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Halloween (1978 film)
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Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's 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.
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 Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove.
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...
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The original Halloween, released in 1978, was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill —the film's director and producer respectively. The film, itself inspired by Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho and Bob Clark 's Black Christmas, is known to have inspired a long line of slasher films .
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Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher, suspense classic film set in the fictional suburban midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois, on Halloween.
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.