Cinema Kane Reviews

Halloween 1978 the spiritual successor to Hitchcock’s Psycho is an atmospheric influential horror slasher that created an icon. What carpenter managed to do with this film is create and utilize to great effect the idea of anywhere America. It couldn’t happen here among these houses these families Laure Strode and Annie Bracket are kids you grew up with their fixtures of an idea a time a place. The idea being the girl next door. No one wants to see the girl next door hurt. On top on nailing this idea carpenter managed to create a modern Vanhalsing in Dr. Sam Loomis. We as an audience are compelled to believe an dread everything the man says. Mixed with a score also written by carpenter that is sill spine tingling to this day Michael Mayers first outing is a strong 5 out of 5 recommendation.