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''Halloween'' is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film was the first installment in what has become the ''Halloween'' franchise. The plot is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween night in 1963, a six-year-old Michael Myers dressed in a clown costume murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, Michael Myers, age 21, escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing. ''Halloween'' was produced on a budget of $300,000 and grossed $47 million at the box office in the United States,〔 and $70 million worldwide,〔 equivalent to $250 million as of 2014, becoming one of the most profitable independent films.〔 Many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's ''Psycho'' (1960). ''Halloween'' had many imitators and originated several clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s. Unlike many of its imitators, ''Halloween'' contains little graphic violence and gore.〔Adam Rockoff, ''Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978–1986'' (Jefferson, N. C.: McFarland & Company, 2002), chap. 3, ISBN 0-7864-1227-5.〕 It was one of the first horror films to introduce the concept of the killer dying and coming back to life again within the same film. In 2006, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The famous mask of Michael Myers was in fact created from a store-bought Captain Kirk mask from Star Trek. Some critics have suggested that ''Halloween'' may encourage sadism and misogyny by audiences identifying with its villain.〔Mick Martin and Marsha Porter (1986). ''Video Movie Guide 1987''. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 60. ISBN 0-345-33872-3.〕 Other critics have suggested the film is a social critique of the immorality of youth and teenagers in 1970s America, with many of Myers' victims being sexually promiscuous substance abusers,〔Tony Williams, "Trying to Survive on the Darker Side: 1980s Family Horror", in Barry K. Grant, ed., ''The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film'' (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996), pp. 164 – 165, ISBN 0-292-72794-1.〕 while the lone heroine is depicted as innocent and pure, hence her survival. Nevertheless, Carpenter dismisses such analyses.〔''Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest'', documentary on Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of ''Halloween'' (1978; Troy, Mich.: Anchor Bay, 2003)〕〔Carpenter, quoted in Alan Jones, ''The Rough Guide to Horror Movies'' (New York: Rough Guides, 2005), p. 102, ISBN 1-84353-521-1.〕 Several of ''Halloween''s techniques and plot elements, although not founded in this film, have nonetheless become standard slasher movie tropes. ''Halloween'' spawned seven sequels and was rebooted by Rob Zombie in 2007. The first sequel to the original movie, ''Halloween II'', was released in 1981, three years after its predecessor. ==Plot== On Halloween of 1963, in Haddonfield, Illinois, 6-year-old Michael Myers (Will Sandin) fatally stabs his older sister Judith (Sandy Johnson) with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, on October 30, 1978, Michael escapes Warren County Smith's Grove Sanitarium, where he had been committed since the murder, in the car that was to take him to a court hearing, the outcome of which was for him to be locked up forever. The next day, Halloween, 21-year-old Michael (Nick Castle), now wearing a blue jumpsuit he stole from a mechanic who he killed, and a white mask, returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, and begins stalking high school student Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Annie Brackett (Nancy Loomis) and Lynda van der Klok (P. J. Soles) ignore Laurie's concerns that someone is following her. Michael's psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), having anticipated Michael's return home, goes to the local cemetery and finds Judith Myers' headstone is missing. Loomis meets with Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers), and they monitor the Myers' house, where the murder took place, believing Michael will return to the house. That evening, Laurie and Annie babysit Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews) and Lindsey Wallace (Kyle Richards), respectively. When Annie's boyfriend Paul calls her to come and pick him up, she takes Lindsay over to the Doyle house. After getting into her car, Annie is killed by Michael, who followed her and Laurie and snuck into the backseat. While playing hide-and-seek with Lindsey, Tommy sees Michael carrying Annie's corpse into the Wallace house across the street, and tries to tell Laurie, who is skeptical about any "boogeyman" Tommy claims he saw. Later, Lynda and her boyfriend Bob enter the Wallace house to have sex. They too are killed by Michael; he impales Bob with his knife, then takes his glasses and dresses up as a ghost and strangles Lynda when she calls Laurie. Meanwhile, Dr. Loomis discovers the car Michael stole, confirming his beliefs that Michael is in the area. Suspicious about what is happening at the Wallace house, Laurie goes inside to check it out. She is frightened after finding Annie, Bob, and Lynda dead in the upstairs bedroom, and then Michael emerges from the darkness and slashes her. She falls over the banister, down the stairs, but quickly recovers and escapes. Running back to the Doyle house, she finds the keys are gone and the door is locked. When she sees Michael coming, Laurie panics and throws a potted plant at the window to wake Tommy up and desperately asks him to open the door quickly. Tommy opens the door just in time and lets Laurie in. Laurie instructs Tommy to protect Lindsey, and then the power goes out and Laurie sees the window open, meaning Michael is in the house. As she fearfully sits down next to the couch, Michael appears and tries to stab her, but she stabs him in the neck with a knitting needle and he collapses. Laurie goes upstairs and tells Tommy and Lindsey she killed the "boogeyman", though Tommy says "you can't kill the boogeyman", and Michael reappears behind her. Telling the kids to hide in the bathroom, Laurie opens the French windows to feign escape and hides in a bedroom closet. Michael punches through the closet door to get to her. Laurie frantically undoes a metal clothes hanger and sticks Michael with it in the eye; he drops his knife, with which Laurie stabs him. Michael collapses again and Laurie exits the closet, then asks the kids to go to the Mackenzies' house and have them call the police. Dr. Loomis sees Tommy and Lindsey fleeing the house in terror and suspects Michael is inside. Back inside, Michael gets up and tries to strangle Laurie, but Loomis arrives in time to stop him. He shoots Michael until he falls from the second-story patio onto the lawn below. Laurie, in shock, concludes "It was the boogeyman." and Loomis responds "As a matter of fact, it was." Despite his fatal injuries, Michael is gone when Loomis looks down over the balcony. Places where Michael had previously been are shown as his breathing is heard, indicating he could be anywhere. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Halloween (1978 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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