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A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask. Suddenly, Doctor Daniel Challis finds himself thrust into a terrifying nightmare.
Language
Budget$2,500,000
Revenue $14,400,000
English
Budget$2,500,000
Revenue $14,400,000
Keywords
mask
factory
commercial
gas station
curfew
halloween
cult
hospital
doctor
death
surveillance camera
stonehenge
holiday horror
Casts
Tom Atkins
Dr. Daniel 'Dan' Challis
Stacey Nelkin
Ellie Grimbridge
Dan O'Herlihy
Conal Cochran
Michael Currie
Rafferty
Ralph Strait
Buddy Kupfer
Jadeen Barbor
Betty Kupfer
Brad Schacter
'Little' Buddy Kupfer Jr.
Garn Stephens
Marge Guttman
Nancy Kyes
Linda Challis
Jonathan Terry
Starker
Al Berry
Harry Grimbridge
Wendy Wessberg
Teddy
Essex Smith
Walter Jones
Maidie Norman
Nurse Agnes
John MacBride
Sheriff
Dick Warlock
Assassin
Joshua John Miller
Willie Challis
Michelle Walker
Bella Challis
Paddi Edwards
Secretary
Norman Merrill
Red
Loyd Catlett
Charlie
Jamie Lee Curtis
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Tommy Lee Wallace
Silver Shamrock Commercial Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Martin Cassidy
Watcher
Patrick Pankhurst
Technician
Jeffrey D. Henry
Motel Technician
Michael W. Green
Technician #2
Crews
Tommy Lee Wallace
Director
John Carpenter
Producer
Debra Hill
Producer
Joseph Wolf
Executive Producer
Irwin Yablans
Executive Producer
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Millie Moore
Editor
Thomas R. Burman
Makeup Effects
Peter Jamison
Production Design
Linda Spheeris
Set Decoration
Ron Walters
Makeup Artist
James Cavarretta
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Colin C. Mouat
Sound Editor
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Lewis Yewdall
Supervising Sound Editor
Susan Shaw
Casting
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Dick Warlock
Stunts
Frances Vega Aubrey
Costumer
Jane Ruhm
Costume Supervisor
Loren Janes
Stunts
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Moustapha Akkad
Producer
Dino De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
Nigel Kneale
Screenplay
Tommy Lee Wallace
Screenplay
Jeffrey Chernov
Executive In Charge Of Production
Kerrie Cullen
Stunts
Jeffrey Chernov
Unit Production Manager
Ron Wright
First Assistant Director
Scott Thaler
Second Assistant Director
Ami Agmon
Location Manager
Chip Fowler
Production Coordinator
Louise Jaffe
Script Supervisor
Raymond Stella
Camera Operator
Clyde E. Bryan
First Assistant Camera
Guy Skinner
Second Assistant Camera
Stephen St. John
Camera Operator
David Golia
Assistant Camera
Ronald Batzdorff
Still Photographer
Thomas Causey
Production Sound Mixer
Joseph A. Brennan
Boom Operator
Andy Rovins
Boom Operator
Mark Walthour
Gaffer
Thomas Marshall
Best Boy Electric
Patrick Marshall
Electrician
Steven R. Mathis
Electrician
Allen Marshall
Electrician
Jon Antunovich
Electrician
Ronald Woodward
Key Grip
Joe A. Salamdino
Best Boy Grip
László Horváth
Dolly Grip
Nick Kurges
Grip
Richard Babin
Grip
Mark Pearson
Grip
Jon G. Belyeu
Special Effects
William Aldridge
Special Effects Assistant
William Kemper Wright
Leadman
Greg Lynch
Swing
James A. Rathbun
Property Master
Daniel Stoltenberg
Property Master
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Susie Johnson
Extras Casting
Maurie Beck
First Assistant Editor
Patricia Lee
Assistant Editor
Larry Hand
Production Accountant
Lynn D. Ezelle
Assistant Accountant
Ken Lavet
Location Assistant
Bill Cherones
Location Assistant
Walt Hadfield
Construction Coordinator
James F. Walker
Propmaker
Terry Feller
Propmaker
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Eddie Lee Voelker
Transportation Coordinator
Wayne Roberts
Transportation Captain
Kendrick Sweet
Dialogue Editor
John C. Wash
Title Designer
Backdrops & Posters
