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Seminal slasher film "introduces" Jamie Lee Curtis as a smart, virginal teen who becomes the primary target of a mask-wearing psychopath named Michael Myers. Michael, however, is no ordinary man: as Donald Pleasance, playing his psychiatrist, tells us, he is, in fact, the boogeyman come to life. Still holds up today, thanks to good performances all around, a simple but effective script, and suspenseful direction that relies as much on showing us the killer as not. That, and the terrific theme music, written by Carpenter himself. With Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, and Nick Castle as "The Shape." Followed by six sequels, and a remake directed by Rob Zombie.
Seminal slasher film "introduces" Jamie Lee Curtis as a smart, virginal teen who becomes the primary target of a mask-wearing psychopath named Michael Myers. Michael, however, is no ordinary man: as Donald Pleasance, playing his psychiatrist, tells us, he is, in fact, the boogeyman come to life. Still holds up today, thanks to good performances all around, a simple but effective script, and suspenseful direction that relies as much on showing us the killer as not. That, and the terrific theme music, written by Carpenter himself. With Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, and Nick Castle as "The Shape." Followed by six sequels, and a remake directed by Rob Zombie.