I first saw Halloween when I was 13 (I'm 14 now), and ever since I've been into movies. I used to watch them every once in a while, but now I just love watching good movies. Halloween has been my favorite movie for over a year now and I owe my intrest in film to it.
And by the way, to the person below me who calls Halloween a "splatter flick", you are stupid. There is little blood in Halloween and plus, it is so much more than just a flick.

in my say this is the best horror series ever made regardless of what any body else has go to say if any one disagrees tell me what series you think is the best and why.

John Carpenter's groundbreaking masterpiece slasher "HALLOWEEN" may very well be the best of its genre! Put part 1 & 2 together as one whole movie & you have for sure got the best slasher flick ever! One of my very favorite horror films.

That's a line given to the 'virginal' Laurie Strode played by scream-queen turned legit-actress Jamie Lee Curtis in THE horror movie that started the 80s slasher-flick frenzy.

The music alone is enough to give you the creeps; and John Carpenter manages to do a lot more with a relatively low budget compared to the more big-budget stylised horror flicks that have been released ever since.

The only problem is the thin plot: There really is no reason for the killings; you don't find out why Michael Myers does the things he does until part 2; and even then: Laurie Strode is his main target -- why is he killing everyone else? And the whole sibling connection is rather confusing (was Laurie Strode born after Michael killed his first sister, or was she already born?).

Also, some geographical issues: where exactly is Michael Myers's house compared to the houses Laurie Strode and her two friends are in? Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasance) seems to be near by (he sees the children running from the house Laurie is in); the car that Michael Myers rode in to Haddonfield is parked right outside and Dr Loomis doesn't notice this?

Regardless though, a great horror film that relies more on suspense and atmosphere than gore; in fact, I think the even-less gory TV version is better.

John Carpenter's "Halloween" is unquestionably the best horror film ever made. This film branches above and beyond conventional horror and could almost be on the level of science-fiction, no horror movie will ever touch the scope of this. The movie (technically starting October 31, 1963 in the Town of Haddonfield, Illinois) introduces us to 6 year-old Michael Myers who murders his sister Judith Myers (while dressed in an eerie clown costume) in cold blood. On a raw stormy Halloween Eve Fifteen years later (happening October 30, 1978) Michael escapes from Smith's Grove Warren County Sanitarium. Michael's evil supernaturally transforms him into "The Shape" creating (upon his return) the darkest "HALLOWEEN" Haddonfield has ever seen, however (Don't Fear) The Reaper! He will prey upon youth (teen babysitters) who have no real knowledge of the danger that stands in the shadows. His motive is unknown, however his psychiatrist (Donald Pleasence) knows he is pure evil. Pure evil that will take the life of Laurie Strode's (Jamie Lee Curtis') friends, while finding her deepest courage for survival. Laurie finds her final confrontation with "The Shape" while babysitting a boy named Tommy Doyle, however not even Dr. Loomis can shoot down and stop pure evil, for "The Shape" is gone! In memory of Donald Pleasence and Debra Hill. **Please see my review of HALLOWEEN II.