How many times can I say it, I LOVE HORROR FILMS!! But mainly I love the 70/80’s classics. I’ve been umming and ahhing over buying this as I really want the DVD box set of it (6 discs, limited addition <does Homer style type drool thing>) but after being in HMV and seeing buy 1 get 1 free and it being £12.99 I thought I had to cave. So, here is my opinion on the first and one of the best horror films (maybe ever?), John Carpenter’s, ‘Halloween’, M xx

• Who’s in it and what not?
Laurie’s friend in the list as they do not play huge parts other than being murdered.
The cast are as follows, there isn’t a huge list to be honest and I haven’t included
Donald Pleasence plays Dr. Samuel 'Sam' J. Loomis. Michael’s doctor from the day he was locked up and a key figure in this film and the Halloween’s to come after it. His character is strong, yet he is well natured and gentle. I really think he comes across as a child psychologist. I don’t feel his part in this film was as strong as the follow up but I did feel he acted it well and convincingly.
Jamie Lee Curtis, the greatest scream queen plays Laurie Strode. An innocent, virginal goody two shoes. Her friends joke on her goodness and niceness. Little do they know how strong she is after her battles with Michael in this and other Halloweens. Jamie plays a fantastic character, she is such a strong willed woman it’s almost as if the role was written for her. She’s believable, strong willed and yet naive at the same time. By all means she may be the leading lady in the film, but she is also the strongest character and the best actress aswell!
Tony Moran plays the sick and twisted Michael Audrey Myers (age 21), our villain and psychopath. Similar to Jason Voohries, Michael is the strong and VERY silent type, so Tony has to portray everything in gestures movements etc. You can’t see his face either due to the whitened ‘William Shatner’ mask with darkened hair. All in all Tony has a big job to pull off and does this well. The way he walks moves and kills is an art form. You can see his power and strength but also the danger and evilness. A great cast for a great character and one of the most well known Horror Movie characters of all time.
Will Sandin has a short but sweet role playing Michael Audrey Myers (age 6). We see him murder his sister through the eyes of his clown mask. You can’t really comment on his acting much as he doesn’t need to say much or do anything, just pull a very shocked look on his face at the end. A character that’s needed to set the film up with some back ground info but to the honest not really worth commenting on other than that (Sorry Will Sandin).
The film was made in one of the greatest decades for horror (1978) by the very famous John Carpenter (You may remember his other films like; The Fog, The Thing, They Live and of course all the other Halloween’s).
In the UK the film was certified an X (Or 18 certificate), meaning it was unsuitable to watch less you were an adult. Personally I don’t think the film is that graphic, there’s not that much bad language considering and the sex scenes aren’t exactly graphic either. Still, there is some blood and interesting death scenes which is where I think the film gained the 18 certification.
Lastly the film has an approximate running time of 91 minutes.

• Where can I buy it?
My copy is the double disc limited edition copy. As I mentioned before I bought my copy from HMV on a boy one get one free. I don’t think that offers on at the moment as they seem to be having huge sales. Still, I had a look about online and found it for the following prices in the following places;

You can also get it in a lot of high street shops like HMV, Woolworth’s, Andy’s Records and some discount DVD stores.