Halloween

1978 · directed by John Carpenter

Rating

84/100

Hit

yes

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.

Halloween (1978), directed by John Carpenter, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Donald Pleasence
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Nancy Kyes
• P. J. Soles
• Charles Cyphers
• Kyle Richards
• Brian Andrews
• John Michael Graham
• Nancy Stephens
• Arthur Malet

Crew

• Dean Cundey — Director of Photography
• Charles Bornstein — Editor
• Tommy Lee Wallace — Editor
• John Carpenter — Original Music Composer
• Debra Hill — Screenplay
• John Carpenter — Screenplay

More from John Carpenter

1. The Thing (1982) — 80/100 · hit
2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — 80/100 · hit
3. Escape from New York (1981) — 75/100
4. Someone's Watching Me! (1978) — 74/100 · TV film, not counted
5. Cigarette Burns (2005) — 74/100 · TV film, not counted
6. They Live (1988) — 72/100

How these numbers work: Methodology