As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
Direction
Bob Clark invented the slasher before Halloween existed.
Acting
Margot Kidder's Barb: drunk, foul-mouthed, unforgettable.
Sound
Those phone calls still chill 50 years later.
Director
Bob Clark
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Carpenter saw this and asked Bob Clark if he'd ever do a sequel; Clark said no, but suggested 'What if the killer comes back next Halloween?' Carpenter remembered that.
Released four years before Halloween, this established the 'holiday horror' template, the final girl, and the killer's POV shot—yet history forgot it first.
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