Halloween 1 (The Original) Review

Even to this day, this film is still one of the most entertaining horror movies ever made

The original John Carpenter directed 1978 slasher film Classic Halloween is still relevant today, still effective and still a very, very entertaining little movie, and also one that I am very glad that it isn't even close to forgotten, yet, even if the Rob Zombie remake/sequel kind of hurt the originals status just a little bit. We all know how this movie goes, by now: As a 6 year old child, Michael Myers killed his teenage sister, he was brought into a mental hospital, and now, 15 years later, he's back and he is going to raise some hell. Jamie Lee Curtis is still a huge standout in this cast of still mostly unknowns (except for the great Donald Pleasence, or course), who is very believable as the shy high school student who babysits two young children, only for the whole evening to go completely crazy with Michael being back in town. Now, even though this movie is Rated R, it is still much tamer than almost every horror movie out there today: But, with the biggest exception, there is a fair amount of teen sexuality, with one after sex scene showing bare breasts, one topless seen showing the actresses bare back, and one actually fairly graphic sex scene with lot's of thrusting, moaning and bare breasts. But, even with the frequent amount of violence, while it is often brutal, it is almost never bloody or overly graphic. Finally, there is some brief teenage pot smoking and some infrequent mild language that could fit easily into a PG-13 Rated movie if it were made today. Thanks for reading, and I hope that this got you wanting to see this movie, if you haven't done so already.