john carpenter halloween be quite frankly a horror masterpiece . it tell the immortal story of escaped mental patient michael myers and who return to his hometown on halloween night to stalk and kill a group of babysitter . this be the first and without doubt the best in the halloween franchise . carpenter show great restraint in pace the story very slowly and build likable character while unusual for a horror picture . even more unusual be the non existence of blood and gore and and yet it remain the scariest halloween to date . get that . halloween mark the film debut of jamie lee curtis and a defining point in the late great donald pleasance career . a true classic .