Halloween

Halloween

Released Year: 1978

Certificate: A

Runtime: 91 minutes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 87

Director: John Carpenter

Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes

No of Votes: 233106

Gross: 47000000

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.

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