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  • Actors: Donald Pleasence, P. J. Soles, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis
  • Directors: John Carpenter
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000AMSSGG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,848 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his hometown to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, HALLOWEEN was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his long-time producer Debra Hill, the film set their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre. HALLOWEEN has been copied, parodied and even turned into a franchise of its own, but the original is still considered the best of the bunch. HALLOWEEN was John Carpenter's first foray into horror, and remains the standard to which all other modern horror films are measured.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good start, 21 Jun 2006
By Jackie Coupe "Facebook me!" (UK, Blackburn) - See all my reviews
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Micheal Myers went on to become an institution - the first of what was a two part story over the first night of halloween when Micheal came home to Haddonfield after 15 years sitting in a cell, glassy faced and blank. Supposedly dead to the world.
As a young boy he stabbed his sister - a deranged and callous act they have never found an explanation for.
It turns out he had another sibling and also wants her dead, why? He doesn't seem to need a reason at this point, all he needs to do is kill. Which he does with brutal passion.
A silent stalker - he doesn't speak. His strength is legendary, his doctor, the man who has watched him all these years has to try and stop him before many more die.
Stalk and slash - horny teenagers and babysitters are the targets while he tracks down his sister in order to complete the travesty he started years ago.
Enjoy it - there aren't many of this calibre, then get ready for Halloween 2, which shows the rest of what happened that fateful night.
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