Movies Like Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978) Movie Release Dates / Movie Details
R | 1h 31m | Horror, Thriller, Serial Killers, Slasher, Cult Classic, Halloween, Halloween - Slasher, Killer Kids, Maniac, Teens, Urban Legend, B-Horror
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- Our Score: ☆ 10/10 Halloween Review
- Overall Score: ☆ 9.22/10
IMDB: ☆ 7.7/10
Metascore: ☆ 9.0/10
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Halloween Movie Information:
- Directors:
- John Carpenter
- Stars:
- Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers … (full cast)
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The Exorcist (1973)
Synopsis/Plot: A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter.
Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while…
Tagline: What an excellent day for an exorcism!
Genres: Horror
Similar movies like The ExorcistScream (1996)
Synopsis/Plot: A year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls.
They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced…
Tagline: A new thriller from Wes Craven
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Similar movies like ScreamA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Synopsis/Plot: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger.
Nancy must think…
Tagline: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives.
Genres: Horror
Similar movies like A Nightmare on Elm StreetThe Evil Dead (1981)
Synopsis/Plot: Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin.
A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read…
Tagline: They got up on the wrong side of the grave.
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
Similar movies like The Evil DeadCarrie (1976)
Synopsis/Plot: It's nearing the end of the school year.
High school senior Carrie White is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based on her upbringing.
Her mother, Margaret…
Tagline: You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences.
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Similar movies like CarrieThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Synopsis/Plot: En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside…
Tagline: The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood... [UK Video]
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Similar movies like The Texas Chain Saw MassacreHalloween (2018)
Synopsis/Plot: Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers (Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney), the masked figure who has haunted her since she…
Tagline: Face Your Fate
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, CrimeHalloween (2007)
Synopsis/Plot: The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet...
but death is coming to their small sleepy town.
Sixteen years ago, a ten year old boy called Michael Myers brutally kills his step father, his elder…
Tagline: Evil Has A Destiny
Genres: Horror, FantasyHalloween II (1981)
Synopsis/Plot: After Doctor Samuel Loomis shoot's Michael Myer's Six Times and falls off a Balcony.
Michael escapes and continues his massacre in Haddonfield, Laurie is also sent to the Hospital and Dr Loomis gathers a Group…
Tagline: More Of The Night He Came Home
Genres: Horror, ThrillerHalloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Synopsis/Plot: Twenty years after Michael Myers' massacre in Haddonfield, Laurie Strode faked her own death, traveled to California, and took on the identity Keri Tate.
Michael discovers Laurie's new identity and travels to California to kill…
Tagline: It's going to be one hell of a family reunion.
Genres: Horror, ThrillerHalloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Synopsis/Plot: An apparent murder-suicide in a hospital emergency room leads to an investigation by the on-call doctor, which reveals a plot by an insane toymaker to kill as many people as possible during Halloween through an…
Tagline: ...and now the earth will run with blood again!
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, MysteryHalloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Synopsis/Plot: It's October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2).
However when he is transfered from…
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Movies like Halloween include The Exorcist (1973), Scream (1996), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Evil Dead (1981), Carrie (1976), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Halloween (2018), Halloween (2007), Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).
These movies are similar to Halloween because they include movie themes such as Serial Killers, Slasher, and Cult Classic, Halloween, Halloween - Slasher, Killer Kids, Maniac, Teens, Urban Legend, B-Horror.