Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in... more
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sight of a flickering, jagged-toothed pumpkin. This complete Halloween package includes a DVD, a book that contains an array of classic Halloween tales, a soundtrack of screams and scary music, as well as diagrams for carvin illustrated Lang=English (Paperback)
Advantages: Good scary moments, good storyline, great cast Disadvantages: You have to wait until the sequel for more of the storyline.
On Halloween night in 1963, 6 year old Michael Myers murdered his sister Judith. After 15 years in an institution, Michael escapes and heads back to his home town of Haddonfield. He stalks Laurie Stode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and goes on a murdering rampage of her friends and neighbours. Only Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasence) knows the full extent of Michael's twisted mind, but will he convince the town's people in time.
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Actor(s): Donald Pleasence, P. J. Soles, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis
Director(s): John Carpenter
Genre: Horror
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1978
Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes
Franchise Name: Halloween
Video Category: Television
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: Classic horror story about a psychotic murderer who killed his sister on Halloween. He later escapes from a mental institution to re-live his crime. What follows is a reign of terror.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT; PINNACLE VISION
Release date: 10/10/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: ABP 9017
Editor: Charles Bornstein, Tommy Lee Wallace
Barcode: 5060020624698
Screenwriter: Debra Hill
Director of Photography: Dean Cundey
Producer: Debra Hill
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his hometown to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, HALLOWEEN was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his long-time producer Debra Hill, the film set their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre. HALLOWEEN has been copied, parodied and even turned into a franchise of its own, but the original is still considered the best of the bunch. HALLOWEEN was John Carpenter's first foray into horror, and remains the standard to which all other modern horror films are measured.
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