Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)
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Cast & Crew.
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Sam Loomis
Jamie Lee Curtis
Laurie Strode
P.J. Soles
Lynda Van Der Klok
Nancy Kyes
Annie Brackett
Charles Cyphers
Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Kyle Richards
Lindsey Wallace
Brian Andrews
Tommy Doyle
John Michael Graham
Bob Simms
Nancy Stephens
Marion Chambers
Nick Castle
Michael Myers
Arthur Malet
Graveyard Keeper
Mickey Yablans
Richie
Brent Le Page
Lonnie
Adam Hollander
Keith
Robert Phalen
Dr. Wynn
Tony Moran
Michael Myers (age 21)
Will Sandin
Michael Myers (age 6)
Sandy Johnson
Judith Myers
David Kyle
Boyfriend
Peter Griffith
Laurie's Father
Barry Bernardi
Dead Mechanic (uncredited)
Joseph Cornelius
Classmate (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon Jr.
Mr. Peter Myers (uncredited)
Darla Rae
Student (uncredited)
John Carpenter
Paul (voice) / Michael Myers (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay / Original Music Composer
Tommy Lee Wallace
Michael Myers (uncredited) / Production Design / Editor
Gwen Van Dam
Sanitarium Nurse (uncredited) (1981 TV version only)
Jennifer Rhodes
Psych Ward Nurse (uncredited) (1981 TV version only)
Conrad Rothmann
Special Effects
Charles Bornstein
Editor
Don Behrns
Production Manager
Debra Hill
Producer / Screenplay
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Details.
Release DateOctober 24, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Content RatingR
Budget$325,000
Box Office$70,300,000
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, United States of America · California, United States
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Wiki.
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed, co-written, and scored by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles, the film is set mostly in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. The plot centers on a mental patient, Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween night when he was a child. Fifteen years later, having escaped and returned to his hometown, he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while under pursuit by his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis.
Filming took place in Southern California in May 1978. The film premiered in October and grossed $70 million, becoming one of the most profitable independent films of all time. Primarily praised for Carpenter's direction and score, many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974). It is considered one of the greatest and most influential horror films ever made. In 2006, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".Halloween spawned a film franchise comprising thirteen films which helped construct an extensive backstory for its antagonist Michael Myers, sometimes narratively diverging entirely from previous installments. Additionally, a novelization, a video game and comic book series have been based on the film.