---
title: 'Halloween (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Carpenter'
released: '1978-10-25'
runtime_minutes: 92
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Halloween (1978)

1978 · R · 92 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States

Part of: Halloween

## Synopsis

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)
- **Screenplay:** [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter), [Debra Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-hill)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)
- **Producer:** [Debra Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-hill), [Moustapha Akkad](https://cinepixo.com/people/moustapha-akkad), [Irwin Yablans](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-yablans)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dean Cundey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-cundey)
- **Editor:** [Tommy Lee Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-lee-wallace)

## Cast

- [Arthur Malet](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-malet)
- [Tony Moran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-moran)
- [Gabriel Cattand](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-cattand)
- [Charles Cyphers](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-cyphers)
- [Nancy Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-stephens)
- [Jamie Lee Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-lee-curtis) as Laurie Strode
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence) as Samuel Loomis
- [P. J. Soles](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-j-soles)
- [Nick Castle](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-castle) as Michael Myers
- [John Michael Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-michael-graham)
- [Nancy Kyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-kyes) as Annie Brackett
- [Kyle Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-richards)
- [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)

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