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


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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!
     
  • [Referring to a partially eaten dog.]
    Sheriff Brackett: A man wouldn't do that.
    Dr. Loomis: This is not a man.
     
  • Sheriff Brackett: It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare.
     
  • Laurie: Lynda, if this is a joke, I'll kill you!
     
  • [After Michael falls off the balcony]
    Laurie: Was that the bogeyman?
    Dr. Loomis: As a matter of fact... it was!
     

Trivia:

  • Director John Carpenter was raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In one scene, the subtitle on the screen depicts the location as "Smiths Grove, Illinois." Smiths Grove, Kentucky, is a small town of about 600 people 15 miles from Bowling Green. There are many other references to other local towns and landmarks.
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • According to screenwriter / producer Debra Hill, the character of Laurie Strode was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend.
     

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