Greatest horror film ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (25 October 2014)

Halloween is definitely a masterpiece. This set a new wave of horror. Halloween is by far one of if not the greatest horror movie ever made that has been imitated but never duplicated by many other films like Friday The 13th. But let's face it, F13 doesn't even compare to the greatness of John Carpenter's classic. With not a lot of blood and gore, almost none at all, Halloween is filled with suspense, eeriness, plot building, character setting and an all out thrill ride that left audiences terrified. So the film starts of with 6 year old Michael Myers walking into his house, grabbing a kitchen knife, creeping upstairs and brutally murdering his sister. We then skip 15 years later where Dr. Sam Loomis is on his way to the insane asylum to transfer Myers. However, when he gets there, all the patients are found roaming around outside the hospital, including Michael Myers. Michael then steals Loomis' assistant's car and drives off into the night. We then go to the next day and are introduced to Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis in her first ever movie role. She then begins to see a strange man, which we know is Michael of course, who is stalking her and watching her. Then after about half an hour of stalking and creepiness it skips to night, which is when the films really starts to pick up. Laurie is babysitting with a few friends. Little does she know, Michael has decided to crash the party and so he kills her friends off one by one, leaving her clueless as to what is going on. She then goes exploring to find out what has happened to her friends, only to discover, they have been killed by Michael. Michael then appears in a closet/doorway behind her, slashes her shoulder with his knife, she then falls down the stairs, and then the big chase is on and it leads to a huge adrenaline rushing, blood pumping thrill ride, with a fantastic ending of Michael somehow disappearing after been shot off the balcony by Dr. Loomis who had been chasing him all night and coming up short. The film then ends with audiences shocked and scared. Honestly, what more can I say about this film that hasn't already been said? It is a classic, no doubt about it. It is simple, basic, scary, creepy and the setting is fantastic. The acting is perfect, the characters are perfect, and Michael Myers is creepy as can be. This film even spawned a huge franchise which many have come to love. Halloween is my all time favorite horror film or even my favorite film altogether. Halloween stands out as the godfather of horror and there is a good reason for it. It is of course, the one, the only, the classic, Halloween.