Halloween

Haddonfield, Illinois, Halloween night, porch lights flickering. A masked figure stalks, a teenage girl screams, a small town trembles. Carpenter sets the slasher template.

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Halloween was released in 1978 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.