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Halloween (1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
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.
Halloween: Directed by John Carpenter. With Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles. 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.
- Jamie Lee Curtis in 1978. Curtis made her big-screen debut as Laurie Strode, the teen terrorized by a masked maniac, single-handedly shattering the "scream queen" stereotype like no other actress before or since.
- Jamie Lee Curtis Now. Curtis reprised her role as Laurie in Halloween II, Halloween H20, Halloween Resurrection and the latest trilogy: 2018’s Halloween, 2021’s Halloween Kills and 2022’s Halloween Ends.
- Donald Pleasence in 1974. The character actor who played Myers’ appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis, died at 75 in 1995 from complications of a heart valve replacement surgery.
- Nancy Loomis in 1980. Nancy Loomis stole every scene she was in as Laurie's wise-cracking pal, Annie. She followed that sassy supporting role as the deadpan assistant of Janet Leigh—yes, Curtis' Psycho mom—in Carpenter's 1980 film The Fog (seen here).
Oct 30, 2021 · The first "Halloween" film was released in 1978, introducing dreaded serial killer Michael Myers. Some of the cast, like Jamie Lee Curtis, reprised their roles in the new sequel, "Halloween...
An escaped masked killer stalks a baby sitter (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends on Halloween.
