Release: Tuesday, October 17, 1978 Company: Trancas International Films Length: 93 Minutes Tagline: The Night He Came Home Budget: $325,000 Domestic Box Office: $47 Million Global Box Office: $70 Million Opening Weekend: $5.8 Million TV Debut: Friday, October 30, 1981 Sound Quality: Mono Film Location: Pasadena, California Film Availability: VHS, DVD, BLU-RAY, ANNIVERSARY BLU-RAY, 4K UHD, BOX SET, DIGITAL Soundtrack Availability: CD, ANNIVERSARY CD, VINYL, DIGITAL Novelization: 1979 CORONER'S REPORT 1. JUDITH (Sandy Johnson)- Stabbed to death with kitchen knife 2. TRUCK DRIVER (Barry Bernardi)- Knifed in chest offscreen 3. DOG IN MYERS HOUSE (uncredited)- Killed and eaten offscreen 4. LESTER (LINDSEY'S DOG, uncredited)- Strangled to death 5. ANNIE (Nancy Loomis)- Strangled, then slashed in throat 6. BOB (John Michael Graham)- Pinned to wall with kitchen knife 7. LYNDA (P.J. Soles)- Strangled with telephone cord *NOTE: In the novelization of the film, Michael broke a guard's neck during his escape, and also ripped out half of a nurse's head of hair. In addition, Annie was strangled, but instead of having her throat slit, she was stabbed in the stomach. Film Total: 7 Series Total: 176 MICHAEL'S BATTLE SCARS 1. Hand into car window 2. Hand through door 3. Sewing needle into neck 4. Clotheshanger into left eye 5. Stabbed in chest with knife 6. Shot 6 times 7. Fell off porch balcony Film Total: 7 Series Total: 109 SOUNDS CHILDREN: "Trick or Treat!" JUDITH: "Michael?!!!" MR. MYERS: "Michael?" DR. LOOMIS: "He Hasn't Spoken A Word In 15 Years..." DR. LOOMIS: "The Evil Is Gone!" DR. LOOMIS: "2 Roadblocks And All-Points Bulletin Wouldn't Stop A 5-Year-Old..." CHILDREN: "The Boogeyman Is Coming!" ANNIE: "Hey Jerk, Speed Kills!" SHERIFF BRACKETT: "Everyone's Entitled To One Good Scare..." DR. LOOMIS: "He Came Home..." DR. LOOMIS' Speech To Sheriff Brackett DR. LOOMIS: "I Met Him 15 Years Ago...I Was Told There Was Nothing Left..." DR. LOOMIS: "He Had The Blackest Eyes...The Devil's Eyes..." DR. LOOMIS: "Living Behind That Boy's Eyes Was Purely And Simply...Evil..." TOMMY: "The Boogeyman's Outside, Look!!!" ANNIE: "No Tricks For Annie Tonight..." DR. LOOMIS: "Hey Lonny, Get Your Ass Away From There..." SHERIFF BRACKETT: "I Have A Feeling That You're Way Off On This..." DR. LOOMIS: "You Have The Wrong Feeling..." DR. LOOMIS: "Death Has Come To Your Little Town, Sheriff..." SHERIFF BRACKETT: "You're Telling Me They're Lined Up For A Slaughterhouse?" DR. LOOMIS: "They Could Be..." SHERIFF BRACKETT: "Damn You For Letting Him Go!" LYNDA: "See Anything You Like?!" LYNDA: "Can't I Get Your Ghost, Bob?" LAURIE: "I'll Kill Ya If This Is A Joke!" LAURIE: "Was That The Boogeyman?" DR. LOOMIS: "As A Matter Of Fact, It Was..."

CAST AND CREW DR. LOOMIS- DONALD PLEASENCE LAURIE STRODE- JAMIE LEE CURTIS THE SHAPE- NICK CASTLE THE SHAPE (CLOSET)- TOMMY LEE WALLACE MICHAEL MYERS (AGE 21)- TONY MORAN MICHAEL MYERS (AGE 6)- WILL SANDIN MICHAEL'S HAND (OPENING)- DEBRA HILL ANNIE- NANCY LOOMIS LYNDA- P.J. SOLES SHERIFF BRACKETT- CHARLES CYPHERS BOB- JOHN MICHAEL GRAHAM LINDSEY WALLACE- KYLE RICHARDS TOMMY DOYLE- BRIAN ANDREWS MARION CHAMBERS- NANCY STEPHENS GRAVEYARD KEEPER- ARTHUR MALET RICHIE- MICKIE YABLANS LONNIE- BRENT LE PAGE KEITH- ADAM HOLLANDER DR. WYNN- ROBERT PHALEN JUDITH MYERS- SANDY JOHNSON JUDITH'S BOYFRIEND- DAVID KYLE LAURIE'S FATHER- PETER GRIFFITH STUNT DOUBLE- DAVID WINBURN PAUL'S VOICE- JOHN CARPENTER MR. PETER MYERS- GEORGE O'HANLON MECHANIC- BARRY BERNARDI CLASSMATE- JOSEPH CORNELIUS STUDENT- DARLA RAE PSYCH WARD NURSE- JENNIFER RHODES SANITARIUM NURSE- GWEN VAN DAM Directed By- John Carpenter Written By- John Carpenter & Debra Hill Executive Producer- Moustapha Akkad Associate Producers- Debra Hill, Kool Lusby, Irwin Yablans Camera Operator- Ray Stella Assistant Cameraman- Fred Victar 2nd Assistant Cameraman- Krishna Rao Set Decorator/Property Master- Craig Stearns Assistant Art Director- Randy Moore Set Painter- Richard Girod Script Supervisor- Louise Jaffe Assistant Director- Rick Wallace 2nd Assistant Director- Jack DeWolf Sound Mixer- Tommy Causey Boomman- Joe Brennan Makeup- Erica Ulland Wardrobe- Beth Rodgers Stills- Kim Gottlieb Gaffer- Mark Walthour Best Boy- Josh Miller Best Boy- Steve Mathis Electrician- Reed Freeman Key Grip- Dylan Shepard Grip- Walt Hill Panaglide- Ray Stella Production Assistant- Barry Bernardi Production Assistant- Paul Fox Cinematography- Dean Cundey Film Editing- Charles Bornstein, Tommy Lee Wallace Production Design- Tommy Lee Wallace Supervising Sound Editor- William Stevenson, MPSE Re-Recording- Samuel Goldwyn Studios Music Recording- Sound Arts Orchestration- Dan Wyman Music Recordist And Mixer- Peter Bergren Music Coordinator- Bob Walters Original Music By- John Carpenter Music Performed By- The Bowling Green Philharmonic Orchestra "The Thing From Another World" Courtesy of RKO General "Forbidden Planet" Courtesy MGM Filmed In- Panavision In Metrocolor Titles And Opticals By- MGM Copyright 1978 By Falcon International Productions All Rights Reserved Back To The Lair Of Horror