Halloween (1978)

1 hour, 31 minutes         R

Director:  John Carpenter

Short Movie Synopsis

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.

Why is this a good horror movie?

Primarily responsoble for starting the slasher movie franchise. The FIRST killer to ‘slow walk’ his victims. Donald Pleasence’s performance made the movie with is descriptions of how evil Michael Myers was.