"The night he came home!"

1978

1h 31m

7.6(6388 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

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Donald Pleasence

Loomis

Jamie Lee Curtis

Laurie

Nancy Kyes

Annie

P. J. Soles

Lynda

Charles Cyphers

Brackett

Kyle Richards

Lindsey

Brian Andrews

Tommy

John Michael Graham

Bob

Nancy Stephens

Marion

Arthur Malet

Graveyard Keeper

Creative team

Directed by: John Carpenter
Written by: Debra Hill
John Carpenter
Produced by: Debra Hill
Moustapha Akkad

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