On October 2, 2008, the film was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Anchor Bay. The following year, a "30th Anniversary Commemorative Set" was issued, containing DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film, the sequels "" and "", and a replica Michael Myers mask. A 35th-anniversary Blu-ray was released in October 2013, featuring a new transfer supervised by cinematographer Dean Cundey. This release earned a Saturn Award for Best Classic Film Release. In September 2014, Scream Factory teamed with Anchor Bay Entertainment to release the film as part of a Blu-ray boxed set featuring every film in the series (up to 2009's "Halloween II"), made available as in a standard and limited edition. The film was released by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in an Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray edition for the film's 40th anniversary. It is also available online for computer and other devices viewing (streaming rentals) and downloadable files through Amazon.com, Apple's iTunes Store download application and Vudu.com computer servers. "Halloween" was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1979, but lost to "The Wicker Man" (1973). In 2001, "Halloween" ranked #68 on the American Film Institute TV program "100 Years ... 100 Thrills". The film was #14 on Bravo's "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004). Similarly, the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 3rd scariest film ever made. In 2006, "Halloween" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 2008, the film was selected by "Empire" magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. In 2010, "Total Film" selected the film as one of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. In 2017, "Complex" magazine named "Halloween" the best slasher film of all time. The following year, "Paste" listed it the best slasher film of all time, while Michael Myers was ranked the greatest slasher villain of all time by "LA Weekly". American Film Institute lists  The film has often been cited as an allegory on the virtue of sexual purity and the danger of casual sex, although Carpenter has explained that this was not his intent: "It has been suggested that I was making some kind of moral statement.