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It was "The Night HE Came Home," warned the posters for John Carpenter's career-making horror smash. In Haddonfield, Ilinois, on Halloween night 1963, 6-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably slaughters his teenage sister. His psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) can't penetrate Michael's psyche after years of institutionalization, but he knows that, when Myers escapes before Halloween in 1978, there is going to be hell to pay in Haddonfield. While Loomis heads to Haddonfield to alert police, Myers spots bookish teenager Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and follows her, constantly appearing and vanishing as Laurie and her looser friends Lynda (P.J. Soles) and Annie (Nancy Loomis) make their Halloween plans. By nightfall, the responsible Laurie is doing her own and Annie's babysitting jobs, while Annie and Lynda frolic in the parent-free house across the street. But Annie and Lynda are not answering the phone, and suspicious Laurie heads across the street to the darkened house to see what is going on ... . ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Donald Pleasence - Doctor Loomis
Jamie Lee Curtis - Laurie
Nancy Loomis - Annie
P.J. Soles - Lynda
Charles Cyphers - Brackett

1979

New Generation Award (winner)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

John Carpenter

These movies have the touch and feel of Halloween...
11	Martin (R)
36	An American Werewolf in London (R)
8	The First Power (R)
4	Equinox
3	PYX (Hooker Cult Murders) (R)
15	Scanners (R)
10	The Sentinel
18	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (R)
73	Jaws [Widescreen] (PG)
26	Darkman (R)
31	Dawn of the Dead [Collector's Edition]
5	Believers (R)
14	Piranha (NR)
35	The Omen (R)
28	Children of the Corn (R)
5	Bad Dreams (R)
2	After Dark, My Sweet (R)
These movies have the subject or theme of Halloween...
34	Halloween II (R)
8	Happy Birthday to Me (R)
13	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers [Limited Edition] (R)
18	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (R)
9	Dressed to Kill [Special Edition] (R)
3	Sorority House Massacre 2: Nighty Nightmare (R)
13	Return to Horror High (NR)
3	Jack the Ripper (R)
7	Popcorn (R)
13	Silent Night, Bloody Night (R)
2	Splatter University (R)
9	My Bloody Valentine (R)
21	Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4	Mother's Day
2	The Majorettes (NR)
1	He Knows You're Alone (R)
10	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (NR)
23	Psycho II [Fullscreen] (NR)
These movies followed Halloween...
34	Halloween II (R)
These movies feature Halloween...
61	Scream (R)
These movies share cast/crew with Halloween...
34	Halloween II (R)
57	The Fog (R)
17	Assault on Precinct 13 (R)
14	Prince of Darkness (R)
46	The Thing (R)
6	Dark Star (G)
63	Escape From New York (R)
2	Someone's Watching Me (NR)
21	In the Mouth of Madness (R)
46	Carrie [Widescreen] (R)
21	Halloween III: Season of the Witch
42	Starman [Widescreen/Fullscreen] (PG)
8	Body Bags (R)
38	Christine (R)
5	Dracula [Widescreen] (R)
8	Phenomena [Uncut] (NR)
5	Terror Train (R)
1	Crypt of Terror: Land of the Minotaur/Terror
These movies cover the same subjects as Halloween...
5	Terror Train (R)
These movies are similar to Halloween...
18	April Fool's Day (R)
10	Black Christmas (R)
4	The Boogey Man/The Devonsville Terror (R)
46	Carrie [Widescreen] (R)
18	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (R)
48	Friday the 13th (R)
30	Friday the 13th, Part 2 (R)
51	A Nightmare on Elm Street (R)
22	Prom Night (R)
28	Psycho [Collector's Edition] (R)
29	Wes Craven's New Nightmare (R)
35	Scream 2 (R)
59	Urban Legend (R)
44	Scream 3 (R)
57	Jeepers Creepers (R)
54	Joy Ride (R)
65	Freddy vs. Jason (R)
3	Clownhouse (R)
4	The Fear
3	Prom Night III: The Last Kiss/Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (R)
7	The Strangers [Widescreen]