Review of Halloween

Halloween (1978)
7/10
This is an intriguing and enjoyable slasher movie and following a number of inferior sequels
7 December 2021
This original ¨Halloween¨ 1978 was competently written/produced/musicalized/directed by John Carpenter with good cast such as Donald Pleasence as Loomis , Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie , Nancy Kyes or Loomis , P. J. Soles , Charles Cyphers , Kyle Richards . Dealing with the heinous series killer Michael Myers at large beginning and going on an astonishing massacre . As fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963 , soulness maniac Michael Myers (Tommy Lee Wallace) escapes from a mental hospital and the story subsequently revolving around his return to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. Along the way , the boogeyman on the prowl , stalking , pursuing his unfortunate victims (Jamie Lee Curtis , Nancy Kyes as Nancy Loomis , P. J. Soles) who are running for their lives . It leads to an investigation by the stubborn Doctor Loomis (Donald Pleasence) . The trick was to stay alive. The Night he came home. He's come back . The Night HE Came Home! He came home for Halloween. Everyone is entitled to one good scare . Trick or treat... or die . Let's celebrate the horror . Happy Halloween! .The Trick Is To Stay Alive!

A surprisingly tasteful and thrilling classic movie about the immortal Michael Myers who undertakes his first criminal spree . The film displays eerie events , thrills , chills , cardboard horror , tension , scary killings and lots of blood and gore for nauseating execution . The grisly murders are extremely scary and chilling with abundant slashing , suffocating , scratching , and other disturbing shots . As always, Michael makes a grisly slaughter with gruesome and bloody assassinations using his supernatural and enormous force . This nice thrilling entry being efficiently produced by John Carpenter , Debra Hill , and as executive producers : Moustapha Akkad and Irwin Yablans . The motion picture was well written , musicalized and professionaly directed by John Carpenter . Filmmaker Carpenter puts the accent on atmosphere and intrigue rather than blood , as in other movies of this kind .

This long series is formed by the following ones : The best this ¨Halloween¨(1978) , followed by the sequel ¨Halloween 2¨ (1981) by Rick Rosenthal with Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence , Charles Cyphers , Jeffrey Kramer , Lance Guest . This is one of the only two films released by Universal Studios ; after the massive success of the first film, Universal picked up the sequel . When Halloween III (1982) didn't fare so well, Universal gave the rights to Trancas International, an affiliate of Universal's, who produced the films until 1989. In 1996, the rights were sold to Miramax . Following : ¨Halloween 3 , the season of the witch¨by Tommy Lee Wallace with Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin , Dan O'Herlihy , resulting to be the second sequel to the 1978 terror classic , but it isn't based on the happenings or roles of its predecessors and successors .¨Halloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers¨ 1984 by Dwight H. Little with Donald Pleasence , Ellie Cornell , Danielle Harris . The same protagonists , Elie Cornell , Danielle Harris and of course Donald Pleasence will play the follow-up ¨Halloween 5 the revenge of Michael Myers¨ 1989 by Dominique Othenin Gerard , and other several sequels.
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