Halloween
Directed by John Carpenter
The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978 besides Myers' psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it'll be too late for many people.
An escaped killer returns home in John Carpenter's classic.
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles
Member Reviews
if you gave this movie anything less than 5 skulls.... you're not a horror fan, you don't belong here, you're not too cool for the room....the room, in fact can't stand you.
It's a fine movie, but don't get your hopes up. The acting is pretty rough, the characters are cliched to the point of barely seeming human, and the story relies almost entirely on cheap plot tricks. Without even mentioning the incongruous pornographic undertones to some of the death scenes. Which is representative of the genre generally, and it could be argued that's the whole fun of a slasher, but there's a difference between lazy writing in a way that communicates it wasn't really a priority and lazy writing that seems to seriously stand behind its own convenient brand of logic. The idea of some senseless, faceless evil in human form is interesting enough, and it's fine for what it is, but if you're just going off "Wow, a perfect movie! So scary! A rightful classic!" you'll likely be disappointed.
Long time horror fan but only watched this one for the first time a while back, yep it's true what everyone says - a real classic. I don't normally get into slasher films but this is a standout one for the sub genre. A perfect example of low budget but very well executed tense horror.
I love films from this time period; they have this ability to feel focused and unhurried all at once...kinda like Michael Meyers, in a sense. A classic.
THE Halloween movie. Not just for the franchise, but in general.