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Year: 1978
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Director: John Carpenter
On a chilling Halloween night in 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers' innocence is shattered as he commits a horrific act of violence against his 17-year-old sister Judith. Fifteen years later, the now-twenty-one-year-old Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield, driven by an insatiable thirst for bloodshed, seeking new prey in this desolate town on All Hallows' Eve.
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Last Updated: January 18, 2025 at 14:36
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