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Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- John Carpenter · Debra Hill
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- Release date
- 25 October 1978 · Released
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · Mystery · Thriller · Horror · Crime · Independent · Teen · Slasher · Crime Thriller · Crime Drama
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Halloween – Die Nacht des Grauens
- Français
- Halloween : La Nuit des masques
- Italiano
- Halloween - La notte delle streghe
- 日本語
- ハロウィン
- 한국어
- 할로윈
- Themes
- serial killer ↗
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