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 15 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.
Release date: October 25, 1978 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Budget: 325,000 USD
Editors: Tommy Lee Wallace, Skip Schoolnik, Charles Bornstein, James Rainey
Distributed by: Compass International Pictures, Sony Pictures, Aquarius Releasing