# Halloween (1978)

**German title:** Halloween - Die Nacht des Grauens


**Genres:** Thriller, Horror

**Duration:** 91 min

**Age rating:** FSK 18

**IMDb:** [7.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/halloween-1978/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 97%, Popcornmeter: 89%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1009113-halloween)

## Description

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.

## Details

**Premiere:** 24 Oct 1978

**Director:** John Carpenter

**Cast:** Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, John Michael Graham, Nancy Stephens, Arthur Malet, Mickey Yablans, Brent Le Page

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT0loXUv-ks)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-17 (Saturday)

- **[Studio Kino](https://hamburg.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/173-studio-kino.md) (Altona):** [2026-10-17 22:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/studio-kino-hamburg/vorstellung/391945)  (OmU)