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- 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).
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.
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
Jul 31, 2022 · The white picket fence of the thriving (and segregated, and sexually oppressive) suburban 1950s became a rallying cry. Those who challenged traditional values were demonized. Michael Myers' first...
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Sep 16, 2020 · Halloween is of course at the end of October, when the world is just touching on Winter. The film, however, was shot in the spring of 1978, with an incredibly short 20 day shooting schedule.
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.
Oct 22, 2019 · Taken from The New York Times. In Halloween (1978), Michael Meyers (played by Nick Castle) escapes prison after many years of incarceration and goes on a rampage in the small town of Haddonfield.
