Halloween

Violence

Strong violence includes stabbings, stranglings and shootings, as well as the implied killing of a dog. There is also defensive violence such as a woman stabbing her attacker with a knitting needle and a wire hanger in attempts to fend him off. Although the violence is relatively undetailed, and with only occasional bloody injury, the killer's relentlessness gives it an intense edge.

Threat and horror

There is strong threat as the killer stalks his victims, making sudden appearances behind them and then disappearing from sight. One intended victim is chased through a house and hides in a closet, cowering in terror as the killer attempts to batter through the doors. A woman is attacked in her car but manages to escape. The threat is sometimes sustained and accompanied by sudden 'jump' scares.

Nudity

Strong nudity includes shots of women's breasts.

There is scene of moderate sex, as well as occasional moderate sex references. Two women smoke a marijuana joint in a car. Mild bad language includes uses 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'screw around', 'jerk', 'damn', 'God' and 'Jesus'.

strong threat, violence, nudity

Classified Date:

12/09/2018

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Bill Melendez Productions (UK) Limited

Violence

Strong violence includes stabbings, stranglings and shootings, as well as the implied killing of a dog. There is also defensive violence such as a woman stabbing her attacker with a knitting needle and a wire hanger in attempts to fend him off. Although the violence is relatively undetailed, and with only occasional bloody injury, the killer's relentlessness gives it an intense edge.

Threat and horror

There is strong threat as the killer stalks his victims, making sudden appearances behind them and then disappearing from sight. One intended victim is chased through a house and hides in a closet, cowering in terror as the killer attempts to batter through the doors. A woman is attacked in her car but manages to escape. The threat is sometimes sustained and accompanied by sudden 'jump' scares.

Nudity

Strong nudity includes shots of women's breasts.

There is scene of moderate sex, as well as occasional moderate sex references. Two women smoke a marijuana joint in a car. Mild bad language includes uses 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'screw around', 'jerk', 'damn', 'God' and 'Jesus'.

strong threat, horror

Classified Date:

22/09/2014

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Specticast

Threat and horror

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.

Contains strong threat and horror

Classified Date:

23/10/2012

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

Threat and horror

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.

Classified Date:

27/09/1978

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Miracle Films Ltd

Threat and horror

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.

strong threat, violence

Classified Date:

24/07/2018

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)

Violence

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.

Threat and horror

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 a quiet suburb.

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

strong threat, violence

Classified Date:

09/11/2001

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Threat and horror

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.

Classified Date:

18/01/1996

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Missing in Action

Threat and horror

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.

Classified Date:

30/07/1992

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Missing in Action

Threat and horror

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.

Classified Date:

01/05/1986

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Heron Home Entertainment

Threat and horror

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.

Classified Date:

11/09/2018

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Bill Melendez Productions (UK) Limited

Classified Date:

15/09/2014

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Specticast

Classified Date:

11/01/1996

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Missing in Action

Classified Date:

20/08/2018

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material Audio commentary with writer/director John Carpenter and sta...

Classified Date:

06/08/2018

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material

Classified Date:

06/08/2018

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)

Paperwork Remarks:

Addtonal materal

Classified date

12/09/2018
BBFC reference

DFF035160
Language

English

Director(s)

John Carpenter

Production Year

1978

Release date

12/09/2018

Genre(s)

Horror, Thriller

Approx. running minutes

92m

Cast

Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards

Halloween

Director(s)

John Carpenter

Production Year

1978

Release date

12/09/2018

Genre(s)

Horror, Thriller

Approx. running minutes

92m

Cast

Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards

Classified date

12/09/2018

BBFC reference

DFF035160

Language

English