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Sep 14, 2017
OH MY GOD AND GAG ME WITH A SPOON! IS POOR WITTLE 'MANMACHINE' STILL PEDDLING HIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OPINION?! This is the first `Slasher Film` that understood, like Hitchcock`s `PSYCHO`, the magic of Val Lewton`s classics: it`s not what you see, It`s What You THINK You See. What you can conjure up inside your own imagination is a thousand times more terrifying (and lingers longer in your dark livingroom in the middle of the night) than anything a filmmaker can graphically shove in your face. Only YOU know all your fears and phobias. `HALLOWEEN` also sidesteps the `LUCY` Syndrome, waiting around, snickering, for the dumb broad to get it ("We`re Gonna Do It MY Way, Ethel!") then chortling when she gets her just desserts ("Lu-cee! You Got Some `Plainin` To Do!") by giving us a (legitimate) heroine to identify with and cheer for. If you like the protagonist, you care; If you care, you feel terror when they`re (YOU`RE) in danger. It also solves the "Why The H@## Don`t They/Doesn`t She Just Run Out Of The D*^% House?!" problem. Jamie Lee Curtis`s character is responsible for the welfare of two children, and - like the hero/heroine of mythology and folklore - will not abandon them. Finally, in my opinion, the first unmasking scene at the beginning of the movie still hold the power shock, unlike the grotesque face we are led to expect. I like it (you`ld never guess, would ya.)