The whole movie survives on the fact Myers is creepy and the tension builds slowly. It's really simple but well made. Yes it's ridiculous at times but forgivable for the atmosphere. The jumps are well placed. The music may be OTT for some. This may feel slow but the story is paced well at the start and it's usually the horror that slowed right down.

The silly things:
After 15 years locked away, and presumably since a kid after the murder, Myers gets in a car and drives first time. The only time a door is locked in the town seems to be when Mike is after you. He pins someone to a wall with a knife whilst using super human strength. He survives a neck stabbing, eye jab with wire, multiple knives slashers, six bullets and high fall through a window onto the floor landing on his back. The Dr doesn't want the police to be aware of the insane killer Myers... for what reasons again? So on one level Myers is this very real escaped patient who preys (scary) and on the other level he's an almost invisible super human (not scary and takes away from the horror but I understand the need to flesh out the story). Is this movie full of cliches of did it create them? Killer never runs. Victims always fall over or hide in the closet. Always take your eye off the killer when you think he's dead... again.

I think the small world Carpenter creates is just good enough to not make the movie bad. I enjoyed it and I was forgiving but I don't know how may times I could watch it again.