking down Michael Myers. We get a sense Loomis knows Myers better than anyone and spends much of the movie trying to convince the Sheriff, a fellow Doctor and even the nurse at the beginning that Michael is pure evil. Loomis also gives one of the best speeches in a movie (insert clip) At time Loomis comes off as over the top. I think this plays along well considering Michael is like an unstoppable force. Loomis Spends the night in the old Myers place waiting for Michael to return home. Sheriff Brackett helps Loomis in tracking down Myers. On the off chance that Loomis is right. Unlike his fellow colleagues Loomis does not see a man but rather a dark force of nature. Donald Plansece makes the movie. He is the Angel to Michael's Devil.
Laurie Strode Laurie Strode is played by Jamie Lee Curtis. Laurie is a responsible young women who is intelligent and well to do. However she does puff on a joint a bit into the movie. While Laurie maybe a good girl she is not afraid to be a little on wild side. Her best friend Annie is the daughter of Sheriff Brackett and another friend Lynda who uses the word totally allot. Annie tries to get Laurie out of her shell a little. We learn that Laurie has a crush on a boy and even though this leads to nowhere, we see the friendship between Laurie and Annie. We spend most of the movie following Laurie throughout the day. Along with Michael stalking her. But also letting her know he is there. Setting in the motion for his final act with Laurie and how close they are. Annie even goes out of her way to ask the boy Laurie likes to go out with Laurie.
Michael Myers. The star however is only seen from a distance except at the start and the final act. Michael is mostly shown from a distance stalking Laurie. He often gazes at her from a distance outside her classroom and in her backyard looking up into her bedroom. When Michael stalks at night he is only seen by the little boy Tommy Doyle. When he is near the Teenagers he is a shape in the darkness moving carefully and swiftly without hesitation. The only noise we is his deep breathing. Michael spends a majority of the movie stalking and watching. He builds the tension and when he strikes it is unexpected.
The Mask. The Mask Michael wares is a white emotionless mask. It has no expression when a victim sees it they are faced with blank expressionless face that is indifferent about life and death. The mask is well done, less equals more in this case. It is unsettling.