With the exception of PSYCHO, no other horror flick ever came close to the impact Halloween had on it's audience, or box office sales. John Carpenter's direction of this film made it what it is today. A classic, scary, and simple film of teenagers being stalked (by evil itself) on Halloween night. Carpenter did not have to resort to blood or gore to scare the hell out of his audience. This film was simple and to the point! And has a musical score, that to this day still gives me the creeps. There are only a handful of directors (DePalma, Hitchcock, and Donner) that can pull off scares legitimately. A few great examples: Blake Edwards' Experiment in Terror, Richard Donner's The Omen, and John Badham's Reflections of Murder. On a personal note: These directors will always reign supreme.
