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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:

  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • Laurie: Lynda, if this is a joke, I'll kill you!
     
  • [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:

  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • half of the $300,000 budget was spent on the Panavision cameras so the film would have a 2:35:1 scope.
     
  • 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.
     

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