The film is set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On halloween, six year old michael myers murders his older sister. Fifteen years later, he escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent this from happening.
The reason i like this film is because it is one of the scariest films ive seen even 40 years on its still scary also the way it builds suspense and tension is really good and the use of music to build tension is amazing
Halloween (1978) was a smash hit on release and helped give birth to the slasher film genre. Originally an idea suggested by producer Irwin Yablans (entitled The Babysitter Murders), who envisioned a film about babysitters being menaced by a stalker, Carpenter took the idea and another suggestion from Yablans that it take place during Halloween and developed a story. Carpenter said of the basic concept: "Halloween night. It has never been the theme in a film. My idea was to do an old haunted house movie,."
The director of halloween is John Carpenter he has written loads of films such as big trouble in little china , precinct 13 , Christine , The Fog and also did the brilliant remake of The Thing.
Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, the son of Milton Jean (née Carter) and Howard Ralph Carpenter, a music professor. He and his family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1953. He was captivated by movies from an early age, particularly the westerns of Howard Hawks and John Ford, as well as 1950s low budget horror and science fiction films, such as Forbidden Planet and The Thing from Another World and began filming horror shorts on 8 mm film even before entering high school. He attended Western Kentucky University where his father chaired the music department, then transferred to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in 1968 and graduated in 1971.
The Cast: Donald pleasence , jamie lee curtis ,Nancy kyes , Nick castle , Charles cyphers , P.J.soles
Halloween (1978) did not have a studio but was made on the streets and in real houses as the budget was low.
The budget of Halloween was $320,000 and the gross was $60,000,000
Halloween was filmed in 21 days in the spring of 1978 in South Pasadena, California and Sierra Madre, California (cemetery). An abandoned house owned by a church stood in as the Myers house. Two homes on Orange Grove Avenue (near Sunset Boulevard) in Hollywood were used for the film's climax. The crew had difficulty finding pumpkins in the spring, and artificial fall leaves had to be reused for multiple scenes. Local families dressed their children in Halloween costumes for trick-or-treat scenes.
A thing that caught my eye when watching Halloween was at the end when the closing credits came up and i noticed while looking for the name for michael myers they refered to michael myers as the THE SHAPE
Also a thing that caught my eye was the simply brilliant soundtrack by John carpenter who is a brilliant director and creator of music.
who was the production company for the film?
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