The night no one comes home.
A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask. Suddenly, Doctor Daniel Challis finds himself thrust into a terrifying nightmare.
Cast
Tom Atkins
Dr. Daniel 'Dan' Challis
Stacey Nelkin
Ellie Grimbridge
Dan O'Herlihy
Conal Cochran
Michael Currie
Rafferty
Ralph Strait
Buddy Kupfer
Jadeen Barbor
Betty Kupfer
Brad Schacter
'Little' Buddy Kupfer Jr.
Garn Stephens
Marge Guttman
Nancy Kyes
Linda Challis
Jonathan Terry
Starker
Al Berry
Harry Grimbridge
Wendy Wessberg
Teddy
Essex Smith
Walter Jones
Maidie Norman
Nurse Agnes
John MacBride
Sheriff
Dick Warlock
Assassin
Joshua John Miller
Willie Challis
Michelle Walker
Bella Challis
Paddi Edwards
Secretary
Norman Merrill
Red
Loyd Catlett
Charlie
Jamie Lee Curtis
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Tommy Lee Wallace
Silver Shamrock Commercial Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Martin Cassidy
Watcher
Patrick Pankhurst
Technician
Jeffrey D. Henry
Motel Technician
Michael W. Green
Technician #2
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- Release Date 10/22/1982
- Language English
- Director Tommy Lee Wallace
- Editor Millie Moore
- Cinematographer Dean Cundey
- Producers John Carpenter, Moustapha Akkad, Debra Hill, Dino De Laurentiis
- Companies Universal Pictures, The De Laurentiis Company
- Budget $2,500,000
- Homepage www.uphe.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Oct 22, 1982 | Theatrical | R |
| France | Mar 9, 1983 | Theatrical | 12 |
| United Kingdom | Jun 9, 1983 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Australia | Jun 16, 1983 | Theatrical | M |
| SE | Jun 27, 1983 | Theatrical | 15 |
| IE | Jul 8, 1983 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Netherlands | Mar 15, 1984 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Brazil | Oct 25, 1985 | Theatrical | 14 |
| Germany | Nov 6, 1986 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Japan | Dec 7, 1989 | Theatrical | R15+ |
| SE | Dec 1, 1995 | Physical (VHS release; The release day in December is not known.) | 15 |
| SE | Oct 22, 2004 | Theatrical | 15 |
| CZ | Mar 15, 2010 | Digital | 15+ |
| Netherlands | Oct 7, 2011 | Physical (DVD) | 16 |
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