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Zach on Film: Halloween (1978) Zach on Film
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The success of horror and slasher films in the ‘80s, owe all their success to John Carptenter’s Halloween from 1978.
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HALLOWEEN
Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film is the first installment of the Halloween franchise. In the film, on Halloween night in 1963, Michael Myers murders his sister in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He escapes on October 30, 1978 from Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, and returns home to kill again. Michael’s psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, knowing Michael’s intentions, pursues him. The next day, Halloween, Michael stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends.
The success of horror and slasher films in the ‘80s, owe all their success to John Carptenter’s Halloween from 1978.
Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Zach on Film continues far into the future!
HALLOWEEN
Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film is the first installment of the Halloween franchise. In the film, on Halloween night in 1963, Michael Myers murders his sister in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He escapes on October 30, 1978 from Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, and returns home to kill again. Michael’s psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, knowing Michael’s intentions, pursues him. The next day, Halloween, Michael stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends.
51 min