classic and highly influential low budget thriller that give birth to a horror icon and launch the career of both director carpenter and star curtis . seemingly unstoppable murderer escape from mental institution and return to his hometown where he begin to stalk a local babysitter on halloween . halloween be a film that never fail to live up to it reputation a a horror masterpiece . carpenter frighten story and clever direction give this film such chillingly good life that it must be see to really be felt . the direction often consist of such simple element and shadow and dark street and creak door and that it make even the everyday setting of a small town neighborhood truly creepy . carpenter well time his suspense and his jolting shock to make them the most effectively startle and that in itself be a feat few horror filmmaker ever manage . plus and he be wise enough to give u some truly likable young character and a very scary villain to keep the tension all the more strong . high kudos also go to carpenter simple and yet frighteningly unnerving music score . in a sense and halloween be a fine example of a perfect horror film . the cast be excellent . young jamie lee curtis do a very nice turn a lovable babysitter laurie strode and she so good that she would go on to be in a number of other horror film before break into big film . the great donald pleasants do a perfect performance a a myer doctor and who desperate to capture him again . support cast loomis and sol and castle and and others be good too . so like it own villain and halloween be an unstoppable force that never fail to thrill and chill . it be a must for all genre fan . out of .