Halloween (1978)

Synopsis of Halloween

It was "The Night HE Came Home," warned the posters for John Carpenter's career-making horror smash. In Haddonfield, IL, on Halloween night 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably slaughters his teenage sister. His psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) can't penetrate Michael's psyche after years of institutionalization, but he knows that, when Myers escapes before Halloween in 1978, there is going to be hell to pay in Haddonfield. While Loomis heads to Haddonfield to alert police, Myers spots bookish teenager Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and follows her, constantly appearing and vanishing as Laurie and her looser friends Lynda (P.J. Soles) and Annie (Nancy Loomis) make their Halloween plans. By nightfall, the responsible Laurie is doing her own and Annie's babysitting jobs, while Annie and Lynda frolic in the parent-free house across the street. But Annie and Lynda are not answering the phone, and suspicious Laurie heads across the street to the darkened house to see what is going on.... ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

91 mins

Director(s):

John Carpenter

Writer(s):

Debra Hill, John Carpenter

Producer(s):

Debra Hill

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Violence, Sexual Situations, Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Profanity)

Categories:

Horror

• 1979 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award

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