Halloween [Blu-ray]
starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles
directed by: John Carpenter
directed by: John Carpenter
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Studio: Starz/spheRelease Date: 10/02/2007Run time: 91 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title.In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sittertries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during whicha knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally chargedyouths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation andorchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movementsthan for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composedby Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and hisscript (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to otherhorror pictures, especially Psycho. The baby sitter is playedby Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of Psycho victimJanet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasenceis named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in Psycho.In the end, though, Halloween stands on its own as anuncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that hadaudiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at thescreen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget,the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels,none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for twomore installments: 1981's dismal Halloween II, which pickedup the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionallygripping Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitterwas still haunted after 20 years. --Robert Horton
Amazon.com:
Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially Psycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of Psycho victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in Psycho. In the end, though, Halloween stands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismal Halloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years. --Robert Horton
Studio: Starz/spheRelease Date: 10/02/2007Run time: 91 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title.In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sittertries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during whicha knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally chargedyouths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation andorchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movementsthan for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composedby Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and hisscript (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to otherhorror pictures, especially Psycho. The baby sitter is playedby Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of Psycho victimJanet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasenceis named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in Psycho.In the end, though, Halloween stands on its own as anuncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that hadaudiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at thescreen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget,the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels,none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for twomore installments: 1981's dismal Halloween II, which pickedup the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionallygripping Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitterwas still haunted after 20 years. --Robert Horton
Amazon.com:
Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially Psycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of Psycho victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in Psycho. In the end, though, Halloween stands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismal Halloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years. --Robert Horton
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Be careful if buying Blue-ray
The Blue-Ray version is NOT the extended cut. Amazon is posting reviews for every version that they have ever carried for this version, and refuses delete reviews for the different versions.Amazon will also refuse to refund your money if you buy this, thinking it's more than it is.Be careful and read the item description rather than the customer reviews before buying this disk.The total run time for the original Blue-ray release is far too short for it to contain the extra footage.
Rating: - Great picture, an exrodinary difference from the regular version
I must say that this blu ray version of the classic halloween is extrodinary.The picture is so clear and perfect, it doesn't even seem to be from the early eighties.I would not say anything bad about this verions.If you are a halloween fan and want the best picture you need this.Some blu ray's look good, but this looks great, and is also a great price
Rating: 
- A start to a great series
A good, suspenceful movie that spawned one of the most popular and long lived slasher series ever.
When he was only six years old, Micheal Myers killed his sister with a large butcher knife. He spent the next fifteen years in a mental institution, where his therapist spent eight years trying to cure him before realiseing that he was "pure evil" and spent the next seven years making sure that he stayed locked away for life. But on October 31st 1978, Micheal Myers escaped, hellbent on a ... Read More
Rating: - Along with "Psycho" the GREATEST Horror film of all-time!
In my opinion the two GREATEST Horror films ever made are "Halloween" and "Psycho". There is a part of me that wishes they had never made any sequels to "Halloween" because that would have made the ending of the movie even more CLASSIC than it already is.
To turn this movie into a long drawn out series was a shame. John Carpenter says the same thing in the documentary that accompanies the movie. But don't let this stop us from appreciating this CLASSIC of the Horror genre.
The ... Read More
Rating: - THE PERFECT BEDTIME MOVIE
I can still remember the frightened whispers, and collective intake of breath in the theater when I first saw this masterpiece. This happened during several of the scenes when Michael Meyers was in pursuit of his sister with a butcher knife. The mounting, relentless suspense in this horror movie has rarely been matched, and Carpenter's music was as eerie, and malevolent as that in another favorite of mine ( THE EXORCIST ). HALLOWEEN proved that you don't need buckets of blood, and fake gore to scare the ... Read More
- Be careful if buying Blue-rayThe Blue-Ray version is NOT the extended cut. Amazon is posting reviews for every version that they have ever carried for this version, and refuses delete reviews for the different versions.Amazon will also refuse to refund your money if you buy this, thinking it's more than it is.Be careful and read the item description rather than the customer reviews before buying this disk.The total run time for the original Blue-ray release is far too short for it to contain the extra footage.
- Great picture, an exrodinary difference from the regular versionI must say that this blu ray version of the classic halloween is extrodinary.The picture is so clear and perfect, it doesn't even seem to be from the early eighties.I would not say anything bad about this verions.If you are a halloween fan and want the best picture you need this.Some blu ray's look good, but this looks great, and is also a great price
- A start to a great seriesA good, suspenceful movie that spawned one of the most popular and long lived slasher series ever.
When he was only six years old, Micheal Myers killed his sister with a large butcher knife. He spent the next fifteen years in a mental institution, where his therapist spent eight years trying to cure him before realiseing that he was "pure evil" and spent the next seven years making sure that he stayed locked away for life. But on October 31st 1978, Micheal Myers escaped, hellbent on a ... Read More
- Along with "Psycho" the GREATEST Horror film of all-time!In my opinion the two GREATEST Horror films ever made are "Halloween" and "Psycho". There is a part of me that wishes they had never made any sequels to "Halloween" because that would have made the ending of the movie even more CLASSIC than it already is.
To turn this movie into a long drawn out series was a shame. John Carpenter says the same thing in the documentary that accompanies the movie. But don't let this stop us from appreciating this CLASSIC of the Horror genre.
The ... Read More
- THE PERFECT BEDTIME MOVIEI can still remember the frightened whispers, and collective intake of breath in the theater when I first saw this masterpiece. This happened during several of the scenes when Michael Meyers was in pursuit of his sister with a butcher knife. The mounting, relentless suspense in this horror movie has rarely been matched, and Carpenter's music was as eerie, and malevolent as that in another favorite of mine ( THE EXORCIST ). HALLOWEEN proved that you don't need buckets of blood, and fake gore to scare the ... Read More
