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SummaryOn Halloween night in 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After being in a mental hospital for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield, Illinois to kill.

Halloween

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91
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90% Positive
19 Reviews
5% Mixed
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5% Negative
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100
The A.V. Club
A remarkable film that towers over the endless clones that followed.
100
Empire
Halloween remains about as distilled, raw an experience in terror as is ever likely to be committed to celluloid.
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Universal Acclaim
89% Positive
643 Ratings
7% Mixed
50 Ratings
4% Negative
26 Ratings
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Oct 24, 2025
10
ROK8
Carpenter is the master of horror and with Halloween he created and defined a genre. From music, direction, story, characters this is perfection.
Nov 1, 2024
10
joseclaudio
Um verdadeiro clássico do cinema de terror, direção 10, roteiro 10, atuações 10, história 10 e inovação 10.
100
The New York Times
From the first shot to the last, this movie is confidently guided by a specific and committed vision.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Halloween is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to “Psycho.”
90
Chicago Reader
Carpenter displays an almost perfect understanding of the mechanics of classical suspense; his style draws equally (and intelligently) from both Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock.
80
TV Guide Magazine
There's nary a drop of blood on screen in this rollicking funhouse of a movie but there is enough sheer cinematic ingenuity on display to coax screams out of the most jaded gorehound.
37
Washington Post
Halloween is a stab at a derivative minor classic. It's apparent where Carpenter got his horror devices - and a minor misfortune that he hasn't been able to synthesize them in a fresh or exciting way.
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Oct 31, 2024
10
jackthepgl95
All right, for memorable killers in horror history such as Freddy Krueger in The Nightmare of Elm Street, Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th and Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this time only one killer is a threat to those who comes in his way, Michael Myers. For John Carpenter directing Halloween. He is the master of horror and he will do anything to scare the audience. In 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers killed his older sister, Judith Myers with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, on October 30, 1978, five days after the film itself has released, (Oh my, God, this is going to happen!), Dr. Sam Loomis played by Donald Pleasence, can sense that Michael is in Haddonfield and he knows that he's going to kill people on Halloween night and do anything to track Michael Myers down. And that's all I can say it. It's all Michael Myers is doing is killing people. I'm being dying to review this movie in October because it's the best time for Halloween. Children getting treats from people, scaring them with costumes, best time for kids on Halloween. This is practically Jamie Lee Curtis's first film debut and in this one she plays Laurie Strode. Some people considers Jamie a scream queen cause what else she appears in various horror films. Now she appears in the new Halloween film which is actually a direct sequel to the original ignoring all the following sequels in existence. Damn. I was actually looking forward to seeing the 1981 sequel but that never happened. You just can't stop thinking about all the sequels of Halloween because they already existed. Well, to be fair, I haven't watched any of the sequels so I guess I'll have to wait. With this one, I love it. It has great characters including Michael Myers, good scares and a memorable score by John Carpenter. I didn't know he can conduct. It is my favourite horror film to date and I will watch it every night including on Halloween in October and I hope you have a Happy Halloween. It will give you nightmares when you think about it and you just want to hide under your blankets. OK, go to your room, kids. Go on, up you go.
Oct 31, 2018
6
MonkiReviews
It’s a enjoyable movie, but not very scary. The beginning is fun, though not amazing it good. The middle is very slow, not scary, or very great. It just follows the characters around and not much happens. The ending has a lot of action but isn’t very scary, except maybe one creepy scene, at least in my opinion. The ending wasn’t great either, I recommend watching it, but it’s not that scary or exciting overall.
Dec 3, 2010
6
RyanLopez
Halloween was not the best in the series, because first of all, there was no blood. Which made the movie really ****, A horror slasher film needs to have blood.
Nov 2, 2023
3
Beetlefaun
these early horror movies are just boring
Feb 26, 2019
3
Nclr_Chckn
Terrible acting and non-existent gore. ------------------------------------
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  • Compass International Pictures
  • Falcon International Pictures
  • Falcon International Productions
Oct 25, 1978
1 h 31 m
R
The trick was to stay alive.
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
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