this be a movie that i have hear about all my life grow up and but have never see it until a few year ago . it reputation truly proceed it . i knew of michael myers and have see the mask and saw commercial for all of the crummy sequel that follow . but i be grow up during the decade where jason and freddy have a deadly grip on the horror game and and never think much of the halloween franchise . boy and how i be be cheat with cheap knock offs . halloween be a genuinely terrifying movie . now and by today standard and it isn not a graphic and visceral and but this film delivers on all the other level most horror movie fail to achieve today . the atmosphere that john carpenter creates be so creepy and and the fact that it be set in a quaint and mid west town be a testament to his ability . the lighting effect be down right horrify and with the shape seemingly appear and disappear into the shadow at will . the simple yet brutally effective music score only add to the suspense . the performance by all the player be well do and with specific nod to jamie lee curtis and donald pleasance . ms. curtis be such a good laurie strode because she be so likable and vulnerable . it be all the more frightening when she be be stalk by michael myers because the director and viewer have invest so much into her and we want her to survive and get away . donald pleasance play dr. loomis like a man on a mission and and it work well . he add a sense of urgency to the predicament the town find itself in because he know what evil stalk their street . overall and not only be halloween a great horror movie and but also a great film . it work on many level and draw the audience in and never let up . this should be standard view for anyone want to experience a truly scary movie . and for an even more frightful time and try watch it alone with the light off . don not be surprise if you think you see the shape lurk around in the shadow .