HALLOWEEN (1978)

HALLOWEEN (1978)
Type Feature
Approx. Running minutes 87
Release dates 01/10/2014, 25/10/2012, 01/10/2001, 24/01/1996, 01/08/1992
Ratings Info strong threat, violence, nudity
Genre(s) Horror, Thriller
Director(s) John Carpenter
Cast includes Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards
Summary HALLOWEEN is a horror thriller, from 1978, in which a young woman is terrorised by a knife-wielding killer.
Cut All known versions of this work passed uncut.
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15
Ratings info
Ratings info publication date 15/10/2012
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
HALLOWEEN is a horror thriller, from 1978, in which a young woman is terrorised by a knife-wielding killer.
- Threat
There is strong threat as the killer stalks his victims, making sudden appearances behind them and then disappearing from sight. One intended victim is chased through a house and hides in a closet, cowering in terror as the killer attempts to batter through the doors. A woman is attacked in her car but manages to escape. The threat is sometimes sustained and accompanied by sudden 'jump' scares.
- Violence
Strong violence includes stabbings, stranglings and shootings, as well as the implied killing of a dog. There is also defensive violence such as a woman stabbing her attacker with a knitting needle and a wire hanger in attempts to fend him off. Although the violence is relatively undetailed, and with only occasional bloody injury, the killer's relentlessness gives it an intense edge.
- Nudity
Strong nudity includes shots of women's breasts.
There is scene of moderate sex, as well as occasional moderate sex references. Two women smoke a marijuana joint in a car. Mild bad language includes uses 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'screw around', 'jerk', 'damn', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
Details
- Title
- HALLOWEEN
- Also known as
- JOHN CARPENTER'S HALLOWEEN
- Year
- 1978
- Formats
- Cinema, DVD
- Distributor(s)
- Missing in Action,Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE),Specticast,Park Circus Limited,Miracle Films Ltd,Heron Home Entertainment,Bill Melendez Productions (UK) Limited,Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Classified date(s)
- 12/09/2018
- Main language
- English
- BBFC reference
- AZF035160