One of the great progenitors of the slasher genre, Carpenter’s early masterpiece still holds up pretty well even after 20 years. Just about every member of my age group has some story about being scared witless by Halloween when it first came out (or when they first saw it on cable). The movie’s mix of teenage angst and sexuality, combined with a hearty dose of the urban-legendary Boogeyman, assures it a proper place in the history of horror flicks. Buy the tape
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