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By Gary Arnold (279) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Jul 1998

Halloween is a stab at a derivative minor classic…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Aug 1995

Carpenter displays an almost perfect understanding of the mechanics of classical suspense; his style draws equally (and intelligently) from…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 05 Apr 1993

You know those countless slasher flicks in which a psychotic maniac slices his way through horny teenagers, only to be thwarted by the virginal…

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By Michael Roffman (138) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 22 Oct 1992

Carpenter is patient in pulling away our warm blankets by slowly easing into the horror, simply by allowing the horror to slowly stalk us…

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By Bruce Fretts (33) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 31 Aug 1987

Carpenter's brutally efficient exercise in tension and release…

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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 19 Nov 1983

Carpenter displays an almost perfect understanding of the mechanics of classical suspense; his style draws equally (and intelligently) from…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Aug 1983

The unmasking reveal at the beginning of the movie is a great coup, and the film continues to be very scary, helped by Carpenter's own theme…

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By Mike Emery (10) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 17 May 1983

Not entirely without some laughable or dated scenes, Halloween remains an original that continues to inspire a genre and probe middle America's…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Aug 1981

From a shock-and-suspense point-of-view, Halloween is the rival of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho…

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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 Apr 1981

Carpenter creates excellent tension throughout and he avoids excessive blood and gore in the murder sequences…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 09 Jul 1979

Halloween is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to “Psycho.”…

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