26 years old, but still very good.

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2004)

Today was the first time that I saw "Halloween". I know, it's too bad that I have waited 26 years with it. I don't know why, but I never got the chance to see it earlier. I have to say that this is a very nice horror movie. It's perhaps not so scary anymore as it used to be, we all got used to a lot more than 26 years ago, but it certainly is full of suspense. In fact it is still a masterpiece in it's genre.
It doesn't need gallons of blood or horribly scared and wounded people and there isn't any gore to see. No, this movie is rather conservative when it comes to that. It's the way of filming and the musical score that create a special atmosphere. The storyline is simple. Michael Myers killed his much older sister when he was 6. Since then he's been in a mental hospital, where he will have to stay for the rest of his life. But he escapes on Halloween night 1978 and nobody knows exactly where he's going to or why he escaped. His doctor suspects that he is heading towards Haddonfield, Illinois, the place where he committed his crime to continue murdering...
The movie may already be 26 years old, but it is still worth a watch. Don't expect to see a gore slasher movie, but there will be a lot of tension. I give it an 8/10.