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Halloween (1978)

R10/24/1978Horror, Thriller1h 31m

The night he came home!

Overview

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, Illinois to kill again.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Donald Pleasence

    Loomis

  2. Cast 1

    Jamie Lee Curtis

    Laurie

  3. Cast 1

    Nancy Kyes

    Annie

  4. Cast 1

    P. J. Soles

    Lynda

  5. Cast 1

    Charles Cyphers

    Brackett

  6. Cast 1

    Kyle Richards

    Lindsey

  7. Cast 1

    Brian Andrews

    Tommy

  8. Cast 1

    John Michael Graham

    Bob

  9. Cast 1

    Nancy Stephens

    Marion

It really doesn't look like Illinois does it? Sorry, just had to say that, it's where I'm from and all... ...but still, leaves on the ground and green leaves in the trees. Not at all Illinois, probably because it was a low budget film, but it works. It gives it a very, I don't know, Nightmare on Elm Street surreal feel? And I think, if memory serves this is the start of the virgins survive sex is punished horror-slasher staple. Anyway, it's one of my oldest and dearest friends favorite slasher films and I can see why. It is most atmospheric. It is the one that has the most paranoid an...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$325,000.00

Revenue $70,260,597.00

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