Halloween 1978

Thriller

Horror

Box Office

$47M

Runtime

91 min

Language

English

On a chilling Halloween night in 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers' innocence is shattered as he commits a horrific act of violence against his 17-year-old sister Judith. Fifteen years later, the now-twenty-one-year-old Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield, driven by an insatiable thirst for bloodshed, seeking new prey in this desolate town on All Hallows' Eve.

Compass International Pictures

Studio

John Carpenter

Director

Does Halloween have end credit scenes?

No!

Halloween does not have end credit scenes.

Actors

Donald Pleasence

Jamie Lee Curtis

Tony Moran

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Ratings

Metascore

8.4

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