Arguably the greatest horror movie of all time

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2000)

'Halloween' isn't just the best true horror film of all time, it's the definitive example of how to make a movie for less than a third of a million dollars and still be infinitely better than the latest $150 million dollar blockbuster. And all that for a movie that's nearly a quarter century old. It has fared the test of time remarkably better than nearly any movie ever has, and will likely remain on the top of everyone's chart for years to come.
The film is easily the only slasher movie that actually succeeds at scaring the audience. Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Leprechaun, ect., they never were suprising or even the least bit frightening, and piled endless buckets of gore instead of chills. Halloween is never derivative, never annoying, never boring.
John Carpenter's haunting musical score captures the atmosphere perfectly, and his writing and direction show a seemingly never ending tap of talent not utilized in his post-Halloween movies.
The story is by no means complex, but is still solid and very scary. Fifteen years after murdering his sister at the age of six, a soulless maniac returns to his home town to seek revenge.
A perfect ten, in reality the movie has no faults, and the only thing it is guilty of is launching an epidemic of third rate clones.