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The influence of Alfred Hitchcock is readily apparent in Carpenter's original Halloween, something that modern horror filmmakers would do well to emulate a bit more. I am not a fan of slasher flicks at all but Halloween is so much more than a slasher flick. It was (for better or worse) the template for every slasher flick that came after it for decades. It may seem dated now but that is just because it has been imitated so heavily for decades. Kind of the way Enter the Dragon seems cliche now because every chop-socky movie for the past 30+ years has imitated it in one way or another. I for one would rank Carpenter's Halloween as a contender for the greatest horror movie of all time.
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