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Created Dec 21, 2007 11:14PM PST • Edited Dec 21, 2007 11:14PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Perfect 5.0

   A classic that remains as powerful and amazing as it was nearly 30 years ago. This low budget masterpiece is what horror was originally all about, and spawned generations of imitations, a remake and 7 sequels that never lived up to the same level. This film has developed a cult following and to this day Michael Myers remains of the scariest film characters of all time.

   Set in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, the story begins as 6-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably stabs his sister to death on Halloween night and is institutionalized. Fifteen years later, he comes home…

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

   A young Jamie Lee Curtis began her career with a phenomenal performance as Laurie Strode, the naive and unexpecting babysitter who becomes the target of Myer’s hunt. Screen legend Donald Pleasence plays Dr. Sam Loomis with a grounded sense of reality long absent from horror movies.

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    Low-budget and it shows. It’s a testament to what a good director can do with a vision, regardless of financial backing.

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.4

    A little sex, including a brief topless scene. Language is pretty tame, even for a horror film. The violence is, by today’s standards, not very intense. As solid as this movie is, it does not rely on gore or extreme shock for entertainment value.

17. Sex Erotic 3.0

18. Violence Brutal 2.7

19. Rudeness Polite 1.5

21. Reality

    Glib 1.5

    Other than the ending, there is nothing about this movie that could not happen in reality, which is what makes it so terrifying.

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.5

23. Biological Glib 1.5

24. Physical Glib 1.5