| Pleeeease, Halloween bored me to tears the first time I saw it (basically because its been copied beyond belief), and its first sequel is clumsy and dumber than Friday the 13th. Now for some background info. I bought this film without first having seen it, but because it had heard both good and bad things about it, so I decided to judge for myself. Number 1, this film, I don't think, was ever made to be taken too seriously. I agree, this movie is badly acted, and written, except by Betsy Palmer who gives a great psychotic performance. Now, there are two reasons, and two reasons only, as to why I like this movie in the least bit. I love the creepy mood and atmosphere. And, I love to creative death sequences. Those are the only two things going for it. The run-down/deserted camp setting is great, and adds a certain air of mystery to the film. The main reason I liked that is because i live in a desert. Forests are cool to me because I never see them. The death sequences are creepy, yet cool. And I'm not a fan of horror flicks at all. Urbanlegend, I can see why you decided to laugh during the movie. Especially the scene where the guy pretends that he has drowned. I rolled my instead, and did that more times than I expected to. But looking at it overall, its not real bad to me, but it isn't a great "chiller" either. Somewhere in the middle. I believe Cunningham had a good idea for a horror movie, but went wrong when he chose 'some' of the actors, and writing the script. Adrienne King is a decent, but still very whiny as the heroine. She's an okay choice but nothing bad. I still think that of all the Friday the 13th films, that Amy Steel is the best heroine, from the second film in the series. Overall, a semi-good and semi-bad flick. The best of the films in the Friday the 13th series, and I would take it over any of the slasher films that followed it, except maybe "Scream". What do you guys think, is it safe to say that this is "The original slasher flick"? The first to capitalize on the sub-genre. |