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Halloween (1978) 7.9
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7.9/10 from 105,625 users
Metascore: 85/100
Reviews: 1,095 user | 236 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets. Director:John Carpenter |
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Cast
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| Donald Pleasence | ... | ||
| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | ||
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Nancy Kyes | ... |
Annie Brackett
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| P.J. Soles | ... | ||
| Charles Cyphers | ... | ||
| Kyle Richards | ... | ||
| Brian Andrews | ... | ||
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John Michael Graham | ... | |
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Nancy Stephens | ... | |
| Arthur Malet | ... | ||
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Mickey Yablans | ... | |
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Brent Le Page | ... | |
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Adam Hollander | ... | |
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Robert Phalen | ... | |
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Plot Synopsis
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The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978 besides Myers' psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it'll be too late for many people. Written by Massive Fan
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 October 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Carpenter's Halloween See more »Box Office
Budget:
$325,000 (estimated)Gross:
$47,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Laurie: Annie, look!
Annie Brackett: Look where? I don't see anything.
Laurie: That guy who passed us in the car before, the one you yelled at!
Annie Brackett: Subtle, isn't he?
[marches over to the bush]
Annie Brackett: Hey, creep!
[pauses]
Annie Brackett: Laurie, dear. He wants to talk to you. He wants to take you out tonight.
Laurie: [seeing there's nobody there] He was standing right there.
[...]
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Inside Laurie's bedroom there is a poster of a painting by James Ensor (1860-1949). Ensor was a Belgian expressionist painter who used to portray human figures wearing grotesque masks. See more »Goofs
Toward the beginning of the movie when Michael is attacking the woman in the car, she steps on the gas turning the car toward some trees. In the next scene when she jumps out of the car, Michael jumps in and drives off. The trees aren't there anymore and he's driving straight on a road. See more »Quotes
[the Shape is lurking by a bush on the sidewalk]Laurie: Annie, look!
Annie Brackett: Look where? I don't see anything.
Laurie: That guy who passed us in the car before, the one you yelled at!
Annie Brackett: Subtle, isn't he?
[marches over to the bush]
Annie Brackett: Hey, creep!
[pauses]
Annie Brackett: Laurie, dear. He wants to talk to you. He wants to take you out tonight.
Laurie: [seeing there's nobody there] He was standing right there.
[...]
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John Carpenter's Halloween is quite frankly a horror masterpiece. It tells the immortal story of escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who returns to his hometown on Halloween night to stalk and kill a group of babysitters.
This was the first and without doubt the best in the Halloween franchise. Carpenter shows great restraint in pacing the story very slowly and building likable characters; unusual for a horror picture.
Even more unusual is the non-existence of blood and gore, and yet it remains the scariest Halloween to date.
Halloween marked the film debut of Jamie Lee Curtis and a defining point in the late great Donald Pleasence's career. A true classic.