aka John Carpenter's Halloween."He came home."
The film opens on halloween 1963 and the police finds Judith Myers stabbed to death, murdered by her 6 year-old brother. Cut to 15 years later, and Myers has escaped from the institution he was confined to. His physciatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) arrives at the Myers house, convinced Michael will come back. Meanwhile local babysitter Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) has an uneasy feeling that she is being watched and followed.
The film that brought the slasher genre to prominence and inspired a whole slew of teen killers. Carpenter keeps the tension building towards the faitful night, when all hell breaks loose. A classic and masterclass in how to do it. From the deft use of shadows, keeping us from truely seeing the evil that lurks, false frights and most of all keeping it all subtle and understated. Making the eventual horror all the more frightening. No blood, no gore, just a sense of unease and shock.
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