Halloween
Directed by John CarpenterFifteen 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.
Halloween Ratings & Reviews
- DARTH VADER5 days agoThe movie that kicked the door wide open for the slasher genre! John Carpenters Halloween is full of atmosphere, that has that sense of dread about it and has brilliant build up to each of the kills and that's what this 1st film prides itself on 👌👌 This movie has one of the best & disturbing openings of all time and I would love to go in a time machine, just to see the audiences reactions when it's revealed to us just after the POV shots are over that, it's just a six year old child and brother of Judith which is of course Michael that killed her in the Opening of the film. Also the potrayal of The Shape by Nick Castle is the greatest of all time and yes there have been really good potrayals of Michael Myers over the years, but none of them have been as iconic as Nick Castle, he will always be The Shape to me! This movie obviously had for those of you who haven't seen it before, features one of the most famous & iconic kills not just in this whole franchise but in horror as a whole the Bob kill. You cannot talk about Halloween without mentioning that score, the Halloween score is so well known and iconic that even for people who have never watched any of the Halloween movies in their life, all know where that score comes from it's a massive and critical part of this movies DNA, exactly like the score from Jaws and what the score in Jaws does for that film. I really love the whole slow burn that this movie has and the pacing along with the slow burn and they really do go together seamlessly it's brilliant! Obviously this film is famous for it's monologue speech from Dr Samuel Loomis to Sherriff Brackett that's part of this movies DNA as well. And finally you can't mention the OG Halloween without not talking about how and why Michael was the best utilised in John Carpenters Halloween, there is no motive, reason or understanding for why he's the way that he is and that's what the true intention of the Michael Myers character was always supposed to be, because of the fact that we don't know why Michael is the way that he is! The OG Halloween film really executed the Michael Myers mystery factor to perfection in this first film, that's when he's his most scary & interesting at both the same time and that's what all of the sequels have all failed to recapture with the Michael Myers character, less is more and it 💯 works here and is one of this films biggest strengths and what sets it apart from all of the sequels. And the ending of Halloween sums up in a nutshell what Michael Myers is about just simply brilliant from John Carpenter! To be honest it should have ended there because it's such a powerful, impactful, effective & is the perfect ending to this film. 🎃🔪
- neomoonsevin202427 December 2025For 1978 this should scares the living unduks off you and u new school kids u best have the diapers ready because this movie isn't for you kiddies great actors and acting definitely a classic to remember
- jbreed2826 December 2025Greatest Horror Movie Of All Time. Buy The Greatest Director Of All Time John Carpenter. Gave it 5 stars not 4 and Half
- ISRA2 December 2025Spanish Subtitules please
- Benjamin McCarthy18 February 2025This movie is awesome I watch it every Halloween and also this creamed me out it was like the ending was the scary part I was like so scared that I had to go in a different room 🤣
- Night3 November 2025classic
- steveofficial1 November 2025One of my all time favourite horror icons is Michael Myers and I do enjoy coming back and rewatching this classic movie from 1978 - started off a bee franchise with an ending that terrified fans of horror back in the 70's
- andy b30 October 2025perfect horror movie, defines the entire genre of scary movies/horror when it comes to it being directionally halloween-oriented. best pinball machine also
- Lozin30 October 2025Instant Classic that started the slasher craze. A must watch
- Luca T29 October 2025Good movie
- Carlos Ibarra10 April 2025The granddaddy of em all. My favorite movie period. Has been since I hit high school. It inspired countless imitators and sequels, but none have come close to touching the greatness of this eerie classic.
- Stairwaytothestars15 October 2025HALLOWEEN is a timeless classic, that captures the isolation in this chilling and eerie atmospheric movie with a great menacing score.
- crc222227 October 2025Classic!
- tjcta526 October 2025The good oh iconic Halloween, of course one of the best horror movies ever Michael Myers
- lovinraccoon26 October 2025Very good movie, liked the overall, 8/10 at making me anxious.
Halloween Trivia
Halloween was released on 25 October 1978.
Halloween was directed by John Carpenter.
Halloween has a runtime of 90m.
Halloween was produced by Debra Hill, Moustapha Akkad.
The key characters in Halloween are Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), Annie (Nancy Kyes).
Halloween is rated 18.
Halloween is a Horror, Thriller film.
Halloween has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.