What works: The film stands the test of time, a taut
suspense classic built on great performances and razor - sharp direction by Hitchcock.
Not exact matches
The first half of the film
builds suspense by putting the group through a number of
classic hunting situations — from the perspective of the prey — being flushed out by dogs [though these alien «dogs» have all kinds of horns, spine razors and bad attitudes]; a booby - trapped companion; wandering into deadfalls, and the like.
Plus, Halloween was a
classic because Carpenter did a masterful job of
building the
suspense: we got some stalk sequences and some normal, boring everyday stuff going on, but we also knew that Michael Myers was maliciously lurking in the background.
And in seemingly
classic Nintendo fashion, the company
built up the
suspense to almost unprecedented levels simply by not giving any notice ahead of time.