Halloween (40th Anniversary)

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 31m
  •  (72)
  • 87

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Carpenter

Producer:

Debra Hill, Kool Marder, Irwin Yablans

Writer:

John Carpenter, Debra Hill

Release Date:

Sep 27, 2018

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

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 to kill again.

Cast

  • Donald Pleasence
  • Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Nancy Kyes
  • P.J. Soles
  • Charles Cyphers
  • Kyle Richards
  • Brian Andrews
  • John Michael Graham
  • Nancy Stephens
  • Arthur Malet

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • Donald Pleasence did all of his scenes in only five days of shooting. The total duration of his scenes is just over 18 minutes.
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Goofs

  • (at around 19 mins) You can clearly see the mountains in the background, when Dr. Loomis is on the phone and sees the Rabbit in Red matchbook. Since this movie takes place in Illinois that would be impossible.
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Quotes

    • [referring to a partially eaten dog]
    • Brackett: A man wouldn't do that.
    • Loomis: This isn't a man.
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Verified Review
#creepy
#heartpounding
#original
#seeingitagain
#mustsee
#clever
#great
#terrifying
#intense

Such an amazing experience seeing this on the big screen!

AJ
Andrew J
Verified Review
#original

The horror movie that all other horror movies try to live up to but rarely do. Great to see this on the big screen again

BF
Bob F

Metacritic

87
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Based on 21 Critics
8.8

USER SCORE (522)

Universal acclaim based on 522 Reviews
100

Arguably, the greatest horror film of the past thirty years.

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Metacritic review by David Grove
David Grove
Film Threat
100

Halloween is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to “Psycho.”

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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