That Final Twist ...

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2006)

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John Carpenter's "Halloween" is no doubt a very good horror/thriller product. Right from the start little Michael Myers brutal murder of his own sister in Halloween night is quite shocking; and years later as he escapes his psychiatric imprisonment and comes back to town for more savage killings the film sustains its high tension and interest all along.
My only complaint on this excellent film comes from the very end when Myers "body" disappears in a sort of supernatural focus after being shot no less than five times by Donald Pleasence from no more than 10 feet away and falling out from a balcony. What I mean is that when it turns into something supernatural, the story looses credibility and all the fear the film transmits during its running time -and it surely does- sort of looses a bit of impact. I think that either Michael killed or escaped alive would have made a better finale.
That aside, "Halloween" is indeed a very good picture in its genre and the first kick for all those teenagers-chased-by-mysterious-murderers products such as "Prom Night" and "I Saw what You Did Last Summer" as a couple of examples, none of which came out better than this one.