Halloween Film • 1978 • Horror, Thriller Watch trailer 67% 77% 75.2% 84% 89%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.Where to watch Streaming information by Cast & CrewJohn CarpenterDirector & ScreenplayDebra HillScreenplayDonald PleasenceLoomisJamie Lee CurtisLaurieNancy KyesAnnieP. J. SolesLyndaCharles CyphersBrackettKyle RichardsLindseyBrian AndrewsTommyJohn Michael GrahamBobNancy StephensMarionArthur MaletGraveyard KeeperSee all cast & crew on IMDbDetailsStatusReleasedReleaseOctober 25, 1978OriginsUnited States of AmericaGenresHorrorThrillerTagsbabysitterescaped killerevilfamilyhalloweenkilling spreemaniacmarijuanamaskpolicepsychoticserial killerstalkingExternal linksLinks AllMovie American Film Institute Apple TV Britannica Comic Vine FilmAffinity Google Knowledge Graph Horror Archive IMDb Letterboxd MUBI Metacritic Movie Review Query Engine Netflix Official site Plex Rotten Tomatoes TCM TMDB The Numbers Trakt Wikidata Wikipedia iTunes Reviews Classic Film Review: John Carpenter's Halloween Carves Terror Out of American Comforts Consequence • consequence.net Halloween review – John Carpenter horror that continues to be very very scary the Guardian • theguardian.com Halloween Empire • empireonline.com Halloween review: John Carpenter’s ’70s slasher remains a harrowing ride Tom Huddleston • timeout.com
