Scary as hell!

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2015)

HALLOWEEN is the first film in the HALLOWEEN franchise and I will reviews the sequels, with the exception of Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The plot is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween night in 1963, a six-year-old Michael Myers murders his older sister by stabbing with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, he escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing.
The story is just amazing and John Carpenter & Debra Hill wrote a very good story and they really did a very good job bringing it on screen and this film shows that it's about building up suspense and characters and story , not about the violence and gore, which was something that the other films lacked.
The acting is okay. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Laurie Strode and she is amazing in that role. Donald Pleasence plays Dr. Loomis and this was his breakout role and he was amazing in that part until the last one that he was in. Nick Castle plays Michael Myers and he is great. P.J. Soles as Lynda is really cool in her role and she was spectacular.
The rest of the cast is just amazing. The music is just amazing and I love that Halloween theme song, because they have done different versions of the film and it was really cool. The kills in this movie are not as bloody and that's what I like about this film. My favorite kill that has been re-enacted a lot of times is Lynda's death and I saw the remake and it stays true to it's source material.
Overall, I love HALLOWEEN - the 1978 version, but there are some problems with this film and the 2007 remake fixed those problems. 8/10.