Halloween 1978
Michael myers is the perfect horror character as portrayed by carpenter.
Halloween 1978. Halloween 1978 r 1h 31m holiday horror thriller john carpenter s chiller about an escaped maniac who returns to his illinois hometown to continue his bloody rampage. 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. The slasher genre took off in the 70 s and 80 s but perhaps none were as famous or impactful as john carpenter s halloween in 1978. Parents need to know that halloween is the 1978 classic john carpenter horror movie that introduced the world to the homicidal maniac michael myers.
5 out of 5 stars no question. Halloween 1978 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Halloween is a 1978 american slasher film directed and scored by john carpenter co written with producer debra hill and starring donald pleasence and jamie lee curtis in her film debut. It did quite well there and opened up.
The 1978 version of halloween is a classic in every sense of the word. John carpenter s halloween premiered on october 25th 1978 not in los angeles with a big event at mann s chinese theater instead it opened in kansas city. An escaped masked killer stalks a baby sitter jamie lee curtis and her friends on halloween. The plot tells about a mental patient who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on halloween night when he was six years old.
Characters are stabbed and strangled. John carpenter directed the film which stars donald pleasence as dr. While not as gory and overtly violent as other horror movies it still has plenty of violent moments. Directed by john carpenter.
I want to also add that the movie has just a great overall feel from the soundtrack to the way it was filmed. Sam loomis jamie lee curtis as laurie strode and nick castle tony moran debra hill and tommy lee wallace sharing the role of. With donald pleasence jamie lee curtis tony moran nancy kyes. He is not well known and he is driven by pure evil.
Alfred hitchcock s psycho was an influential film for many. Fifteen years later he escapes and returns to his.