Carpenter's first brilliant horror film.

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2005)

1n 1963, a young boy by the name of Micheal Myers (Will Sandin) has murdered his sister (Sandy Johnson) in his home. Then 15 years later... Micheal (Tony Moran) has escaped from the mental institution to return to his home town. A young teenager by the name of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is been seeing a strange man with a pale white mask. Laurie is stalked by Micheal. The only person that could stop Micheal in his Doctor Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence).
Directed by John Carpenter (Assault on Precient 13, Dark Star, The Fog) made an fascinating, original, horror, suspense thriller. This low budget film turned into a major independent box office hit. Shot in 21 Days with a budget of over $300,000. Half of the budget was spin on the anamorphic Panavision cameras. The mask that Micheal used is a William Shatner mask from "Star Trek"! Good performances by Curtis and Pleasence.
DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer (also in Pan & Scan) with an digitally remastered-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. This DVD is digitally remastered in THX for Superior Picture and Sound Quality. DVD contains an 30 minute featurette, trailer, t.v. spots, photo gallery and more. There is alternative DVD to Halloween that runs 103 minutes, new footage was shot back in 1981 for the NBC premiere.
The Two Disc Set for Halloween is Superb. Disc One has an fine anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an good-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. Disc 1 also has the original 1994 Commentary track from the Criterion Laserdisc by Co-Writer/Director:Carpenter, Co-Writer/Producer by the late Debra Hill and actress:Curtis. Disc 2 has an interesting 87 minute documentary from the filmmakers and cast of the film, a featurette with producer:Hill and actress:P.J. Soles, trailers and more. Halloween is one of the most unique and most original horror films ever made. Filmmaker:Nick Castle (Dennis the Menace, Mr. Wrong, The Last Starfighter) played Michael Myers as the Shape in most of the scenes. Followed by seven sequels and an prequel/remake. Panavision. (**** ½/*****).