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Halloween
The night he came home!
( Horror / Thriller )

Halloween Poster

MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 91 min

Premiere Date:
Oct 24, 1978   [USA]		  
Production Companys: Compass International Pictures
Falcon Films
 

Plot Summary:

    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.
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Tech Info:
Budget:
$325,000 (USA)
Color Info:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Panavision
Shooting Dates:
Mar 1978
Quotes:
  • Sheriff Brackett: It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare.
     
  • Lynda: I can't believe it! We have three new cheers to learn in the morning, I have to get my dress ready and my hair done in the afternoon, the game is at six, and the dance is at eight! I'll be totally wiped out!
    Laurie: [sarcastically] I don't think you have enough to do tomorrow.
    Lynda: Totally!
     
  • Laurie: I saw Mr. Riddle in his backyard, he was watching me.
    Annie: Mr. Riddle was watching you? Laurie! Mr. Riddle is eighty-seven!
    Laurie: He can still watch.
    Annie: That's probably all he can do.
     
  • [After yelling a smart remark to Michael Myers]
    Annie: Geez, can't he take a joke?
    Laurie: You know what, Annie? One of these days you're going to get us all into deep trouble.
     
  • [Referring to a partially eaten dog.]
    Sheriff Brackett: A man wouldn't do that.
    Dr. Loomis: This is not a man.
     
Trivia:
  • One of the characters is named "Marion Chambers". Marion was the first name of the female protagonist of Psycho, and Chambers was the last name of the sheriff in that movie.
     
  • In the beginning of the film when Michael reaches for the knife and later for the mask, his hands and arms are visible. They belong to producer / screenwriter Debra Hill.
     
  • The name of the sheriff is "Leigh Brackett". This was the name of the screenwriter of Howard Hawks' classic Rio Bravo, which was the inspiration for John Carpenter's previous film, Assault on Precinct 13.
     
  • Kyle Richards, who plays Lindsey Wallace, is the sister of Kim Richards, who appeared in John Carpenter's previous film, Assault on Precinct 13.
     
  • Halloween takes place primarily in fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. Haddonfield, NJ is the home town of screenwriter Debra Hill.
     
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