Halloween is a movie that is not aging well with me but it is a great movie and a classic because it mixes deeply disturbing elements in a great technical package. The style is tremendous, with Michael Myers sandblasting an imprint in the heads of many viewers (including me.) The pace seems dead but the ominous presence of Myers, mixed with the moody music, fills the screen even when he is not in it. Jaime Lee stumbles around and the supporting victims include people like PJ Soles. The killings are brutal but not gory, thus increasing the appreciation and they are tremendously well spaced. The elements of the chase are also manipulated brilliantly. Donald Pleasance acts like Myer's alter ego, a boogeyman who stalks the object of his obsession. Stalk, slash and kill? Yes. But with a heart.
Review of Halloween
