Directed by:
John CarpenterCinematography:
Dean CundeyComposer:
John CarpenterCast:
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, John Michael Graham, Nancy Stephens, Arthur Malet (more)Plots(1)
John Carpenter's highly influential modern horror/suspense film set the trend for two decades of re-makes and sequels. Six-year-old Michael Myers is confined to an insane asylum after stabbing his sexually active teenage sister to death on Halloween night 1963. Exactly fifteen years later Michael escapes, returning to his home town of Haddonfield with psychiatrist Doctor Loomis (Donald Pleasence) in hot pursuit. Bookish babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), all alone in the house on Halloween night, soon discovers that she is Michael's next target. (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Donald Pleasence
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Jamie Lee Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Knives Out (2019)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
Trading Places (1983)
Nancy Kyes
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Halloween II (1981)
P. J. Soles
West Germany
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Charles Cyphers
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Coming Home (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Kyle Richards
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981) - a.f.
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Brian Andrews
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Halloween II (1981) - a.f.
Nancy Stephens
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
Arthur Malet
UK
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
King Rat (1965)
Robert Phalen
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Halloween (1978)
Tony Moran
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981) - a.f.
Death House (2017)
Mickey Yablans
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Why Me? (1990)
Barry Bernardi
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
The Zookeeper (2011)
The Master of Disguise (2002)
Brent Le Page
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Adam Hollander
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
The Sting II (1983)
Will Sandin
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Sandy Johnson
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (2018) - a.f.
Gas Pump Girls (1979)
David Kyle
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
John Carpenter
USA