Halloween

Back in 1963, a six-year old boy savagely stabbed his sister to death on Halloween. He showed no emotions and no regret. His doctor said he had, "the blackest eyes, the DEVIL'S eyes." After eight years of trying to reach him and another seven years of keeping him locked up, Michael Myers escapes the Smith's Grove Warren County Sanitarium and is on the loose. Down the street from the old Myers house in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Laurie Strode (Jaime Lee Curtis) plans on spending her Halloween night babysitting her friend Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews). Neither one of them has the clue that tonight the boogeyman is coming to kill them and finish what his started with his own sister.

Halloween has to be one of the best slasher horror movies ever made (and personally one of my favorites). Made back in 1978, it chilled its audiences then and still has the power to send fear among today's viewers. Made with a film budget of around $300,000, this low budget movie incorporated themes that scare us today and can that most people can relate to. Some of these themes are: someone hiding in the back of your car, being followed home, teenage lovers playing games, fear of the boogeyman, and a fear of the dark. Another interesting feature that added to the suspense was the background music. It seemed that certain characters/scenes had their own music. For instance, when Laurie Strode appears on the screen a soft melody can be heard, and when Michael is about to kill someone strong high-pitched string instruments give the added effect of a knife stab.

So what makes this movie so scary you ask? For starters we have this unstoppable killer that wears a really creepy mask (just a quick point of information, the mask Michael uses as really a repainted William Shattner mask). Next is how Michael walks. He doesn't run and doesn't move quickly; he simply stalks and stares. The dark atmosphere and dimly lit houses add even more fear for the audience. Finally what finishes off the suspense is how Michael slowly appears on the screen behind people before he kills them. This sense of dread is more powerful that the surprise

This is the first movie in an eight part series that will forever change the way you view Halloween. With the talents of Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, and Tony Moran, this movie becomes an instant classic and one of the best horror movies of all time in my book. This Halloween, if you don't have anything better to do than give out candy, then go turn off the lights and get a bowl of buttered popcorn and a cold soda while you watch this movie late at night. You won't be disappointed.

Review written by dxjason

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