Halloween (1978)

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John Carpenter Director previously directed Assault on Precinct 13

A psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood, escapes and starts a mindless rampage. The doctor who has been studying him since he committed the murder of his sister, Dr. Loomis, is on his trail.

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This is Jamie Lee Curtis' first feature film.

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Quote: Laurie Strode

Lynda, if this is a joke, I'll kill you!

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Cast
Donald Pleasence Dr. Samuel Loomis
Jamie Lee Curtis Laurie Strode
Nancy Kyes Annie Brackett
P.J. Soles Lynda van der Klok
Charles Cyphers Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Kyle Richards Lindsey Wallace
Brian Andrews Tommy Doyle
John Michael Graham Bob Simms
Nancy Stephens Marion Chambers
Arthur Malet Graveyard Keeper
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Fifteen years ago, in Haddonfield, Illinois, a 6-year-old boy named Michael Myers brutally murdered his older sister seemingly without remorse. Institutionalized, Myers' therapist has one diagnosis for his patient: the boy is pure evil. Now he's escaped and returned to his hometown to wage a campaign of murder against a group of teenage girls the likes of which the Midwest has never seen.

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Name Halloween
US Release Oct. 25, 1978
UK Release
AUS Release June 1, 1979
Runtime 91
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Rating R
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $47,000,000
  • = total worldwide gross $47,000,000
  • - a reported budget of $325,000
  • = a 14,361.5% net profit of $46,675,000
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