The night he came home!
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.
HorrorThrillermaskpolicehalloweenbabysittermarijuanastalkingserial killermaniackilling spreefamilyevilpsychotic
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
27 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Donald PleasenceLoomis
- Jamie Lee CurtisLaurie
- Nancy KyesAnnie
- P. J. SolesLynda
- Charles CyphersBrackett
- Kyle RichardsLindsey
- Brian AndrewsTommy
- John Michael GrahamBob
- Nancy StephensMarion
- Arthur MaletGraveyard Keeper
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- Debra HillScreenplay
- John CarpenterScreenplay
- Dean CundeyDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Charles BornsteinEditor
- Tommy Lee WallaceEditor
- Debra HillProducer
- Moustapha AkkadProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Village of the Damned 196081% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Lodger 194480% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Cape Fear 196278% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Omen 197678% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Postman Always Rings Twice 194676% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Curse of Frankenstein 195775% alikeBoth earnest, grave, bleak.
One False Move 199275% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Godless 201773% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
A Plague Tale: Innocence 201971% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
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