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*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[The Fear of 'Halloween' - a review|Halloween review #2]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[Halloween (1978)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | *'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[The Fear of 'Halloween' - a review|Halloween review #2]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[Halloween (1978)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | ||
*'''Featured in''': [[Halloween: The Complete Collection (Blu Ray)]] | [[Drive In Delirium: Maximum 80s Overdrive (BluRay)]] | [[Terror in The Aisles]] | [[Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)]] | *'''Featured in''': [[Halloween: The Complete Collection (Blu Ray)]] | [[Drive In Delirium: Maximum 80s Overdrive (BluRay)]] | [[Terror in The Aisles]] | [[Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)]] | ||
*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics]] | [[The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics]] | [[GCDb Top 20 Horror Classics]] | *'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics]] | [[The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics]] | [[GCDb Top 20 Horror Classics]] | [[October Horrorthon Blu Ray Picks]] | ||
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Halloween (1978, USA) is a Slasher film directed by John Carpenter. It was followed by Halloween II and is the first film of the franchise.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Film Review | Halloween review #2 | Available DVDs | Blu Ray | Poster Art | Fun Facts | Soundtrack | Press Kit
- Featured in: Halloween: The Complete Collection (Blu Ray) | Drive In Delirium: Maximum 80s Overdrive (BluRay) | Terror in The Aisles | Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)
- Included in: Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics | The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics | GCDb Top 20 Horror Classics | October Horrorthon Blu Ray Picks
Main Details
- Released in 1978
- Color
- Running Time: 91 min | USA:101 min (extended version)
- Production Co: Compass International Pictures | Falcon International Productions
- Distribution Co: Compass International Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical) | Mid-America Releasing (1979) (USA: Midwest) (theatrical) | Warner-Columbia Film (1979) (France) (theatrical) | Joy Pack Film (1979) (Japan) (theatrical) | Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1979) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Directed by John Carpenter
- Written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
- Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, Charles Cyphers, PJ Soles
- Produced by Moustapha Akkad, Debra Hill, Kool Lusby, Irwin Yablans, John Carpenter
- Original Music by John Carpenter
- Cinematography by Dean Cundey
- Film Editing by Charles Bornstein, Tommy Lee Wallace
Plot Summary
- 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.
Also Known As
- La Nuit des masques (Belgium) (French title) / Canada (French title) / France
- Alla helgons blodiga natt (Sweden)
- Halloween (Argentina)
- Halloween - A Noite do Terror (Brazil)
- Halloween - Die Nacht des Grauens (Germany)
- Halloween - naamioiden yö (Finland)
- Halloween, la nuit des masques (France) (video title)
- Halloween: la notte delle streghe (Italy)
- John Carpenter's Halloween (US) (complete title)
- Maskernes nat (Denmark) (video title)
- De Nacht van de griezels (Belgium) (Flemish title)
- Noc vestica (Serbia)
- La Noche de Halloween (Spain)
- As Noites de Halloween (Portugal)
- I Nyhta me tis maskes (Greece)
- O Regresso do Mal (Portugal)
- The Babysitter Murders (USA) (working title)
- Yabanci (Turkey) (Turkish title)
Taglines
- The Night HE Came Home!
- HE came home for HALLOWEEN.
- Everyone is entitled to one good scare
- Trick or treat... or die
- Let's celebrate the horror
- Happy Halloween!
- The Trick Is To Stay Alive!