There’s no denying the fascination moviegoers (and now streamers) have with being scared, Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert was vocal about his adoration for good horror movies and their ability to tastefully frighten. While many would think his catalog of scathing reviews for horror movies depicted a hatred for them, Ebert remained critical as a means of holding genre filmmakers accountable for the products they released. Slasher movies were no exception to his polarizing, divisive opinions while also the best of the best received well-deserved high praise. His review of John Carpenter’s Halloween is all-encompassing of his appreciation for being scared and the craft it takes to responsibly depict violent deaths.
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