Halloween

Easily my favorite slasher film. It's not really a slasher film, though, but that genre definitely spun out of and evolved (or devolved, depending on who you ask) from this. You'd think forty two years later some of its effect might have worn off by now. Maybe it's because I save it for once a year but every Halloween, I get done with it and the thought does cross my mind to maybe lock the door a little earlier. Carpenter's direction and his score are both the standout thing fron this first film, aside from the eerie presentation the film constantly uses when showing off Michael Myers. Donald Pleasance does amazing work as the voice that tells us everything we need to know to make Michael truly scary. I'm always more afraid of the person that might be following you home than the ghost that I'll likely never bump into. Halloween is the reason why.