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Halloween (1978)

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All Time

of 190,179

104

1970's

of 10,575

18

1978

of 3,457

2
Horror
- Horror All Time
  
  of 4,953
  
  5
  
  Horror of 1978
  
  of 53
  
  1
  
  Horror of the 1970's
  
  of 546
  
  4
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,016
  
  29
  
  Thriller of 1978
  
  of 51
  
  1
  
  Thriller of the 1970's
  
  of 462
  
  9

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Halloween (1978) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.4886

Avg Critic Score:3.3652

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Variety (Staff (Not Credited))

After a promising opening, Halloween becomes just another maniac-on-the-loose suspenser. However, despite the prosaic plot, director John Carpenter has timed the film's gore so that the 93-minute item is packed with enough thrills. ...read the complete Halloween movie review at Variety (Staff (Not Credited))

Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)

What a letdown! I know purists are gonna hate me for this, but I don't get this flick. Okay, you got a killer on the loose in a small town who slashes babysitters, then is stopped, all that on Halloween day. Okay, that's a good starting point for a film.. ...read the complete Halloween movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)

MovieEye.com (Jenny Piston)

John Carpenter's 1978 thriller Halloween is definitely scary. The fact that a child lunatic-turned adult lunatic escapes from a hospital after fifteen years of incarceration and returns to his hometown is very, very frightening. It is frightening because ...read the complete Halloween movie review at MovieEye.com (Jenny Piston)

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