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Halloween

Halloween

1978 · Movie · 1h 31m · R

The highest scoring of the 11 Halloween films, ahead of Halloween (68).

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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.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.7/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes97%21%
Metacritic91/10021%
TMDB7.6/106,470 votes16%
Balasaur Score84100%

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Themes

The Halloween Binge

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