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| Jacqueline Giroux | ... | Linda (as Jackelyn Giroux) | |
| Peter Jason | ... | Malcolm O'Keefe | |
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Chris Graver | ... | Christopher O'Keefe |
| David Carradine | ... | Richard Adams | |
| Carrie Snodgress | ... | Joan O'Keefe Adams | |
| Steve Railsback | ... | Bret | |
| Jillian Kesner | ... | Andrea | |
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Dan Pastorini | ... | 1st Attendant |
| Tim Rossovich | ... | 2nd Attendant | |
| Paul Bartel | ... | Bum | |
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Jean Clark | ... | Bert (as J.L. Clark) |
| John Blyth Barrymore | ... | Mad Doctor | |
| Catherine E. Coulson | ... | Nurse Reeves (as Catherine Coulson) | |
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Maria Dillon | ... | TV Reporter |
| Jason Ronard | ... | Bum (as Jason Renard) | |
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Five years after his wife, Joan, had him wrongfully and delibarately committed to a mental institution so she could live with her boyfriend, Malcolm escapes on Halloween night and arrives back at his old house to murder her, except Joan is not home but she's out with her boyfriend while babysitter Linda is looking after Malcolm's 10-year-old son Christopher, an equally psychotic and demented practical joker until, under cover of darkness, Malcolm shows up and begins a real terror game of attrition with Linda. Written by <pataygs@voicenet.com>
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halloween | murder | mental institution | false accusation | insane asylum |Taglines:
Halloween's over. Now It's the kids' turn to get even! See more »Genres:
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29 October 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Linda: Well, you're not. That's a stupid thing to do.
Christopher: It's Halloween!
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The film had a $55,000 budget. Writer-director Gary Graver put up $30,000 of his own money and he got investors and a distributor to kick in an additional $25,000. See more »Quotes
Christopher: You're cute. Are you the babysitter?Linda: Well, you're not. That's a stupid thing to do.
Christopher: It's Halloween!
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Seriously????? I had to look at the IMDb category to make sure this wasn't a comedy. It's billed as horror. I knew from the opening scenes this one was gonna be an eye roller.
The problem is that it isn't funny in a good way. The movie suffers from bad acting (with no exceptions), too much padding, a bad script and bad lighting. Nuff said.
The babysitter is the worst case of a caretaker I've ever seen and the charge she's watching will start running your nerves in short order. She's quite inept for an older babysitter and its hard to feel anything for her but contempt.
Would I recommend? Nope.