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| Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his hometown to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, HALLOWEEN was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his longtime producer Debra Hill, the film set their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre. HALLOWEEN has been copied, parodied and even t... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Horror/Suspense |
| Directors: |
John Carpenter |
| Actors: |
Arthur Malet · Charles Cyphers · David Kyle · Kyle Richards · Nancy Loomis · Nick Castle · P.J. Soles · Peter Griffith |
| Stars: |
Donald Pleasence · Jamie Lee Curtis |
| UPC: |
013131027150, 013131027235, 013131032499, 013131049930, 013131089691, 013131090338, 013131090437, 013131092998, 013131165494, 013131171136, 013131195996, 013131228496, 013131542899, 086112005539 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 32min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD, DVD: 25th Anniversary Edition; Hi-Definition Transfer, DVD: Limited Special Edition, DVD: Restored - O-Card 3D Foil Embossed, DVD: Restored Version, DVD: Special Extended Edition; Contains Film Cel (First 4,000), DVD: Special Extended Edition; Includes Footage Shot for TV, VHS, VHS: Collector's Edition, VHS: Special Extended Edition; Includes Footage Shot for TV |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense |
| Release Date: |
1978 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Collector's Edition
- 1hr 32min
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- August 24, 1999
- R (MPAA)
- 013131090338
- Sound Features: THX
, - VHS: Collector's Edition
- 1hr 32min
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- August 24, 1999
- R (MPAA)
- 013131090437
- Sound Features: THX
, - VHS: Special Extended Edition; Includes Footage Shot for TV
- 1hr 44min
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- August 07, 2001
- R (MPAA)
- 013131171136
, - VHS
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- R (MPAA)
- 013131027235
, - VHS
- 1hr 30min
- Facets Video
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 1hr 30min
- Movies Unlimited
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 1hr 32min
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- September 01, 1998
- R (MPAA)
- 013131049930
, - VHS
- 1hr 32min
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- R (MPAA)
- 013131027150
, - VHS
- 1hr 32min
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- R (MPAA)
- 086112005539
- Sound Features: HiFi
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Debra Hill, John Carpenter |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/11/2002, p.37, Entertainment Weekly Staff): "...Carpenter's slasher is the original teen-scream flick...", (03/01/1979, p.128, Tom Milne): "...Rarely have the remoter corners of the Panavision frame been used to such good effect, as shifting volumes of darkness and light reveal the ineluctable presence of a sinister something...", (10/25/1978, Hege.): "...Carpenter has a good feel for timing the thrills and occasionally adds an offbeat, almost perverse sense of humor, which works...", (12/01/2003, p.12, Premiere Staff): "John Carpenter's perfectly faceted gem of a horror movie...", (12/01/2003, p.126, Jamie Graham): "...A seminal slasher that gets better with age....Terrifying..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Was that the bogeyman?"--Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), after Michael is shot off a balcony
"As a matter of fact...it was."--Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) |
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