Halloween (1978) - 40th Anniversary
Horror
Rating: 5/5 for an excellent film genius a classic movie
Synopsis
Young Michael Myers (Will Sandin) stabs his elder sister to death on Halloween in 1963, seemingly without reason..
15 years later his psychiatrist Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasance) is travelling to the secure facility where he is being treated, but a freak storm has crippled the institution and Michael has escaped.
Loomis, knowing his patient inside out, gives chase as he knows Michael will return home and cause havoc.
It’s Halloween and the locals are preparing for a night of trick or treating, but innocent teenager Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) is settling down for babysitting duties. Myers, who spotted her earlier that day, stalks her until dark.
Review, by Jason Day (@Reelreviewer)
What better way to settle down for seasonal scares than with the Daddy of all 'All Hallow's Eve' slashers, John Carpenter's original pumpkinny horror?
It's a moot point to say slasher films have zero common sense and in Carpenter's finest, sleekest, shortest, almost minimalist movie, there has been a definite intelligence lobotomy on the characters.
Young women get undressed in the kitchen with the curtains left open, neighbourhood sociopaths lurk overtly oblivious to neglectful parents - is it any wonder Americans are such rich pickings for serial killers when you watch films like this?
Jamie Lee Curtis, herself the progeny of a major slasher movie icon (Psycho's damsel in da shower Janet Leigh) makes a mark in her movie debut. As the imperilled Laurie, she ticks all the boxes on the list for the perfect, at-risk-of-a-knifing horror heroine.
Check her out on 19 October when the new Halloween 2, picking up 40 years after the events in this movie (and neatly bypassing the other, lesser sequels) is released.
For more, read my full review: http://bit.ly/halloween1978film
Cast & credits
Director: John Carpenter.
Producer: Debra Hill.
Writers: John Carpenter, Debra Hill.
Camera: dean Cundey.
Music: John Carpenter.
Sets: Tommy Wallace.
Donald Pleasance, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews.
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