film, 1978, directed by
John Carpenter
Starred
Jamie Lee Curtis.
One of the truly great
horror movies ever made, mostly because of what it does
not include:
a cheesy title
a comfortable conclusion
a dull beginning
a "fake ending" with shocker ending later
Halloween is simple in that it is a story about fear of this holiday and the
Boogeyman at a time when this holiday was becoming cutesy and "safe" in the
United States. There are frequent moments in this film that you think things are going to be "bad" for characters involved, because of the typical camera angles and "scary"
background music- but nothing happens.
For a moment. Then when you relax, 20-30 seconds later, YIKES! Still, like
Psycho and similar movies (
Alien,etc) much of the violence occurs
off screen and we are left with our own imagination.
Don't watch this alone.