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Theatrical Release Date:
10/25/1978
DVD Release Date:
11/12/1997
Run Time:
93min.
Starring:
Director(s):
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Horror
Plot: It was "The Night HE Came Home," warned the posters for John Carpenter's career-making horror smash. In Haddonfield, IL, on Halloween night 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably slaughters his teenage sister. His psychiatrist Dr. Read More
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I LOVE THE MOVIE HALLOWEEN FROM 1978 .......THE FOG IS ALSO GOOD & A FEW OTHERS , BUT THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN FROM 1978 JUST IS THE BEST ---AND THE AMAZING PART OF IT IS THEY SPENT ONLY 300,000 TO MAK... E THE MOVIE --AND THE MOVIE TOOK ONLY 21 DAYS TO MAKE........IT WAS ALSO FILMED IN CALIFORNIA IN THE SPRING --(IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSE IN THE MOVIE, AT TIMES, YOU WILL SEE PALM TREES IN THE DISTANCES).......IT WAS NOT FILMED IN ILLINOIS--AND , OF COURSE THERES NO SUCH TOWN AS HADDONFIELD--I THINK THEY SAID THEY GOT THE NAME "HADDONFIELD"-FROM ONE OF THE DIRECTOR'S HOMETOWN'S NAME WAS HADDONFIELD ......I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS MOVIE .......THEY SPENT A MERE 300,000 , MADE THE MOVIE IN 21 DAYS , AND THE MOVIE WENT ON TO MAKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!.........THEY DID NOT EXPECT SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS......WHEN THEY SAW THEY WERE SITTING ON A GOLD MINE, THEY MADE MORE "HALLOWEEN" MOVIES .......OF COURSE THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN ONCE FROM 1978 IS THE BEST ............IM IN MY 40'S AND I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME OUT -- IT WAS REALLY SCARY FOR ME THEN ......I HAD TO GO WITH AN OLDER PERSON TO THE MOVIE SHOWING......I HAVE BOUGHT THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN, AND ID LIKE TO BUY THE OTHERS TO ADD IT TO MY COLLECTION ........I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT "HALLOWEEN" WILL STAY THE NUMBER ONE SCARY MOVIE OF ALL TIME FOR A LONG, LONG TIME TO COME ........I LOVE MOVIES FROM THE 70s & EARLY-MID 80s ALSO....... TAKE CARE ALL & HAVE A GREAT HALLOWEEN !!!!!! :-)) Full Review
This movie beat "The Fog" (the old John Carpenter 1980 version), which before I saw this one, was my favorite horror film. I saw Halloween 4 and Halloween 5 first before I saw the original Halloween,... but The Fog was still better than them. Then, I saw the original Halloween and it finally beat out The Fog. I know I'm ranting on and on, but I can't help it. It's more scary than it is gory. In fact, blood and gore is down to a minimum, which I can't figure out why this film received its R rating...that is, until I saw the uncensored DVD version, which depicts nudity and a sex scene that's quite graphic, though non-explicit. Still, the mood of the plot, the music, Michael Myers...it's my favorite horror movie. I just can't say that enough, lol. Okay, I'm done for now. Full Review
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