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Until CLERKS became the highest percentage moneymaker of all time (later overtaken by BLAIR WITCH and just recently by MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING), this film was the most successful independent film of all-time. Horror genius John Carpenter leveraged the festival success of his first film ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 to drum up the $300,000 to make this film about babysitters killed by the boogieman. In her first film role, the movie made Jamie Lee Curtis a movie star and drew her a cult fan base of horror film fanatics.

From the point of view of the killer, the film begins with six-year-old Michael Myers murdering his older sister. At 23, Myers (Tony Moran, HALLOWEEN II) kills his way out of a psychiatric institution and heads back to his old neighborhood on Halloween night. When Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) discovers Myers’ escape, he fears a bloodbath, because Myers is the most evil man he has ever seen in his whole career. Laurie Strode (Curtis, TRADING PLACES) is the virginal good girl who is spending her Halloween evening babysitting the bashful and innocent Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews, THE GREAT SANTINI). Her friends Annie Brackett (Nancy Loomis, THE FOG) and Lynda van der Klok (P.J. Soles, CARRIE) seem more interested in boys and partying then anything else. Myers dons a blank white mask and begins stalking these young women.

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This film is the latest rendition of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel of the same name. The story is pretty common and you know exactly where it’s going, but this version makes this road well traveled a fun adventure.

Edmond (Jim Caviezel, FREQUENCY, ANGEL EYES) and Fernard (Guy Pearce, MEMENTO) have been friends since childhood, however, the noble Fernard has always been jealous of Edmond and his simple love of life. Fernard wants Edmond’s fiance Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk, KEEPING THE FAITH) and he sets him up on treason and eventually murder charges. After 13 years in prison, Edmond escapes, finds a fortune and vows revenge. However, the priest (Richard Harris, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE), who Edmond meets in jail, tells him that he should make sure he does not turn into the man who he was wrongly convicted of being.

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Outside of a 50-minute film titled FRANKENSTEIN’S PLANET OF MONSTERS! director Brad Anderson’s feature resume is filled with independent romantic comedies like NEXT STOP WONDERLAND and HAPPY ACCIDENTS. Anderson found the location and was inspired to write a horror film set there. He proves very adept at building tension and creating real fear in his audience. This is one of the scariest films I’ve ever seen.

The story follows a group of asbestos removers as they work inside an abandoned insane asylum. Gordon (Peter Mullan, THE CLAIM) is the owner of the business and is keeping a secret about his wife from the others. Phil (David Caruso, first season of NYPD BLUE) has a tense relationship with Hank (Josh Lucas, SWEET HOME ALABAMA, DEEP END) because the later stole Phil’s girlfriend. Mike (Stephan Gevedon, also co-write & BOYS ON THE SIDE) is a law school drop-out, who becomes obsessed with an old patient through listening to her old therapy sessions. (The film gains more tension as we lead up to session 9). Jeff (Brendan Sexton III, WELCOME TO DOLLHOUSE, BOYS DON’T CRY) is the rookie and afraid of the dark.

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