Halloween - a classic of the genre

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2004)

John Carpenter's first film is set in the sleepy town of Haddonfield. It tells of a person called Michael Myers who was locked away as a child for the brutal murder of his sister one Halloween night. Fifteen years later, he comes home to relive the killing again, and again, and again.
It's a deeply chilling film. Jamie Lee Curtis is excellent in her first major role as the quiet, innocent Laurie, and Donald Pleasance of course is up to scratch and brilliant as Myers' psychiatrist. The music, composed and performed by Carpenter himself, is simplistic yet eerie. When you hear the first chord towards the end of the film you know that the terror is only just beginning.
I really enjoyed Halloween, because the genre is of great interest to me. I enjoy that thrill in the film of knowing that evil exists, knowing it is out there, and wondering if it would come after you next.
It isn't popular with myself alone, of course. Halloween spawned a slightly ridiculous number of sequels and opened the portal into a whole new type of horror: the slasher. It inspired the creation of many other movie maniacs such as Freddy and Jason, however none of them invoke the same force of horror and dread that Halloween achieved.
So if you like horror and have yet to see this film then please do so. It really is worth it.