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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- Benjamin McCarthyFebruary 18, 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 🤣
- Carlos IbarraApril 10, 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.
- PhysicalMedia4LifeJanuary 27, 2026"I met this six year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes the Devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up, because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply evil."
- nicpedersonAugust 24, 2025A pretty epic horror that sets the bar for so many to follow
- Christopher WeedNovember 2, 2026Classic slasher. Sure it's dated, and tame, by today's standards but this is the movie that reinvinted horror in a new way.
- Louis AlexanderAugust 4, 2025I've watched this so many times I've lost count. I own it and re-watch it on Halloween night every year, because it never gets old. In my opinion, it's the perfect formula for a horror movie, frightening and tense without jump scares every 30 seconds, properly violent and gory without overly-long scenes of the gore, funny without being over-the top. And finally, Jame Lee Curtis and the man who plays Michael play their roles perfectly. I've seen every single sequel and they are okay, but this one, in my opinion, is as close to perfect as you could possibly get from a horror/slasher movie.
- SamOctober 31, 2026the ultimate kink shamer
- Jason HenryAugust 16, 2026Just a good movie..
- BradenOctober 31, 2026Unbelievable. The perfect movie. From the creepy point of view camera work to the iconic soundtrack, there’s a reason Halloween is on repeat every season. Revisited on Scream Factory’s exceptional 4K release. Checked out the Dolby Atmos mix this time around and really dug it. Punchy bass really added to the signature stingers. Must watch.
- DANNYZUKO78October 3, 2025YOUNG FUTURE EX-WIVES JAMIE LEE CURTIS. I FEEL LIKE I WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH HER I WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING WITH HER. JAMIE LEE CURTIS DID GREAT AS LAURIE.
- Garrett WilkinsOctober 30, 2026Donald Pleasence nearly steals Halloween from its own killer. His Dr. Loomis is so consumed by Michael Myers that he often seems incapable of discussing anything else. Pleasence plays him with an intensity that borders on theatrical, and I love how little effort he makes to soften the character. Jamie Lee Curtis is just as important, but takes an entirely different approach. Laurie Strode is awkward, withdrawn, and convincingly unsure of herself, and Curtis gives her a naturalness that makes her stand out from the usual horror movie teenagers. Carpenter gets excellent mileage out of putting these two performances in contrast, while keeping Michael at a distance. Those brief glimpses of him standing across the street or appearing behind someone are still among the film's most effective moments. Halloween does lose some momentum once it moves away from that slow build. The teenage conversations can feel clumsy, and the final act becomes more conventional than the stalking sequences that precede it. Still, Carpenter's camera work and that instantly recognizable score give Halloween a personality that goes beyond its influence on the slasher genre. I also appreciate that Michael is never given much of an explanation. Loomis spends the film trying to make people understand what he is dealing with, while Curtis makes us feel the danger without ever needing to spell it out. Their performances are a big part of why the film remains so effective, even when its writing and pacing occasionally let it down.
- jborn4christAugust 14, 2025My all time favorite slasher. The OG.
- harunarabiu365April 25, 2026I like how the horror is attached at the end and it is build around a very empty town. It shows trauma and empathy with out dignity of human life
- C.C.October 19, 2026
Halloween 1978...
Halloween (1978) is the one that made it quiet scary. John Carpenter made it for almost nothing, and that's why it works — just a small town on Halloween night, a white mask in the dark, and that piano theme that crawls under your skin. It's slow, patient, and it watches *you* as much as you watch it. If you've never seen the original, start here. Just don't watch it with the lights off... or maybe do. - PhysicalMedia4LifeSeptember 3, 2026
🎃 My Personal Ranking Of All The Halloween Timelines 🔪
09: The Ressurrection Timeline 👇 Halloween 1978 ➡️ Halloween 1981 ➡️ Halloween H20 & Halloween Resurrection My Reason Why its Number 09 👉 The return of JLC as Laurie Strode gives this a very cool & interesting angle, and H20 really does feel like a proper and a very well done satisfying conclusion. Then Resurrection happened and totally ruined and undid the whole victory and closure of H20, that's why this timeline is at the very bottom of this ranking. 08: The Thorn Timeline 👇 Halloween 78 ➡️ Halloween 1981 ➡️ Halloween The Return Of Michael Myers ➡️ Halloween 5 The Revenge Of Michael Myers & Halloween The Curse Of Michael Myers. My Reason Why its Number 08 👉 First of all Halloween 4 is a brilliant Halloween movie. But Halloween 5 just like with Halloween Resurrection, completely ruins and undoes H4. And that bone chilling ending of H4 with Jamie Lloyd standing on top of the stairs with the clown costume & mask holding the scissors. It had that sense of full circle to it. A direct replica of the opening in Halloween 78. They should have left it there and started a new timeline. 07: The Rob Zombie Timeline 👇 RZ Halloween 2007 & RZ Halloween 2 My Reason Why its Number 07 👉 I appreciate RZ going for something different but the whole dialogue and seeing unicorns 🦄 and stuff like that is not what Halloween is about. While they are beautifully shot and have good performances in it. There are major plotholes and how they made Dr Loomis an absolute douchebag in Halloween 2009 was unforgivable. 06: The David Gordon Green trilogy 👇 My Reason Why it's Number 06 👉 While there were some of the best moments throghout this entire trilogy of films; however it doesn't justify the fact that plot wise & thematically this trilogy is all over the place. What were they thinking with Halloween Ends, it doesn't feel coherently connected to the trilogy at all. 05: The Season Of The Witch Timeline 👇 The most standout and blacksheep of the Halloween franchise, in the best way possible. It's the only Halloween film that doesn't have Michael Myers in it, apart from the Halloween 78 cameo on the TV 📺 But as much as I love "Season Of The Witch" and am a huge defender of that film; however at the same time though, they shouldn't have put in the Halloween universe and should have just had it as it's own separate thing altogether. Because if you took the Halloween title from it and don't have any of the cameos; then you wouldn't know it was part of the Halloween franchise. And yet its one of my absolute favourite entries in the entire franchise. Season Of The Witch is a complicated one 😂😂😂 04: The Loomis Trilogy Timeline 👇 Halloween 1978 ➡️ Halloween 1981 & Halloween 4 My Reason Why it's at Number 04 👉 From here on out, it's just preference because from this point on I love every single one of these timelines. 03:🥉Halloween 78 & Halloween 1981 Timeline 02:🥈The original as a Standalone/One & Done 01:🥇🏆 🎃 🔪 The H20 Timeline without Halloween Resurrection 👇 The H20 timeline with how it should have stayed and ended. This is my favourite timeline of the entire franchise. Which really makes for a very good and strong Halloween trilogy. That's the timeline, I watch every single year. The undisputed champion for me, out of all the possible Halloween timelines is this one. - Ecto-1AAugust 13, 2026
Prove Me Wrong
Halloween (1978) is highly overrated. Its atmosphere, music and influence on the slasher genre are undeniable, but the movie itself is slow, thinly plotted and packed with questionable character decisions and convenient logic. Michael Myers is treated as terrifying largely because he has no explanation, which can feel less mysterious than simply underwritten. The film deserves credit for what it inspired, but its reputation as an untouchable horror masterpiece often exceeds what is actually on the screen.
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Halloween was released on October 25, 1978.
Halloween was directed by John Carpenter.
Halloween has a runtime of 1h 31m.
Halloween was produced by Debra Hill, Moustapha Akkad, John Carpenter.
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.
The key characters in Halloween are Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), Annie (Nancy Kyes).
Halloween is rated R.
Halloween is a Horror, Thriller film.
Halloween has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.
Halloween had a budget of $325K.
Halloween has made $70.3M at the box office.