Halloween
1978 · 91 min · Horror / Thriller · TMDB 7.6
The short version:The template for the slasher. Patient, suburban, almost bloodless by modern standards.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary6.0
TameNightmare fuel
Dread7.0
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares4.0
NoneConstant
Disturbing3.0
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim4.0
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreBriefeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child in dangerBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A six-year-old commits the opening murder; babysat kids are in the house during the finale.
- Child harmed or killedNoneeditorial
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityBriefeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A dog is killed off screen.
Abuse & bigotry
- Domestic abuseBriefinferred from keywords