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Halloween was shot in 21 days in the spring of 1978. It became a huge hit and was the highest-grossing independent film ever made at that time, with a budget of only $300,00. Halloween was directed by John Carpenter, who at that time was a little known director. This film shot John Carpenter to fame. It's about a psychologically disturbed boy, who kills his sister on Halloween night in 1963. He then gets taken to a mental hospital where he is studied by Doctor Loomis. In 1978 he escapes from the hospital and comes back to the town where he murdered his sister to commit more violent crimes. Coincidently this, again, happens on Halloween night. In the opening of a typical horror film, the audience expects to witness a dark, mysterious scene with disturbing music which usually involves a piano and an organ. These play in a series of...

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