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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:

  • 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: 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.
     
  • Tommy: Laurie, what's the bogeyman?
    Laurie: There's no such thing.
     
  • 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!
     
  • [After Michael falls off the balcony]
    Laurie: Was that the bogeyman?
    Dr. Loomis: As a matter of fact... it was!
     

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.
     
  • half of the $300,000 budget was spent on the Panavision cameras so the film would have a 2:35:1 scope.
     
  • Morgan Strode's black Fleetwood (seen in the driveway when he is talking to Laurie early in the movie) belonged to director John Carpenter, while the Phelps Garage truck was owned by the company that catered for the film.
     
  • 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.
     

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