HALLOWEEN

Though produced on a sometimes very obvious low budget, it remains one of the most nail-biting thrillers ever made. I've literally seen it like a hundred times...maybe more...yet I'm still on the edge of my seat, despite knowing exactly what's gonna happen. But, damn, can you imagine having seen it for the FIRST time in a THEATER? Unbelievably tense to watch. It is SO well done. Little actual gore, just a MASTERFUL combined effect of camera POV and music. Oh, my God, I never tire of those final scenes. OPEN THE DOOR, TOMMY, OPEN THE DOOR!! When I was really young, I used to stalk the even YOUNGER girls in the neighborhood, pretending to be Michael Myers. I'd fetch a plastic white knife and assume that same rigid and purposeful walk, humming the theme music to myself. Ahh, I can hear their screams in my head to this day! Best was when I'd hide right around a corner, then lunge out at them as they peeked around. And I'd chase them to their front doors sometimes, and they'd run inside shrieking bloody murder. Oh, it was quite something. I felt I WAS Michael Myers. Sweet, sweet memories. I need to find a movie poster for that film and frame it -- it's just such a fundamental part of my life. And I HATE movies generally. Thank you, John Carpenter and Debra Hill.