Halloween (DVD - 1978)

Synopsis

• 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 turned into a franchise of its own, but the original is still considered the best of the bunch. HALLOWEEN was John Carpenter's first foray into horror, and remains the standard to which all other modern horror films are measured.

Cast & Crew

• Director
  John Carpenter
• Star
  Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Arthur Malet, David Kyle, Nick Castle, Peter Griffith
• Producer
  Debra Hill
• Screenwriter
  John Carpenter, Debra Hill
• Composer
  John Carpenter
• Director of Photography
  Dean Cundey
• Production Designer
  Tommy Lee Wallace
• Editor
  Tommy Lee Wallace, Charles Bornstein
• Executive Producer
  Irwin Yablans
• Set Designer
  Craig Stearns

Awards

Genre

• Horror/Suspense > Psychos, Slasher, Suspense, Thriller, Halloween, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Horror Classic, Essential Cinema

Other Movies You May Enjoy

• Black Christmas, Coming Soon, Friday the 13th - Part 1, Halloween II, My Bloody Valentine, Prom Night, Prowler, Road Games, Schizo, Sleepaway Camp, When a Stranger Calls, Disturbing Behavior, Halloween: Resurrection, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars/John Carpenter's Vampires 2-Pack, When a Stranger Calls, Black Christmas, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Friday the 13th/Friday the 13th: Part Two, Halloween II/Halloween III: Season of the Witch