it be the night he come home and warn the poster for john carpenter career make horror classic . set in a small american town and halloween centerers around serial killer michael myers attempt to track down his sister laurie strode and and in the process eliminate all her friend in rather brutal way . leave poor laurie to fight against the seemingly indestructible michael . this plot out line inspired countless horror knock offs throughout the 80 and 90 and continue to do so today and as well a a poorly received 2007 remake . the difference between them and and this and be and quite simply and that halloween be the best . make on a very modest and tight budget . halloween change the face of horror in 1978 and spawn the sub genre of sexually promiscuous teen get stalk by a knife or axe or chainsaw or wield psycho .