Staged in the early 60's on one cold Halloween evening, a young boy was sentenced to jailed after murdering his older sister, 15 years after he escapes by chance his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.
Still relevant. Still scary. Make a date on Halloween night to witness cinema's scariest Michael Myers (unless you've seen The Love Guru) causing carnage on the big screen.
A movie that laid the foundation for slasher films and also created one of the most legendary film history psychopaths, Michael Myers. [Full review in Spanish]
Since there is precious little character or plot development to pass the time between stalking sequences, one tends to wish the killer would get on with it.
Why Halloween works is because even in its minute flaws, there's an inherent charm to the basic effectiveness and fundamental workmanship on display & it's hard to say that about many films who have tried to follow in its footsteps ever since.
Carpenter obviously knows the genre well and he builds a properly terrifying atmosphere through his well-paced direction. It's an effective entry for its intended market.
