Halloween (Blu-ray)
Featuring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis & P.J. Soles
Format: Blu-ray | Rating: 18 years & over
4.50 out of 5
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The Night He Came Home
Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, Halloween is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, Halloween takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his home to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, Halloween was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his longtime producer Debra Hill, the film set both their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre.
Average rating (23 reviews)
This low budget story of a craized slasher out to get Laurie started a new trend in film making with some of the first use of steady cam (to offer us the perspective from the eyes of Michael Myers the stalker). This was the highest box office smash in the world of horror at the point the movie was first released, no surpries that it launched Jamie Lee Curtis onto bigger things in Hollywood. A must have movie for any fan of horror.
Great transfer especially in the daylight scenes, you can even see Michael Myers driving the car with his mask on !, which i don't remember seeing on any dvd version before. Its also worth noting as it doesn't state on the artwork that this also has a 90 minute documentary on the making of which was a nice surprise. At £10 this is a bargain for blu-ray
Wow i got hold of a import from the states for my ps3.
Wow this film has never looked or sounded better in fab HD.
The Film looked so sharpe and clear for a 30 year old film.
the dark areas of the film come out well .
Picture 4/5 there are signs of film grain
Sound 4/5 not much to really shatter your floor boards here! but still sounds great.
extras far as i know going to be the same as the UK edition. 2/5 could have been more.
If i was you if you have a ps3 or player and you enjoy this film go for it.
Great movie..an all time classic.Also,great HD transfer and some good bonus features...such as the "a cut above the rest" which runs for 1hour 30mins.This is my first Blu-Ray and im very happy with it,a must buy for any Blu-Ray collection!!!!!!!!!!
It's a real testament to the skills behind the camera that this now over-familiar, much imitated seminal psycho killer on the loose movie still manages to scare the Bejesus out of you. But that's why 'Halloween' is the granddaddy of these kind of movies - spare, lean, intense, surprisingly subtle and remarkably atmospheric. Carpenter takes his time setting the scene so when the night falls, we're in for one of the most frightening film experiences you could possibly imagine.
The film has never looked better on Blu-ray - beautifully crisp - and the 5.1 surround sound mix is stunning.
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