some thoughts on the H movie

Rating: Null/10 (3 February 2000)

This is an excellent scary movie. Those few folks who haven't seen it may have a couple of problems. They must remember that this is the first true slasher film. It created all the clichés so it can be forgiven for its miscues.
For example on more than one occasion, Jamie Lee Curtis' character wounds the killer and instead of running from the house, she drops her weapon and curls up into a ball a few feet from the stunned attacker. This creates great tension but is fairly asinine.
Also there is a singularly gratuitous nude scene (oops I spilled butter on my clothes, I better strip to my panties this instant).
All in all, this is a film oozing with classic scares in a genre gone horror-comedy. It should be a reminder that gore has nothing to do with scares.