Halloween starring Brian Andrews,
Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers,
John Michael Graham, Peter Griffith
The Best Horror Movie, Ever!
Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of
Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween
night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after
the towns hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this
simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of
horrors. Its a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera
movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal).
Composed by Carpenter himself, the movies freaky music sets the tone;
and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other
horror pictures, especially Psycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee
Curtis, the real-life daughter of Psycho victim Janet Leigh; and the
obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis,
after John Gavins character in Psycho. In the end, though, Halloween
stands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--its one of those
movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting
at the screen. (No! Dont drop that knife!) Produced on a low budget, the
picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which
approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments:
1981s dismal Halloween II, which picked up the story the day after the
unfortunate events, and 1998s occasionally gripping Halloween H20,
which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years. --
Robert Horton
When I bought my blu ray player, I couldn't get this movie fast enough.
This is hands down my favorite horror move. What makes this so fantastic
is that is has very little blood, and a ton of suspense. My favorite parts is
when a character is doing something, then the camera pans, then you see
that Michael is there....lurking in the shadows. Fantastic!
For those of you who don't know, this is about a boy that was institualized
for killing his older sister on Halloween night. The one day, he escapes and
heads back home to continue the killing. He picks one teen ( I wont' say
why) and goes after her. If anyone gets in his way, then that's their
problem. Along the way, his doctor, Dr. Loomis heads back to Michael's
hometown in order to stop him. That's all I really want to say on the plot.
This is such a fantastic movie! It was a lot of suspense that will keep you
glued to your seat. I can't say enough good things about Halloween.
The transfer to blu ray is wonderful! The sound is crisp and clear. The
images are vivid and sharp. This is the way Halloween was meant to be
seen. This has a fantastic extra. It's called "Fast Facts". If you set the
setting's for the "Fast Facts" you get to see little facts about the movie
(about the stars, production ect) that add a wonder aspect to a great
movie.
This is a classic and a must have.
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