Halloween - John Carpenter (1978)

There are a few movies on the list that I am not looking forward to watching - this was one of them. I am not a big fan of scary/horror flicks. I deliberately started watching this one in the day time. (Yes, I am a wuss.) But...I also kept in mind that this was scary for 1978.

I was actually surprised. Very little blood and guts. And similar to 'North by Northwest' more suspenseful than gory. Not to say that it wasn't scary...it was. But it wasn't gratuitously violent or bloody. From my post-movie reading, this was the first in the genre of 'slasher' movies, that 'inspired' the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Friday the 13th' movies. 

Again, like other movies, I had to keep in mind at the time, this was the first of it's kind. Watching it now, it seems kind of hokey. Admittedly though, still scary. 

And I learned some very valuable lessons from this film:

1. I really should keep up knitting, the needles can be used as a weapon.
   
2. Thank goodness for cell phones, since the first thing that seems to happen in these situations is that the phone lines go out.
   
3. Don't ever drop the knife. Keep holding it, just in case.

I really did like this movie. Not saying I am inspired to watch any other slasher films, but happy to have seen this one.

One word to describe 'Halloween': Scary.