Halloween (1978)

Since Rob Zombie's Halloween II comes out tomorrow, I figured I'd give you the skinny on my favorite horror series. I'll start with the movie that started it all. That's Right, the 1978 classic movie by John Carpenter "Halloween" that is about a boy who kills his older sister on Halloween night and is put away for a long time. After seeing his shrink Dr, Loomis, who is played by Donald Pleasence (You Only Live Twice, Halloween 1 thru 6) decides to escape and finish what he started years before. The only problem is that his target doesn't know what's about to happen. Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies, Trading Places) stars in her first role as Laurie Strode, the girl Michael Myers is targeting. Will Michael succeed or will Dr. Loomis stop the monster before it's too late? The movie also stars PJ Soles (Rock & Roll High School, Carrie) as one of Laurie's friends Lynda, Nancy Loomis (The Fog, Assault On Precinct 13) as the other friend Annie, Charles Cyphers (Assault On Precinct 13, Death Wish II) as Sherrif Brackett, and Tony Moran as the one and only Michael Myers. For the small budget it had and the fact it was filmed in Pasadena but we're told it's Haddonfield, Illinois, it is a classic movie and thank god John Carpenter wrote it. Five Stars out of Five