Review of Halloween (1978) by Coutant — 04 Oct 2018

Halloween (1978); a film that creates terror from the possible, and the impossible. While the use of mise en scene creates the unnerving setting and atmosphere, it is truly the movies use of sound, editing and choice dialogue which brings this film to life.

The film itself is one of violence and fear- yet does not rely on the gore or supernatural to be "scary" (like many horror films nowadays rely solely on). Some might argue that this film is overrated because of the lack of special effects or excellent 'graphics'.

However, with a budget of only 300,000 the film manages to use a wide variety of elements that bring out the films true horror.