Halloween (1978)
| Release Date | 25 October 1978 |
| US Box Office | $47,000,000 |
| Tagline | The trick was to stay alive. |
| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | 1000 Mission Street, South Pasadena, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Slasher Film, Teen Movie |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Serial Killers, Woman In Jeopardy, High School Life, Doctors and Patients |
| Tones | Tense, Creepy, Disturbing, Deliberate, Lurid, Menacing |
| Tags | Autumn, Babysitter, Halloween, Homicidal Maniac, Killing Spree, Knife, Mask [disguise], Mental Patient (escaped), Psychiatrist, Sister, Stalking, Teenagers |
Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film directed, produced, and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut and the first installment in the Halloween franchise. The film is set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween, six year old Michael Myers murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, he escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing.
Cast and Crew
Mickey Yablans
Richie
Brent Le Page
Lonnie Elamb
Adam Hollander
Keith
Robert Phalen
Dr. Terence Wynn
Sandy Johnson
Judith Margaret Myers
David Kyle
Judith's Boyfriend
Peter Griffith
Morgan Strode
Barry Bernardi
Dead Mechanic
Darla Rae
Student
Director
Writer
Debra Hill
Producer
Moustapha Akkad
executive producer
Debra Hill
producer
Kool Marder
associate producer
Irwin Yablans
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Dean Cundey
Editor
Charles Bornstein
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Tommy Lee Wallace
Production Designer
Tommy Lee Wallace
Set Decorator
Craig Stearns
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Makeup Department
Erica Ulland
makeup artist
Production Manager
Don Behrns
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack De Wolf
second assistant director
Rick Wallace
assistant director
Art Department
Dick Girod
set painter
Randy Moore
assistant art director
Craig Stearns
property master
Sound Department
Joseph F. Brennan
boom operator
Thomas Causey
sound mixer
William L. Stevenson
supervising sound editor
Tex Rudloff
sound re-recording mixer
Lee Strosnider
sound mixer
Special Effects
Conrad Rothmann
special effects
Stunts
James Winburn
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Reed Freeman
electrician
Kim Gottlieb
still photographer
Walt Hill
grip
Steve Mathis
best boy
Josh Miller
best boy
Krishna Rao
second assistant camera
Dylan Shephard
key grip
Raymond Stella
panaglide , camera operator
Fred Vickter
assistant camera
Mark Walthour
gaffer
Douglas Olivares
assistant camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Beth Rodgers
wardrober
Music Department
Peter Bergren
music recordist, music mixer
Bob Walters
music coordinator
Dan Wyman
orchestrator
Other Crew
Barry Bernardi
production assistant
Paul Fox
production assistant
Louise Jaffe
script supervisor
Production Company
Compass International Pictures
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Falcon International Productions
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Distributor
Compass International Pictures
Mid-America Releasing
Warner-Columbia Film
Joy Pack Film
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Astral Films
Warner-Columbia Filmverleih
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Arte
Astral Video
Astro Distribution
Atlantic Film
Blockbuster Entertainment Group
Continental Home Vídeo
Criterion Collection, The
Future Film
,
Image Entertainment
Indies Home Entertainment
,
Kabel 1
,
Media Home Entertainment
Pro 7
Reserva Especial
Vídeo Ban
Miscellaneous
MGM-International Dist.
titles and opticals
Samuel Goldwyn Studios
re-recording
Sound Arts
music recording
The Bowling Green Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Halloween series
Halloween (2007)
Halloween
Halloween 5 (1989)
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween II (2009)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Films directed by John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Body Bags (1993)
Christine (1983)
Dark Star (1974)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Escape from New York (1981)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Halloween
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Starman (1984)
The Fog (1980)
The Thing (1982)
The Ward (2010)
They Live (1988)
Vampires (1998)
Village of the Damned (1995)
