Boring and predictable by 1978 standards

Rating: 3/10 (2 December 2018)

I am 50 years old and until today has never seen this movie in full. That's strange because I am a huge horror buff. I absolutely love the greatest horror flicks of our time and in most cases I agree with the IMDB ratings for the horror movies. But I'll be honest.
I tried to watch Halloween when I was in high school, and I couldn't do it then. I have never watchd this one out any of the sequels...until today when I watched the new 2018 reboot/sequel, anyway.
After watching it I decided I had to go back and watch the original 1978 movie. But after 47 minutes in I realize why I didn't really like it then, and why I still don't like it now. Nothing happens in this movie for more than halfway through. It is so boring up until that point and even at that point it remains boring because majority of the action happens in the last few minutes of the film.
I truly do not understand how this has a 7.8 rating. I think people are simply afraid to rate movies accurately because they feel they are Classics and something deep down tells them that they should like it. I don't know. Either way if you haven't seen this one, which is hard to believe for most people, I honestly can't recommend it.