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Find out who starred in the 1978 horror film Halloween, directed by John Carpenter and produced by Moustapha Akkad. See the full list of actors, actresses, writers, composers, editors, and more on IMDb.
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.
- John Carpenter
- October 25, 1978
- Debra Hill
Find out who played the main characters and crew members of the classic horror film Halloween (1978), directed by John Carpenter. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and more on TMDB.
- 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).
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode) The film's young lead went on to become its most recognizable alumnus by a considerable margin. After her breakout success as Laurie Strode in Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her title of "scream queen" by continuing to work in horror films for a few years, including Prom Night (1980), Terror Train (1980), and John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), and also returned to Haddonfield for Halloween II (1981).
- Nick Castle (Michael Myers, a.k.a. the Shape) Many performers have worn the mask of Michael Myers over the years, but Nick Castle is the one who started it all.
- Nancy Kyes (Annie Brackett) Laurie's friend Annie was the second of three characters that Nancy Kyes (née Loomis) played for Carpenter — she first appeared in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and later The Fog.
- P.J. Soles (Lynda Van Der Klok) The actress who plays Laurie's other friend Lynda has more than 60 screen credits to her name. Soles' first film was Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), and, after Halloween, she appeared in a number of high-profile projects.
Find out the cast and crew of the classic horror film Halloween (1978), directed by John Carpenter and starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles. See the full list of actors, writers, producers and more on TMDB.
Starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis, with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles, the film is set mostly in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. The plot centers on a mental patient, Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween night when he was a child.
