Starstricken

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode Written by A Robinson ~ We yet again find ourselves in my favourite period of history in cinema: the late 70s. More than that, the late 70s in suburban America. However, this transportation via screen does not take us to the hazy hot summer evening in Texas (see previous article on Dazed and Confused ), but rather an immersion to the autumn-y cosiness of fictional Haddonfield, Illinois, on Halloween night.  This could only be John Carpenter and Debra Hill's  Halloween , originally released on October 25th 1978. The sole original slasher, that was shot with a tiny budget by a small crew of independent filmmakers, Carpenter included, with a modest production that went on to gross $60-70 million at the box office, not even taking into account the 11 subsequent films that the franchise ensued, along with being the core model of a perfect slasher that other secondary, albeit still iconic franchises modelled themselves upon ( Nightmare on Elm Street...