Original Theatrical Poster

Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter’s Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. Set mostly in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield, the film follows mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister one Halloween night during his childhood; he escapes 15 years later and returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

Of course, my favorite character in this movie is Michael Myers. While he doesn’t talk, the idea of him makes him seem a bit more interesting than he appears. Dr Loomis describes him as nothing but pure evil, even as a child, while Laurie Strode asks if Michael was the boogeyman.

Gonna have to go with this scene in the kitchen. The kill scene is just iconic, and a few of Michael’s actors throughout the series keep this one in high regards.