Title: Halloween [Wikipedia] [IMDb]

Director: John Carpenter

Producer: Debra Hill

Writers: John Carpenter, Debra Hill

Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, Nancy Loomis

Release date: October 25, 1978

SHOWNOTES: With the dawn of a new era in the Halloween franchise slowly creeping upon us, Collateral Cinema hosts Beau, Rob, and Frankie hearken back to the origin of everyone's favorite masked implacable killer by analyzing and discussing John Carpenter's 1978 horror breakthrough, Halloween. We discuss the overall history of the franchise, the impact the $300,000 budget had on the story, the stellar acting of Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis, the upcoming reboot helmed by Danny McBride and Carpenter himself, and the overall cultural impact this movie had on the horror and slasher genres. Come for the terror, stay for the discussion!

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