If he is the Boogeyman, the Reaper, Death, she is the counterforce sharing some of his characteristics, but only using them for good. Unlike Michael, who is mad by societal terms, but exhibits no emotion, Laurie is emotional, and violence affects her.

Full Review | Jun 10, 2024

... a beautifully-made made picture by a director who brings a visual intelligence to a genre that was so often reduced to hack directors and gimmicks in place of storytelling.

Full Review | Nov 4, 2023

The greatest slasher film of all time.

Full Review | Jul 18, 2023

There's nothing like Carpenter's original...

Full Review | May 3, 2023

A favorite of both the Film Comment set and the Fangoria crowd because, at heart, it’s a minimalist art film.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2022

Even 40 years later, this proves to be a timeless classic. Carpenter shows his early greatness at executing a simple, yet frightening, concept with style and excellence. Michael Myers is an icon and it's all because of this original gem.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

The film set the standard for horror and the slasher film genre and is one of the most influential, imitated, and commercially successful independent films in history.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

Halloween is a cipher that moviegoers, critics, and film scholars have filled in with countless readings.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

This is meticulously made, with every decision working to craft the stylistic, iconic film many of us hold so dear.

Full Review | Nov 12, 2021

The best moments of Halloween take their lead from its exemplary opening: that iconically spare musical score-cum-leitmotif, and the film's slippery command of perspective.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 10, 2021

After 15 years under this doctor's supervision, it's unsurprising that Myers' boyhood psychopathy has ripened.

Full Review | Oct 21, 2021

Carpenter's meticulously crafted film doesn't waste a single second, the gold standard of the slasher genre with its most effective score.

Full Review | Oct 21, 2021

Halloween is still the best slasher in movie history.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 16, 2021

Episode 13: Raison D'être

Full Review | Original Score: 78/100 | Sep 1, 2021

I can recognize good filmmaking and that's what we have here

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 10, 2020

Halloween remains one of the most frightening films ever released.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

One of the first, most memorable, and undeniably influential slasher movies of the '70s.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 30, 2020

Aside from the ideas presented by the movie, Carpenter and his team have also crafted a visually rich and well-paced thriller that provided the framework for all the future slasher films

Full Review | Mar 31, 2020

The quintessential popcorn horror film, a thrill ride with few equals.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2019

On the one hand, the script needs work. On the other, the great technical achievements manage to give the story consistency and to repeatedly scare viewers. The end result is one of those attractive American B-movies. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 7, 2019