"Since its premiere on October 25th 1978, Halloween has not only gone on to become one of the most successful independent productions ever made (turning a profit 200 times over to date) but it has become a bonafide genre masterpiece and made director John Carpenter a name synonymous with horror and fantasy cinema. As a child Michael Myers butchered his sister with a kitchen knife and was committed to a mental institution.15 years later he engineers his escape, returning to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night to terrorise anyone who gets in his way, including babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis in her feature film debut). Backed with a brilliant music score by Carpenter and masterfully shot in cinemascope by Dean Cundey, this is not only the perfect cinema experience for the Halloween season, but it is essential viewing on the big screen, especially in this digitally restored and remastered version, which Cundey personally oversaw and approved."
