Getting to Watch Great Movie Making

Rating: Null/10 (16 April 2007)

I think Roger Ebert said that the reason John Carpenter's Halloween was so good could be attributed to the way the actors looked on screen--they all appeared to be having a great ol' time.
He's right and it does show. Halloween is not only a fine piece of scarecraft, but it has a fresh, go-ahead-and-criticize-all-you-want look and feel. It was an inexpensive movie to make, but you don't get the feeling of cheapness.. There are people who have gone on to greatness and character actors and actresses who have quietly left the stage, but for 21 days in the spring of 1978, the cast and crew of Halloween were at the top of their creativity, and reaching a high point (if that's possible) in the "You Screw, You Die" genre.
Everything I can think of after Halloween was cheap-looking, slasher films that looked like Xerox copies without enough toner, except the red.
Bravo!