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Halloween (1978)

My favourite horror film of all time. The best saved for last BY FAR. I love EVERYTHING about this film. The soundtrack, the Halloween feel, the suspense building up through the ENTIRE film and coming to an amazing climax at the end, the characters and the intensity of some of the scenes. Michael Myers is the best slasher villain by far (Jason, Freddy and Leatherface are trash compared to Michael sorry about it) and it features the best horror character of all time Lynda Van Der Klok . Jamie Lee Curtis is amazing as Laurie too but Nancy Kyes is so ****ing annoying as Nancy. My favourite thing about the film is the lack of gore, I'm not necessarily against it in horror films but I love how this film can suggest everything without showing it and still make it creepy and terrifying and although the body count is not particularly high compared to other horror films it doesn't feel boring at any point and is paced fantastically. I also love how it doesn't use the typical suspense and then jump scare method like other horror films, it builds up the suspense until you think something's going to happen and then nothing happens - and then delivers the jump scare a few moments after you've relaxed yourself. I could go on forever about this film but I'll keep it short. My love for this film and the franchise only gets bigger as each Halloween season rolls around and I'll be making sure this is on the list again next year. 10/10 for sure.