Perhaps the perfect and best movie to view on Halloween itself, John Carpenter's Halloween is the slasher horror that after Psycho(1960) popularized the sub genre, but it's not the first of it's kind, and it's also not one of my favorites.
Still, I cannot deny the immense popularity that the original entry continues to pertain. Actually my favorite of that movie franchise is part 2 from 1981, and part 3 also had an original approach, but after that, well, the series started sucking hard.
Michael Myers escapes from the asylum and mysteriously and brutally starts hunting down victims around Haddonfield like a stalker, while wearing a disfigured hollow mask reminiscent of William Shatner's face.
Jamie Lee Curtis AKA the screem queen is the protagonist who manages to survive the night as well as Donald Pleasence, Michael's psychiatrist who is searching and eventually confronts him.
The best aspect or technique to tell the story effectively is that not only is Michael a psychotic and mute killer, but he also stalks his victims and manages to appear and disappear so well.
Halloween is a classic slasher that despite being mild with the gore when compared to later slashers, is easy to re-watch and recommend to appreciate it's merits.
Happy Halloween!
Rating: 7.0
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