Halloween
| Director: |
|---|
| John Carpenter |
| Producer: |
| Moustapha Akkad, Irwin Yablans |
| Rated: |
| NR |
| Theatrical Release: |
| October 25, 1978 |
| DVD Release: |
| October 2, 2007 |
| Length: |
| 91 Min |
| Language: |
| Eng |
Synopsis:
It was a cold Halloween night in 1963 when six year old Michael Audrey Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith Margaret Myers. He was sentenced to the Smith's Grove-Warren County Sanitarium for his brutal crime. There, he remained locked away and dormant for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, things are about to change. While being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he follows three young women. Little do they know, Michael Myers has come home to kill.
It was a cold Halloween night in 1963 when six year old Michael Audrey Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith Margaret Myers. He was sentenced to the Smith's Grove-Warren County Sanitarium for his brutal crime. There, he remained locked away and dormant for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, things are about to change. While being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he follows three young women. Little do they know, Michael Myers has come home to kill.
• “Scary, suspenseful, and viscerally thrilling, ‘Halloween’ set the standard for modern horror films.” (Rotten Tomatoes)
• “’Halloween’ is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to ‘Psycho.’” (Roger Ebert)
