Horror ClassicsNo. 6203 · The 2026 edition
Halloween – Die Nacht des Grauens
Get ready for a spine-tingling evening full of frights and fun!
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An exploration of Halloween traditions and the eerie atmosphere that makes it the scariest night of the year.
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Wikipedia article on John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic, released in German as Halloween – Die Nacht des Grauens. It covers the full plot, script and casting history, directing style, the famous score, the German dubbing, release and TV version, critical reception, awards, legacy, adaptations and the complete sequel series.
The list
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Halloween – Die Nacht des Grauens 1978
Original film by John Carpenter, the series start.
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Halloween II – Das Grauen kehrt zurück 1981
Written by Carpenter and Hill, begins where the original ends.
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Halloween III – Die Nacht der Entscheidung 1982
Unrelated story without Michael Myers, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
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Halloween V – Die Rache des Michael Myers 1989
Continues the fourth film's story line.
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Halloween H20 1998
Follows Halloween II, ignores films four to six.
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Halloween: Resurrection 2002
Budget of 25 million dollars; more explicit violence.
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Halloween Kills 2021
Directed by David Gordon Green, Jamie Lee Curtis returns.
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Facts from the original
- German cinema version runs 91 minutes; TV version 101 minutes.
- Budget was 325,000 US dollars; box office reached 47 million US dollars.
- About 750,000 people saw the film in German cinemas.
- It was filmed in three weeks in spring 1978 in South Pasadena.
- Carpenter also directed, co-wrote and composed the music.
- Pleasence was top earner at 20,000 dollars; Curtis got 8,000 dollars.
- Nick Castle was paid only 25 dollars per day as Michael Myers.
- Jamie Lee Curtis' feature debut; her mother was Psycho's Janet Leigh.
- The German dubbing was made by cine-adaption in Munich-Gauting.
- New TV-version scenes were dubbed in 2003 with different voice actors.
- The film earned 18.5 million dollars in its first US rental year.
- It was added to the National Film Registry in 2006.
- Halloween brought forth twelve sequels or remakes.
- Only Halloween II was written by Carpenter and Hill.
- Halloween: Resurrection (2002) had a budget of 25 million dollars versus the original's 325,000.
- Moustapha Akkad served as executive producer of every sequel until his death in a 2005 terrorist attack in Amman.
- A planned Halloween Returns was cancelled in late 2015 after Dimension Films lost the rights.
- Die fiktive Stadt Haddonfield liegt in Illinois; die Handlung spielt im Mittleren Westen der USA.
