Carpenter magic brings slasher horror perfection.

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2018)

A film that introduced the cinematic world to character Michael Myers. A slasher psychopath that has become one of the most recognised characters in cinema.
The film also introduced director John Carpenter to mainstream audiences. A director who oversaw the screenplay and musical score.
What a score it is. Characterised by synthesizer sounds it adds to the tension of scenes just as much as John Williams does with his Jaws soundtrack.
The film made in the late seventies for a modest budget brought slasher horror to the cinema. A genre that was imitated countlessly but not as suspenseful as this.
Featuring a great cast including English legend Donald Pleasence (The Great Escape, You Only Live Twice) as Doctor Loomis. A savant like character who knows how dangerous Myers is.
The film introduces Jamie Lee Curtis as teenage babysitter Laurie Strode who becomes Myers target of hate.
The film features great steadicam shots of Michael's movements as a murderous six year old to the young adult killer who makes the journey from escaping a mental hospital to the town of Haddenfield to carry on his killing spree.
Lee Curtis becomes the final girl character surviving multiple attempts at her life.
The film looks so much better on a big screen. Just as Carpenter wanted in all its majestic Panavision glory.
Aged, but still a classic.