The moment that redefined the slasher/horror genre

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2012)

This is my second time watching it and I'm writing this review based on my experiences of this film the 2nd time around. When I first watched it, I never really enjoyed the film as I found it too boring. But boy, people have convinced me to watch it one more time telling me of how good it was, and strangely, I loved it!
This film pretty much defines what fear is, and this is the film that has people fear for Halloween. The character of Michael Myers is like none other. His character is simply a maniac who killed because he was a psycho. All the Michael copies, such as Jason and all the others kill for revenge whereas Michael doesn't. Just imagine the image of your older sibling actually coming after you to kill you. Its horrifying.
The idea of this movie is amazingly done and the creepy score was just PERFECT! Pretty much anyone knows what this score is, and who its for, whereas for others like Jason and Freddy, the score doesn't give you the creeps.
I found the cast to be brilliant, especially the late Sir Donald Pleasance. He was perfect as Michael's doctor and he gave an extremely powerful performance giving us the backstory to Michael.
The ending was perhaps the greatest cliffhanger of the past century and perhaps the greatest end to any horror film. After the success of Halloween (1978), we had those copies such as Friday the 13th where every ending is the same with Jason coming back. Its so overused it got boring and not to mention it was ripped off Halloween.
With the ending to this film, you have no idea exactly where Michael could've went. He could've went back into the house or ran away or....
The ending to this film was such suspense and the amazing score at the end perfectly did it nicely!
This is a must see for any horror fan, though I must say this film doesn't seem like a slasher but more of a thriller.
Perfect film!