John Carpenter’s Halloween is, of course, the number one Halloween horror movie. Carpenter introduces us to Michael Myers as a six year old, who kills his sister in Haddonfield, Illinois. Committed to Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, he escapes aged 21 to steal an iconic mask and kill again in his home town. He doesn’t bank on tough cookie Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Carpenter is the king of the wide angle shot, with Laurie and her high school friends walking the streets of Haddonfield not knowing that Myers is peeping around the corner at them. We’ve also got the tremendous shot of Myers after Laurie in the ‘perfect American dream house’ – see also Nancy’s home in Elm Street and all the houses copied in It Follows and Scream – where we think his threat may have gone, but then he pops up again in the background. With Myers we know he’s always there, and even when he’s down he’s not out.
With Jamie Lee Curtis in her debut film, she’s also the original Final Girl and she kicks ass. Add in Donald Pleasence as Myers’ unsettling psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis and Carpenter’s haunting score, and you’ll never be able to look a Halloween pumpkin in the eye again.
BEST THING ABOUT HALLOWEEN: 31 days of horror movie watching!
GORE RATING: 4/5
SCARES: 5/5
DISTURBIA: 4/5
TOTAL HALLOWEEN VIEWING RATING: 10/10
Watch it for: THE iconic Halloween movie
Watch out for: Laurie finds her friends ‘upstairs’
We really hope you’ve enjoyed being with us for 31 days in October – see you again next year!
John Carpenter’s Halloween is, of course, the number one Halloween horror movie. Carpenter introduces us to Michael Myers as a six year old, who kills his sister in Haddonfield, Illinois. Committed to Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, he escapes aged 21 to steal an iconic mask and kill again in his home town. He doesn’t bank on tough cookie Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Carpenter is the king of the wide angle shot, with Laurie and her high school friends walking the streets of Haddonfield not knowing that Myers is peeping around the corner at them. We’ve also got the tremendous shot of Myers after Laurie in the ‘perfect American dream house’ – see also Nancy’s home in Elm Street and all the houses copied in It Follows and Scream – where we think his threat may have gone, but then he pops up again in the background. With Myers we know he’s always there, and even when he’s down he’s not out.
With Jamie Lee Curtis in her debut film, she’s also the original Final Girl and she kicks ass. Add in Donald Pleasence as Myers’ unsettling psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis and Carpenter’s haunting score, and you’ll never be able to look a Halloween pumpkin in the eye again.
BEST THING ABOUT HALLOWEEN: 31 days of horror movie watching!
GORE RATING: 4/5
SCARES: 5/5
DISTURBIA: 4/5
TOTAL HALLOWEEN VIEWING RATING: 10/10
Watch it for: THE iconic Halloween movie
Watch out for: Laurie finds her friends ‘upstairs’
We really hope you’ve enjoyed being with us for 31 days in October – see you again next year!
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