Best of the Franchise!

Rating: 9/10 (20 October 2019)

Happy Halloween and welcome to my review of the movie that inspired all the slasher movies, the original Halloween movie, which came out in 1978 and it's still holding itself to this very day!
Halloween was directed by John Carpenter, and written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle as The Shape.
And it's about a young boy who kills his sister on Halloween of 1963, and is sent to a mental hospital. After 15 years he escapes and returns to his home town in order to wreak havoc.
There's no doubt that Halloween 1978 set the standard for modern horror films, no CGI, low budget.. but it had John Carpenter behind the camera to direct and build a scary -one of the scariest- slasher-horror atmosphere!
What makes this day holding up like this, are the true suspense and tension which were there throughout the whole movie, combined with the infamous OST, composed by Carpenter himself, and maybe that's another thing that made this movie so scary, because Carpenter knew what could go on with his scenes, so he composed it the way he directed it.. he was very clear about those stuff in his interviews.
And what makes this movie really scary is The Shape himself! His mask, which became iconic and nightmarish, his slow moving style, because actually, and that what most of the slasher-directors forgot nowadays, is that rushing wasn't scary, the suspense was never there when the killer ran or moved quickly, it was all about the slow-moving style, that what could build an intense atmosphere! But above all, his silence, nothing is scarier that a guy standing right there, not saying a word, no reaction.. nothing! Thinking about that only makes you scared, and that movie does use that tension pretty well to create its own atmosphere.
Donald Pleasence as Loomis, who's my favorite character in this movie, alongside with The Shape, has an amazing scene describing how do The Shape's eyes look like, and how soulless is he, that scene is just simply scary, because it's just not words, you could see that in The Shape's actions, and that what makes him so special, and iconic!
What makes him also iconic is his backstory, which is shown briefly, and that what makes it good, that he's just a psycho, no other motive shown throughout the movie, not until the sequel, but him having no motive to kill, except being a psycho is just amazing, that what the sequel didn't understand, neither did the two remakes.
This movie is so amazing and catchy from start to finish, but unfortunately it's not flawless, my biggest issues with the movie is Annie, played by Nancy Kyes, sometimes she acted well, but most of the time she was terrible, there's a specific scene when she was talking to Laurie, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, by the telephone, and that scene bugged me so much, if you watched the movie you will know what I mean.
Also towards the end when The Shape started his attack on Laurie, she started screaming, and she wasn't good at that at all, it was one of worst screaming I ever heard, besides that she did a great job in this movie, but screams.. NO!
Halloween 1978 is a classic horror movie to watch each Halloween and get yourself a blanket, and get yourself some good scares.
Halloween is definitely a great horror movie, and the best of the franchise, and maybe the best Halloween-Special movie, the movie that inspired and influenced all slasher movies, if not all horror movies, it still has a couple of flaws, but still a great movie, and close to perfect!
I'm gonna give the 1978 Halloween an A!
Happy Halloween, guys, it's getting close, I'll be reviewing a lot of horror and Halloween movies a lot til the end of October, so stick right here if you liked this review! And as always thank you for reading my review.