Films 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 24, 1978OriginsUnited States of AmericaGenresHorrorThrillerTagsB-HorrorSlasher HorrorTeen HorrorExternal 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 Top five films: best of the big screen Jake Wilson • theage.com.au Classic Film Review: John Carpenter's Halloween Carves Terror Out of American Comforts Consequence • consequence.net ‘Halloween’: THR’s 1978 Review Ron Pennington • hollywoodreporter.com Film Chronicle Staff • austinchronicle.com Halloween Empire • empireonline.com Halloween: A complete guide to horror’s quirkiest, most erratic franchise Aja Romano • vox.com Halloween movie review & film summary (1979) Roger Ebert • rogerebert.com RemakesTitleYearAvg.Halloween200758.1%Halloween197878.4%CollectionTitleYearAvg.Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers199541.3%Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers198942.7%Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers198855.8%Halloween III: Season of the Witch198248.8%Halloween II198163.8%Halloween197878.4%EvolutionPositions in the top 50 for Halloween in the past 30 days
