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Halloween

1978·91 min

Halloween

Directed by John Carpenter

HorrorThriller

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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Donald Pleasence

Loomis

Jamie Lee Curtis

Laurie

Annie

Lynda

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Moustapha Akkad

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Halloween (1978) is about 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.

Who directed Halloween?

John Carpenter directed Halloween (1978).

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