In 7 words or less: Pure evil goes to visit mum's house.
Best bits? It has to be the daylight scares at the beginning, the most frightening part of the film for me. They shouldn't be that creepy, which leads me to believe that there is actual evil in the celluloid. Mike Myers is cuckoo-bananas! I can't resist a shot of Mike Myers slowly leaning out of the darkness near the end and the Doctor's, obsession with Mike. There are also incredible phones in this film... The very SIZE of them!
Did it make you think thoughts? It got me excited for film making. This was made on an crazy-small $320,000 budget; and for good reason, it's basically just following some teenagers (thirty year olds) around in a car for the afternoon and evening. But it manages to be one of the best Horrors out there. I also love that John Carpenter Wrote, Directed AND scored it; and what a score!
Would you watch it again? I watch it every Hallowe'en. It still creeps me out.
Rating (out of 100%): 85% The best slasher movie I've seen with my eyes.