this is scary and micheal is great,the music really helps it withe the atmosphere and donald pleasant( rest in peace )is great as dr.loomis and jamie lee curtis is also pretty good as laurie.
its also more of a suspendfull movie wich is good for a first movie and not seing him that much is also good and thats why h.ends wasnt that good it felt like micheal was just slapt onto a another movie
Halloween
The Night He Came Home!
Rating
4.3 (2)
Release Date
10/24/1978Runtime
91 minsOverview
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
How It Feels
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A methodical hunt unfolds through an ordinary suburban night as an implacable killer stalks babysitters with terrifying patience. Carpenter's restraint makes the violence feel inevitable rather than exploitative, turning Halloween into a study of pure predation.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
SurvivalObsession
Look
HandheldNaturalisticHigh-contrast
Heads up
Graphic violence
Recent Reviews
Not everything has aged well like some of teen characters obviously but the atmosphere, the music and the usage of the dark make the 78 classic still stand out today as still to this day, many slasher films miss the mark while trying to copy it. Missing what makes the film actually great.
It was never about the gore but rather the sense of helplessnes. A sense of danger that you can't avoid.
Micheal is evil in its purest form, only there to destroy and nothing else.
Loomis just camping in bushes for half of the movie must be a fortnite reference
Somehow I had the only seen the Josh Hartnett, the Tyra Banks, and the first Rob Zombie entries into the Halloween franchise, which are probably not the best entry points. I decided this is the year to finally watch the first, and it's a lot better than the three I've seen.
I was a big Babysitters Club fan as a kid, and in the second book (Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls), they established that being a babysitter can be scary. I thought about that a lot while watching this. Nothing good happens to babysitters in movies.
Also, I thought Jamie Lee Curtis was his sister, but apparently that is something added into the sequel?! Crazy.
I love the music.
Popular Reviews
this is scary and micheal is great,the music really helps it withe the atmosphere and donald pleasant( rest in peace )is great as dr.loomis and jamie lee curtis is also pretty good as laurie.
its also more of a suspendfull movie wich is good for a first movie and not seing him that much is also good and thats why h.ends wasnt that good it felt like micheal was just slapt onto a another movie
Not everything has aged well like some of teen characters obviously but the atmosphere, the music and the usage of the dark make the 78 classic still stand out today as still to this day, many slasher films miss the mark while trying to copy it. Missing what makes the film actually great.
It was never about the gore but rather the sense of helplessnes. A sense of danger that you can't avoid.
Micheal is evil in its purest form, only there to destroy and nothing else.
Loomis just camping in bushes for half of the movie must be a fortnite reference
Somehow I had the only seen the Josh Hartnett, the Tyra Banks, and the first Rob Zombie entries into the Halloween franchise, which are probably not the best entry points. I decided this is the year to finally watch the first, and it's a lot better than the three I've seen.
I was a big Babysitters Club fan as a kid, and in the second book (Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls), they established that being a babysitter can be scary. I thought about that a lot while watching this. Nothing good happens to babysitters in movies.
Also, I thought Jamie Lee Curtis was his sister, but apparently that is something added into the sequel?! Crazy.
I love the music.
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