Halloween Details

Halloween

Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his home to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, HALLOWEEN was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his longtime producer Debra Hill, the film set both their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre. HALLOWEEN has been copied, parodied and even turned into a franchise of its own, but the original is still considered the best of the bunch. HALLOWEEN was John Carpenter's first foray into horror, and remains the standard to which all other modern horror films are measured.

Starring	P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Donald Pleasence, Donald Pleasence /Jamie Lee Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Arthur Malet, David Kyle, Nick Castle
Director	John Carpenter
Studio	ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 41 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 31 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Horror Films
Genres	Horror
Language	English
Released	DVD: 27 Oct 2003 Blu-ray: 22 Oct 2007 Production year: 1978
Format	DVD