Halloween (1978)
Directed by John Carpenter · 91 min · Horror, Thriller
81.8 TOPICAL score · #306 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Halloween (1978, directed by John Carpenter) has a TOPICAL score of 81.8 - ranked 306 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on legacy & cult status and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91. Audiences: TMDB 7.6/10 (6,418 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 60 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91
- AudienceTMDB 7.6/10 (6,418 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 60 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read206,464 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 3 times
Starring: Donald Pleasence (actor #1,063), Jamie Lee Curtis (actor #416), Nancy Kyes, P. J. Soles
“Halloween is considered one of the greatest horror films ever made and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2006 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10