Halloween
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76% Critic Match

Halloween

The night he came home!

7.6 / 10 1978 1h 31mR English
HorrorThriller

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Loomis

Lead
Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis

Laurie

Nancy Kyes

Nancy Kyes

Annie

P. J. Soles

P. J. Soles

Lynda

Charles Cyphers

Charles Cyphers

Brackett

Kyle Richards

Kyle Richards

Lindsey

Brian Andrews

Brian Andrews

Tommy

John Michael Graham

John Michael Graham

Bob

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Carpenter's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Halloween is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker