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Summary:
It was "The Night HE Came Home," warned the posters for John Carpenter's career-making horror smash. In Haddonfield, IL, on Halloween night 1963, six-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 escap... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Donald Pleasence - (Doctor Loomis)
Jamie Lee Curtis - (Laurie)
Nancy Loomis - (Annie)
P.J. Soles - (Lynda)
Charles Cyphers - (Brackett)
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Review:
With its almost blood-free frights, gutsy heroine, and peerless score, Halloween became the gold standard for the late '70s-'80s teen slasher cycle (as Scream cheekily acknowledged in 1996). Taking full advantage of the widescreen frame (and offscreen space), John Carpenter builds tension through the constant suggestion that somethin... Continue >>

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