The film follows mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister one Halloween night during his childhood.
Halloween
R · 1978 ‧ Horror/Crime ‧ 1h 31m
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael...
Release date: October 25, 1978 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Budget: 325,000 USD
Sequels: Halloween II and Halloween
Distributed by: Compass International Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Aquarius Releasing
Box office: $70 million
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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, ...
Jun 10, 2018 · Hello, I just wanted to get different peoples opinions on what their favorite Halloween film is. Mine personally is the 1978 original movie.
Jun 8, 2018 · It's too much of a slow burn for a slasher. Zero gore makes it incredibly boring. Absolutely hated the unmasking scene, so absurdly lame and ...
“Halloween” is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to “Psycho” (1960).
Aug 8, 2021 · It's more of a psychological whodunnit with some pretty disturbing imagery and also way bloodier murder scenes. And also a commentary on the ...
Apr 24, 2023 · As far as Halloween goes, despite being shot multiple times, they had to show you that Michael Myers could not be killed. He was not a human ...
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Haddonfield, Illinois. 31. Oktober 1978. Laurie, Annie und Lynda wollen den Halloween-Abend gemeinsam verbringen. Laurie muss bei Tommy Doyle babysitten, Annie ...