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Budget. $300,000–325,000. Box office. $70 million. Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis.
Halloween (1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Halloween: Directed by John Carpenter. With Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles. 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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Oct 17, 2024 · The original 'Halloween' set the standard for the slasher genre, and featured a number of first-time actors and familiar faces alike. See the surprising paths the cast took after the film's 1978 ...
Oct 15, 2018 · They came up with the story of Michael Myers, a six-year-old boy who murders his teenager sister on Halloween night in 1963 and is sent away to a mental institution, only to escape on the same ...
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Oct 30, 2021 · The same year that the original "Halloween" movie was released, Soles married actor Dennis Quaid. The two were divorced five years later. John Michael Graham played Lynda's boyfriend Bob.
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Oct 26, 2023 · Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Prime Video Walmart (Blue-ray) The end of Halloween 4 saw Michael Myers shot repeatedly and thrown down a mineshaft. This fifth film sees his body ...
