When you talk classic horror, there are a few movies that come to mind but
none that epitomise the genre quite like Halloween and its iconic harbinger of
death, Michael Myers. Easily one of John Carpenter's best horror's if not the
best, Halloween on blu-ray has to be seen to be believed. The clarity is
amazing, the 1978Â original footage looks crystal-clear in high def. Just don't
focus too much on the blood (which doesn't look so real in HD).
The cast of Halloween is one aspect that makes this movie so great with
actors such as Donald Pleasance bringing some of that hardened ‘brit’
stability to an otherwise fairly unknown list of young actors. Jamie Lee Curtis'
rising star was more or less born with her role in this movie. So with that kind
of background, who wouldn't consider Halloween a classic?
The 30th anniversary blu-ray version offers some tasty extras that reveal a
whole lot of behind-the-scenes information and commentary from most of the stars
and crew including John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis.
There's no mistaking that Halloween on blu-ray is a straight-up
collector's item if ever there was one, and for horror fans, it should be a
serious consideration for the xmas stocking this year. Michael Myers never
looked so crystal-clear creepy, even if his mask was the ugliest mold of William
Shatner's face ever created!
4Â out of 5Â stars only because IÂ feel that this release should have had
more extras.
