A Genuinely Frightening Film

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 1999)

I am one of the few that is reluctant to call the film a classic, but John Carpenter's "Halloween" is a genuinely frightening moviegoing experience. (What also helps is Carpenter's chilling piano musical score, proving that less can be a whole lot more.)
It tells the simple yet extremely well-directed story of a young boy who stabs his sister and then grows to become a masked murderer named Michael Myers (played by Nick Castle). Once he is an adult, fifteen years later, he escapes and returns to his hometown to kill again. His hopeful victim shall be Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Carpenter's talent is clearly evident here, and it's easy to see why he went on to make a big (if not always well-received) splash in Hollywood. And his low-budget shocker "Halloween" is, once again, a truly frightening experience. Rated R. 93 minutes. 9 out of 10.