HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN
Type of media Film
Approved Running time 91m 3s
Director(s) John Carpenter
Cast includes Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards
Cut This work was passed uncut.
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Ratings info
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HALLOWEEN is a new cinema release of John Carpenter's 1978 horror film in which an escapee from an asylum returns to his old neighbourhood where he stalks and terrorises a baby-sitter.
- Threat
Strong threat runs throughout the work, with an early flashback to the killing of a teenage girl and the later stalking and killing of young people in the quiet suburb. Killings include stabbings, a teenager being pinned to a wall with a knife, and a young woman being throttled with a telephone cord. Other encounters see characters being slashed, stabbed and shot. The real-world setting and domestic environments add to the tension and impact of the threat and violence.
Breast nudity and sex also feature. However, the sex predominantly takes place under covers and without nudity. There is also brief sight of marijuana being smoked.
Details
- Title
- HALLOWEEN
- Year
- 1978
- Distributor(s)
- Miracle Films Ltd
- Classified date(s)
- 27/09/1978
- Submitted run time
- 91m 3s
- Approved footage
- 8195
- BBFC reference
- AFF035160