The kid who plays young Michael Myers, Daeg Faerch, plays Myers as a total creep job. I think we all went to school with the kid we were sure was pulling the legs off cats. Daeg Faerch plays that kid perfectly. In the first few scenes he is a little awkward but as Halloween progresses he becomes progressively more ghoulish. I don’t know where they found Faerch but I suspect it was on a trip down Gruesome St.

In a return to old style horror the three teenage girls are waggish, their dialogue downright silly at times. Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) has more than her fair share of eye rolling lines. The classic goodie two shoes horror heroine for the first half of her performance, Laurie pulls herself out of that role and finds a new definition of horror movie woman in Halloween. Her fight scenes are heart pounding, her will to survive palpable. Laurie, unlike other women in horror movies, does everything she can to live, and makes good decisions.

Scout Taylor-Compton is an uninhibited, full volume, back of the throat, ear ringing screamer. The ability to scream without reservation is a challenging, and rare skill. I don’t think she’s quite as phenomenal as Jamie Lee Curtis, but she is pretty damned close. Her performance in Halloween should earn her a spot of her own in the minds and hearts of horror fans.

I have not seen so many breasts in one movie since The Black Book. Halloween casting director, Monika Mikkelsen, must have required these actresses to get naked and casted them by their tits. Just when you begin to miss bosoms, two more show up to give you a fix of busty femininity.

I walked into the theater worried the Halloween series would be put to shame. I walked out, worried about going to bed, knowing I had seen Michael Myers, and was in love with Halloween.