Compass/Falcon
1978 Color
108 Mins.
Horror
Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kyes and P.J. Soles star.
Written and Directed by john Carpenter
Rated R for language, violence,, gore, drug use, sexuality and nudity.
I was lucky enough to finally see Carpenter's now iconic classic on the big screen. As the lights dimmed on the nearly sold out crowd, the theater filled with the atmospheric thump of the legendary score. Moments later we are introduced to a young Michael Myers as he brutally murders his sister in a hyper realistic first person execution that completely immerses you in the proceedings. And the film hardly lets up except for a brief introduction to the victims and than our original final girl Jamie Lee Curtis. Halloween holds up well it's a simplistic, nightmarish slasher that set the standard and influenced so many that followed it. That being said watching it now I can't help but notice slight inconsistencies in the plotting and under developed characterizations. I wouldn't say that everything would need to be explained more because it would loose some of it's luster but it wouldn't have hurt if it was a bit more fleshed out. Still the experience of seeing it on the big screen is an amazing experience. It's definitely a product of the times but one that introduced us to one of the biggest horror villains of all time. My favorite of the series is still part 4 but you can't help but appreciate the fine tuned scare factor of the original well deserved classic. ****.25/5
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