Plot: A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter (screenplay), Debra Hill (screenplay)
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tony Moran | See full cast and crew
Alright, so who hasn’t heard of Michael Myers before? Well, I know people who don’t know his name, but they know what he looks like. And the Halloween theme song! Who hasn’t heard that? It sends chills down each and every person’s spine. This is a classic movie and always will be.
Story: But let’s be honest, it was not as good as it was hyped up to be. To me, it just wasn’t as great as it should’ve been for me. Before watching this I heard that ‘Michael Myers goes around in a mask stalking babysitters’. After the first half of the movie, I started to think, ‘Wow. That is all he does’. I then watched Halloween 2 the next day, and now I know why he stalks her… Even so, it’s a nice story. The scares are pretty good. Nothing really jump scare, just a lot of suspense and creepiness. But suspense and creepiness is what really makes this movie great. So that’s all that really matters.
Visuals: For a b-movie, this is great. I loved it. Cinematography, lighting, editing, etc. Everything about this film was great and made it that much more better.
Music: Composed by John Carpenter, this is extremely great and legendary. Not only is this the theme to the ‘Halloween’ movie and the theme for Michael Myers, but one could even argue that this is the theme for Halloween, the holiday. When is it that we have a great director and great composer at the same time?
Cast & Characters: First of all, probably the best thing about this movie besides the music and Michael Myers was Dr. Loomis. He was just so slick and bald and just cool all around. Jamie Lee Curtis was also great taking the crown for scream queen from her mother, Janet Leigh Curtis, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’.
Verdict: Probably the best slasher film you’ll ever see from the 80s and 90s batch of horror films, John Carpenter shows people how it’s truly done.
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