88
Avg Score
Critic Scores
IMDb
7.7/10
344439 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
91/100
Metascore
Overview
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.
Cast
Details
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- John Carpenter, Debra Hill
- Released
- 27 Oct 1978
- Box office
- $47,160,000
- Awards
- 9 wins & 3 nominations total
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