HALLOWEEN (1978)
HALLOWEEN (1978)
Type Feature
Approx. Running minutes 91
Release dates 01/10/2014, 25/10/2012, 01/10/2001, 24/01/1996, 01/08/1992
BBFCInsight strong threat, horror
Genre(s) Horror
Director(s) John Carpenter
Cast includes Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards
Cut All known versions of this work passed uncut.
BBFCinsight publication date 15/10/2012
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
HALLOWEEN is a new cinema release of John Carpenter's 1978 horror film in which an escapee from an asylum returns to his old neighbourhood where he stalks and terrorises a baby-sitter.
- Threat
Strong threat runs throughout the work, with an early flashback to the killing of a teenage girl and the later stalking and killing of young people in the quiet suburb. Killings include stabbings, a teenager being pinned to a wall with a knife, and a young woman being throttled with a telephone cord. Other encounters see characters being slashed, stabbed and shot. The real-world setting and domestic environments add to the tension and impact of the threat and violence.
Breast nudity and sex also feature. However, the sex predominantly takes place under covers and without nudity. There is also brief sight of marijuana being smoked.
Details
- Title
- HALLOWEEN
- Year
- 1978
- Formats
- Cinema, DVD
- Distributor(s)
- Missing in Action,Specticast,Park Circus Limited,Miracle Films Ltd,Heron Home Entertainment,Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Classified date(s)
- 22/09/2014
- Main language
- English
- BBFC reference
- AZF035160
Related work
Feature
| Title | Type | Runtime | Cut | Distributor | Date | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLOWEEN | Video | 87m 8s | Anchor Bay Entertainment | 09/11/2001 |  18 |
|
| HALLOWEEN | Video | 87m 6s | Missing in Action | 18/01/1996 | 18 |
|
| HALLOWEEN | Video | 90m 29s | Missing in Action | 30/07/1992 | 18 |
|
| HALLOWEEN | Video | 90m 31s | Heron Home Entertainment | 01/05/1986 | 18 |
|
| HALLOWEEN | Film | 91m 3s | Miracle Films Ltd | 27/09/1978 |  X |
|
| HALLOWEEN | Film | 90m 54s | Park Circus Limited | 23/10/2012 | 18 |
|
| HALLOWEEN | Film | 91m 42s | Specticast | 22/09/2014 | 18 |
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