i do admit that my review be from a 2006 point of view and nearly 30 year after the making of this movie and at the time of it conception and it may have be a brilliant horror or thriller movie . begin on halloween night 1968 and 6 year old michael commit the brutal murder of his 18 year old sister . michael be commit to a mental institution and 15 year later escape and return to his home town to murder again . from this point it be clear that the movie will follow a basic and rudimentary path that be highly predictable . the beginning of every scene be easily predictable in the way it will end whilst the music for each scene contain michael ( the murderer ) be exactly the same throughout the movie and thus alert the viewer to the likely event to follow . for the horror or thriller enthusiast and there be a severe lack of blood or gore compare to modern day film although i be not akin to the amount that be display in this day and age . a happy medium could have be find . from a half hour into the movie and not one scene be unexpected . the act for a horror or thriller film be fairly typical of the era and thus lack any punch for the modern day enthusiast . a positive for the film be it linger camera shot and dark lighting which create a frightening atmosphere . a second positive would be the character of michael doctor and who provide clue to the probability of where the story may lead . however and it be clear that the star and in jamie lee curtis and be in the infancy stage of her act career and thus fails to provide a truly frightened central victim . it be hard for me to rate this film a it be in it day and but from other horror or thriller film of indeed the 80 and to a less extent and the 90 and it fall far short of a truly great horror or thriller film . i suggest you move on and find a classic from the 80 . cheer .