Halloween
1978 film directed by John Carpenter
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Summary
Halloween is a film[1]. Halloween ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110,813 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: John Carpenter[3]
- Screenwriter: John Carpenter[4], Debra Hill[5]
- Composer: John Carpenter[6]
- Movement: New Hollywood[7]
- Genre: horror film[8], slasher film[9], teen film[10], drama film[11], crime thriller film[12], crime film[13], crime drama film[14], mystery film[15], independent film[16], thriller film[17], teen horror film[18]
- Followed by: Halloween II[19], Halloween[20]
- Cast member: Donald Pleasence[21], Jamie Lee Curtis[22], P. J. Soles[23], Nancy Kyes[24], Nick Castle[25], Charles Cyphers[26], Arthur Malet[27], Tony Moran[28], John Carpenter[29], Kyle Richards[30], Nancy Stephens[31], Gabriel Cattand[32], John Michael Graham[33]
- Producer: Debra Hill[34], Irwin Yablans[35], Moustapha Akkad[36]
- Part of the series: Halloween[37]
- Production company: Compass International Pictures[38]
- Director of photography: Dean Cundey[39]
- Part of: National Film Registry[40]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[41]
- Distribution format: video on demand[42]
- Review score: 8.6/10[43], 97%[44], 91/100[45], 7.7/10[46]
- Color: color[47]
- Country of origin: United States[48]
- Publication date: October 25, 1978[49], August 6, 1979[50], July 6, 1979[51]
- Distributed by: Compass International Pictures[52], Netflix[53]
- Narrative location: Haddonfield[54]
- Official website: http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/hw/hw.html[55]
- Filming location: Los Angeles[56], California[57]
- Main subject: serial killer[58]
- Film editor: Tommy Lee Wallace[59]
- Executive producer: Moustapha Akkad[60]
Why It Matters
Halloween has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Halloween is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]