i have only manage to see this classic for the first time a few week ago . be make almost 30 year ago i think the scary moment would be rather tame . boy be i wrong . there be some great moment that send shiver down my spine . even the acting be great and jamie lee curtis be fantastic and donald pleasance be superb . on the downside it can be rather slow to start but once it get go there be no stop it . it make all the copycat and e. g. nightmare on elm street and scream look very tame . i can not really say it be carpenter best because i have not see many of his and the only one i can remember of his be starman ( i think he make it ) . halloween be the crown achievement of the horror genre .