John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) – Still terrifying more than 30 years later

John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween helped propel the popularity of the slasher genre, and is still terrifying today, even though it is relatively bloodless. Did you know the film was co-written and produced by Carpenter’s then-girlfriend Debra Hill?

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