Halloween

1978 Directed by John Carpenter

The Night He Came Home!

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, Illinois to kill again.

Donald Pleasence Jamie Lee Curtis P.J. Soles Nancy Kyes Nick Castle Tony Moran Will Sandin Charles Cyphers Kyle Richards Brian Andrews John Michael Graham Nancy Stephens Sandy Johnson Arthur Malet Mickey Yablans Brent Le Page Adam Hollander Robert Phalen David Kyle Peter Griffith Barry Bernardi John Carpenter George O'Hanlon Jr. Darla Rae Gwen Van Dam Tommy Lee Wallace

Alternative Titles

John Carpenter's Halloween, The Babysitter Murders, Хеловін, Геловін, 抓鬼节, Halloween: Predvečer Sviatku Všetkých svätých, Хэллоуин, Halloween, la nuit des masques, Regresso do Mal

thriller horror

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Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★½ 23

see this is why i simply don't "have sex." one second you're just layin down the pipe and all of a sudden the big boy come in to try and stab you 'cause he jealous of you and your rockin hog. i don't need that pressure in my life. porkin is a young man's game, i got bills to pay
Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 166

Got into an argument with a couple of 16 year old students of mine about how most of them have the attention span of fruit flies with ADHD and that most modern media seems to cater to their sugar rush needs causing them to lose appreciation for the power of simplicity.
They disagreed.
I showed them the opening scene of Halloween.
That shut them up.
Review by Jay ★★★★★ 1

jamie lee curtis: AAAAAAAAH
michael myers, walking as slow as possible after her: why ah you running?
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★★ 99

It's Halloween night, about a month before JFK went to Dallas, and a small child named Michael brutally butchers his older sister. He's sent to the asylum, and he's supposed to stay locked up forever. However, 15 years later he escapes, and guess where he goes? Yup, back to the scene of the crime. This time, Michael has his eye on a trio of teenage girls. Why is he paying such close special attention to a very young Jamie Lee Curtis? Who taught him to drive? Why does his mask look like James T Kirk met a can of spray paint? John Carpenter's Halloween is pure horror. It proves you don't need tons of blood, kills, or a big budget,…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 51

100/100
The holiday of Halloween is more than just a night of candy and harmless pranks. As consumerist tendencies grow and expand financially, Halloween has become not only a celebratory day of the internal desire to change and shift, but a gigantic season in and of itself. Costume stores open as early as late July and decorations are everywhere, appearing in Grocery stores and gas stations just as much as the local retail shop. As a result, the mood of autumn and the spooky turn into the Halloween season comes as early as late-August. I’m not complaining. Halloween allows for a specific and almost indescribable aura to enter the air, floating and observing as it alters neighborhoods and triggers something…
Review by Issac ★★★★½ 3

Me: *judges every flaw of the scene*

*Michael pops out behind some bushes in the corner*
Me: this movie is perfect
Review by Sally Jane Black ★★★★½ 17

When exposed, he only pauses.
It's nothing new to note that the horror in many slashers--especially this one--are women's horrors. Stalking, sexual violence, threats to children, threatening phone calls, these are products of patriarchy that women--whether we like it or not--are saddled with facing. In better societies, reproductive labor is shared, but here, under capitalist patriarchy, women (or even just those classified as women) are coerced into these roles. And so we are subject to men's obsessions, men's brutality, men's lust, men's need to control. Again, whether men like it or not, capitalist patriarchy coerces them into those roles. They aren't "natural." They aren't innate. They aren't unavoidable. But they are there, in our media, in our culture, in our…
Review by Gabriel Gundacker 3

You have to be careful on Halloween
Review by ciara ★★★★ 9

all this guy does is stand there breathing heavily like damn bitch just take a puff from your inhaler and go
Review by Lucy ★★★★ 5

“i’ll kill you if this is a joke”
so much fun and genuinely had my heart racing, i’m so glad i got to see this in a theater full of people laughing and clapping
Review by Dyrnott ★★★★★ 19

One of the essentials for the Halloween season! The masterpiece from John Carpenter. He made it for $325,000 and looks much more expensive! I love this movie and when younger I watched it every Halloween. To be honest I would love to like it less due to John Carpenter hates horror movies. Friends of him have said it, an ex girlfriend and even himself has said it in interviews. Even though I try to find faults in this movie but I love this movie in-spite of my opinion of John Carpenter. He has made several great horror movies! If you are one of the few that haven’t seen it check it out! If you haven’t seen it yet again for…
Review by Logan ★★★★★ 23

It's that time of the year.
Not the jolly one
No not even your bday
Not even your grandmas
It's michael myers' day ya doof.🤨
Happy halloween 🪓🤨. It is the time to watch this what other time is there to watch this classic. Its name is HALLOWEEN it has to be watched AT HALLOWEEN!
Literally one of my favourites of all time. No one cant shit on this film. This movie literally invented the slasher genre put some goddamn respect on its name!🙄
Women killing/ending men genre ranked

Recent reviews

Review by Becky Darke ★★★½

Watched for John Carpenter’s birthday.
Review by Chochin08 ★★★★★

Happy Birthday to John Carpenter
Review by Not Tanner ★★★★★

The best slasher movie ever made. What’s super scary about Michael Myers is that you don’t know what his motive is or anything, in the words of Dr. Loomis, “he’s purely and simply evil”.
Review by ella ★★★

Fun movie but I don’t know how to rate it. I can see why it’s a classic, it’s well-shot, aesthetically pleasing and the score... wow, that tune. Not to mention the most important part — Michael Myers is a creepy villain, I liked his appearances.
But... The murders were acted out poorly (on the victims’ part) and some of the dialogue was incredibly cringey. I found myself shouting at the characters because they were so stupid.
I couldn’t really take this movie seriously, that’s why idk where to place it. I did enjoy it but I enjoyed the Scary Movie franchise just as well if not more.
Review by Luciano ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ★★★★

que roteiros são esses....
Review by Michaela 🪐 ✨ ★★★★½

Reviewing this just so I can bring to everyone’s attention that it is John Carpenter’s birthday. One of my favourite directors, and Halloween is one of my favourite movies.
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Review by tiabud ★★½

it's weirdly slow and my attention span isn't very good
Review by Carl Campbell ★★★★★

Showed Ashley for her first time.
Review by Vighnesh Pillai ★★½ 1

"Taken on its own level, Halloween is a terrifying movie—if you are the right age and the right mood."
- Bill von Maurer of The Miami Times.
Well for a first watch I was in the mood but definitely not the age.
Great direction, score and shot setups for its limited budget but the acting was abysmally bad except for the Doctor.
Review by slortie ★★★★★

I’ve watched this movie a bunch of times and I’ve never thought about how sad it is that Tommy has to sneak comic reading. He’s picked on at school, he believes in the boogeyman, and he doesn’t get to go trick or treating. Where’s the fun in his life. On top of it all, he can’t even get his hands on Spider-Man comics; he has to read off brand comics like Tarantula-Man. Truly harrowing. Three stars.
Review by Steven ★★★★★

This is such a raw viewing experience on VHS, and even though it's mid-January, Halloween is still a very fun time. Michael Myers was such a guy.
Review by TylerFerguson ★★★★★

This is the first slasher film I've ever seen, and it's still my all-time favourite of the sub-genre.