Rent Halloween (1978)

Blu-ray quality - Halloween review by SB

Classic film and is brilliant. 

However the 4k lions gate release is terrible. Colour is really not uhd and film has dataed badly. The scream factory release is way better.

Classic Slasher Horror - Halloween review by GI

The original slasher movie and one that has risen to cult status. Director John Carpenter utilises Hithcockian style tension here and similarities with his Psycho (1960) are inevitable but Carpenter effectively defined the slasher sub genre with Halloween and whilst its not as nasty as it's reputation suggests it may seem full of genre clichés when viewed today but back in 1978 this exciting stuff. This is Jamie Lee Curtis' breakout role and with the great Donald Pleasance, who has top billing but has a smaller part. It also boasts the fantastic Nancy Loomis who was in a few of John Carpenter's films and always stands out in her performance. This is the story of a child psychopath, Michael Myers, who inexplicably murders his sister when he's just six years old and and is incarcerated only to escape fifteen years later from the asylum where he was being studied by Pleasance's Doctor. He returns to his hometown where he begins a killing spree targeting teenage babysitters. Viewed today the film may raise up the odd laugh as it all seems a little dated and silly and yet it's a classic narrative that set a standard that has been much imitated and even parodied. In any event it spawned sequels and a more recent series but none of the latter films has had the same impact as this original. Carpenter is a much lauded cult director who has made as many duds as brilliant independent films. This is up there with his best.