Halloween (1978) (40th Anniversary)

R, 91 mins
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Brian Andrews
Compass Pictures
Genres: Program, Horror
Director: John Carpenter
Writer: John Carpenter, Debra Hill

On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for fifteen years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.

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