Still Relevant, Especially For Young Filmmakers

Rating: 8/10 (18 October 2017)

One of the first slasher movies that popularized this sub-genre of horror movies, "Halloween" broke new grounds with its style, music, direction and minimalist production — this was a low budget movie, after all — and scared millions of fans during its day.
Jamie Lee Curtis stars in "Halloween" as a babysitter who goes up against "the boogeyman," a psychopathic killer who escaped an insane asylum to go back to his hometown on Halloween to terrorize his old neighborhood. During the day, the boogeyman chooses and stalks his victims; and when night falls, he strikes.
My most memorable, movie moment of "Halloween" is the scene when the boogeyman, a.k.a. The Shape, a.k.a. Michael Myers, slowly appears from the shadows behind Curtis.
Today's audience probably can't appreciate this movie because they are used to slick, big budget horror movies that have lots of gore and a high body count. Granted, "Halloween" does suffer from victims doing stupid things that turn them into victims instead of survivors. But this is a well-directed movie that rises above other slasher flicks of its day because of the genius of writer/director/producer/composer John Carpenter.
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