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25 October 1978 (USA) moreTagline:
The trick was to stay alive. morePlot:
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(297 articles)
Exclusive: A Talk with P.J. Soles (From Dread Central. 11 November 2009, 12:30 AM, PST)
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It *is* a classic more (988 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Donald Pleasence | ... | Dr. Sam Loomis | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Laurie Strode | |
| Nancy Kyes | ... | Annie Brackett (as Nancy Loomis) | |
| P.J. Soles | ... | Lynda van der Klok | |
| Charles Cyphers | ... | Sheriff Leigh Brackett | |
| Kyle Richards | ... | Lindsey Wallace | |
| Brian Andrews | ... | Tommy Doyle | |
| John Michael Graham | ... | Bob Simms | |
| Nancy Stephens | ... | Marion Chambers | |
| Arthur Malet | ... | Graveyard Keeper | |
| Mickey Yablans | ... | Richie | |
| Brent Le Page | ... | Lonnie Elamb | |
| Adam Hollander | ... | Keith | |
| Robert Phalen | ... | Dr. Terence Wynn | |
| Tony Moran | ... | Michael Myers (age 23) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
John Carpenter's Halloween (USA) (complete title)The Babysitter Murders (USA) (working title)
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
91 min | USA:101 min (extended version)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (original release)Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (video rating) (1982) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2003) | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) (2001) | South Korea:18 | Chile:14 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Australia:R | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 (re-release: 1999) | France:-16 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (re-release: 1999) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Portugal:M/16 (re-rating) | Portugal:M/18 (original rating)Fun Stuff
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The original script, titled "The Babysitter Murders", had the events take place over the space of several days. It was a budgetary decision to change the script to have everything happen on the same day (doing this reduced the number of costume changes and locations required) and it was decided that Halloween, the scariest night of the year, was the perfect night for this to happen. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Tommy meets up with Laurie at the corner to walk to school, yet to get to Tommy's house requires a car ride across town. moreQuotes:
[inside Myers' house]Dr. Sam Loomis: Hey... What is that?
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: A dog.
[Loomis and Brackett walk next to dog]
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: It's still warm.
Dr. Sam Loomis: He got hungry.
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Don't Fear The Reaper moreFAQ
Why can't Michael be killed?What's the story behind Michael's mask?
Who taught Michael to drive?
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To begin, this is a twenty year old film. Few films remain as suspenseful today as they did when it came out. (see: Night of the Living Dead -- had people running from the theatres when released but is very tame today). Clearly a movie fan brought up on the standards of today's movies will fail to find enjoyment of such 'classic' films. But when watching Halloween today perhaps it helps to consider a few things: Halloween was a low budget film (read: bad acting, poor special effects) made for only $300,000. It was not a product of Hollywood but a bunch of 20 year olds. This was the first film to feature the Boogeyman that Wouldn't Die which has been ripped off time and time again in the Friday the 13th, Elm Street, Scream, etc. You're used to it now, but Halloween did it first. Even Scream ripped off the look of the villian in Halloween. The theme of teenagers being stalked by a madman has been ripped of numerous times as well (again, Halloween did it first) but what seperates Halloween from the imitators is that it plays on traditional fears: The Thing that Wouldn't Die; the Boogeyman coming to get you; being followed and stalked; the boyfriend returning to the room under a bedsheet -- and it's not really him; someone hiding in the car... all things that have made our skin crawl in real life at one time or another. Watching Halloween tonight again for the first time in years I found myself again on the edge of my seat. Classic? Hell, yes. Maybe not to a generation who feels Scream was a 'good' horror movie but a classic none the less.