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Halloween
The Night HE Came Home!
( Horror / Thriller )


Halloween Poster

MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 91 min

Premiere Date:
Oct 25, 1978   [USA]
 
Director: John Carpenter
 
Writers: John Carpenter   [screenplay]
Debra Hill   [screenplay]
 
Producers: Moustapha Akkad   [Executive Producer]
John Carpenter   [Producer]
Debra Hill   [Producer]
Kool Lusby   [Associate Producer]
Irwin Yablans   [Executive Producer]
 
Music by John Carpenter
 
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
 
Edited by: Tommy Lee Wallace
 
Production Companys: Compass International Pictures
Falcon Films
 


Cast:

Donald Pleasence
Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
Jamie Lee Curtis
Laurie Strode
Nancy Kyes
Annie Brackett
P.J. Soles
Lynda Van Der Klok
Charles Cyphers
Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Kyle Richards
Lindsey Wallace
Brian Andrews
Tommy Doyle
John Michael Graham
Bob Simms
Nancy Stephens
Nurse Marion Chambers
Arthur Malet
Graveyard Keeper
Mickey Yablans
Richie
 
Brent Le Page
Lonnie Elamb
Adam Hollander
Keith
Robert Phalen
Dr. Terence Wynn
Tony Moran
Michael Myers (age 21)
Will Sandin
Michael Myers (age 6)
Sandy Johnson
Judith Myers
David Kyle
Judith's Boyfriend
Peter Griffith
Morgan Strode
Nick Castle
The Shape
Douglas Spencer
Clip from 'The Thing from Another World' (archive footage)
John Carpenter
Paul's Voice (uncredited)
 
 

Crew:

Barry Bernardi
production assistant
Kim Gottlieb
still photographer
Walt Hill
grip
Steve Mathis
best boy
Josh Miller
best boy
 
Douglas Olivares
assistant camera
Dylan Shephard
key grip
Raymond Stella
panaglide
Raymond Stella
camera operator
Mark Walthour
gaffer
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$325,000 (USA)
Color Info:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Panavision
Shooting Dates:
Mar 1978

Quotes:

  • 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.
     
  • Nurse Chambers: Don't you think it would be better if you referred to "it" as "him"?
    Dr. Loomis: If you say so.
    Nurse Chambers: Your compassion's overwhelming, doctor.
     
  • [After Michael falls off the balcony]
    Laurie: Was that the bogeyman?
    Dr. Loomis: As a matter of fact... it was!
     
  • Tommy: Laurie, what's the bogeyman?
    Laurie: There's no such thing.
     
  • [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.
     

Trivia:

  • Halloween takes place primarily in fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. Haddonfield, NJ is the home town of screenwriter Debra Hill.
     
  • Was originally envisioned by Bob Clark and John Carpenter as a sequel to Black Christmas but negotiations fell through. Carpenter was given permission by Clark to use ideas that the two came up with for Halloween.
     
  • Halloween was shot in 21 days in the spring of 1978. Made on a budget of $300,000, it became the highest-grossing independent movie ever made at that time.
     
  • Inside Laurie's bedroom there is a poster of a painting by James Ensor (1860-1949). Ensor was a Belgian expressionist painter who used to portray human figures wearing grotesque masks.
     
  • 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.
     

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