Halloween
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Carpenter
Donald Pleasence
Jamie Lee Curtis
Nancy Loomis
P.j. Soles
Charles Cyphers
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Michael Myers has been in an institution since he was a young boy, after murdering his sister. Now he's escaped and is heading back home to terrorise the quiet community which still rememebers him.
Director
John Carpenter
Cast
Donald Pleasence
Jamie Lee Curtis
Nancy Loomis
P.j. Soles
Charles Cyphers
Kyle Richards
Brian Andrews
John Michael Graham
Nancy Stephens
Arthur Malet
Mickey Yablans
Brent Le Page
Adam Hollander
Robert Phalen
Tony Moran
Will Sandin
Sandy Johnson
David Kyle
Peter Griffith
Nick Castle Jr.
Crew
Moustapha Akkad
Don Behrns
Peter Bergren
Barry Bernardi
Joseph Brennan
Charles Burnstein
John Carpenter
John Carpenter
Thomas Causey
Dean Cundey
Dean Cundey
Jack De Wolf
Paul Fox
Reed Freeman
Richard Girod
Kim Gottlieb
Debra Hill
Debra Hill
Walt Hill
Louise Jaffe
Kool Lusby
Steve Mathis
Josh Miller
Randy Moore
Krishna Rao
Beth Rodgers
Dylan Shepard
Craig Stearns
Craig Stearns
Raymond Stella
Raymond Stella
William Stevenson
Erica Ulland
Fred Victar
Rick Wallace
Rick Wallace
Tommy Lee Wallace
Tommy Lee Wallace
Bob Walters
Mark Walthour
James Winburn
Dan Wyman
Irwin Yablans
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
A man wouldn't do that.- Sheriff Leigh Brackett
This is not a man.- Dr. Sam Loomis
Lynda, if this is a joke, I'll kill you!- Laurie
Was that the bogeyman?- Laurie
As a matter of fact... it was!- Dr. Sam Loomis
I met him, fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blind, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes... the DEVIL'S eyes! I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up for I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... EVIL!- Dr. Sam Loomis
It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare.- Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Trivia
Donald Pleasence's role as Sam Loomis is named after a character of the same name in Psycho (1960).
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.
Since the movie was actually shot in spring, the crew had to buy paper leaves from a decorator and paint them in the desired autumn colors, then scatter them in the filming locations. To save money, after a scene was filmed, the leaves were collected and reused.
Due to its shoestring budget, the prop department had to use the cheapest mask that they could find in the costume store: a William Shatner mask, from the movie Devil's Rain, The (1975). They later spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eyeholes.
The kids watch the opening of Thing From Another World, The (1951) on TV. Carpenter would later re-make this film himself in 1982 as Thing, The (1982).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 25, 1978
Released in United States 1998
Shown at WideScreen Film Festival in Long, Beach, California October 30 - November 1, 1998.
Released in United States Fall October 25, 1978
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at WideScreen Film Festival in Long, Beach, California October 30 - November 1, 1998.)
