One of the better slasher-horrors

Rating: 7/10 (2 November 2014)

One of the better slasher-horrors. Not that this says much. Good slasher-horrors are few and far-between. Mostly formulaic and made with the lowest common denominator in mind.
Halloween has some of those clichés and formulaic elements, but it largely invented them!
What sets this apart is the plot development and tension. John Carpenter builds the story slowly, drawing you in. You know something is going to happen, but you don't know when, and to whom.
Then, when it does happen, it becomes a roller-coaster ride of terror and action.
Ending is a bit disappointing, especially as now, 36 years later, you know it was set up for a sequel, and another, and another, and then a remake... The sequels severely devalued the original movie.