Halloween
R · 1978 ‧ Horror/Crime ‧ 1h 31m
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael...
Release date: October 25, 1978 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Budget: 325,000 USD
Sequels: Halloween II and Halloween
Distributed by: Compass International Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Aquarius Releasing
Box office: $70 million
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Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill.
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Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, ...
Jun 10, 2018 · Hello, I just wanted to get different peoples opinions on what their favorite Halloween film is. Mine personally is the 1978 original movie.
"Halloween" is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to "Psycho" (1960). It's a terrifying and creepy ...
Jun 9, 2024 · I think it's just everything coming together perfectly to capture lightning in a bottle. The movie just does everything extremely well. The ...
Aug 8, 2021 · A fantastic film that's chock full of atmosphere and menace. A film easy to take for granted after all the inferior sequels, remakes, semi- ...
Apr 24, 2023 · In the 1978 film Michael has no relation to Laurie. The brother/sister relationship was introduced in Halloween II (1981) as Carpenter and Hill ...
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During the fall of 1978, the devil came home - to Haddonfield, Illinois. Upon its initial release, Halloween had difficulty finding its traction with moviegoers ...