Prince of Darkness

 Prince of Darkness was released On October 23rd, 1994. 

Prince of Darkness

Considered by director John Carpenter to be the 2nd movie of his “apocalypse trilogy” including The Thing (1982) with Keith David and In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with Sam Neill

Donald Pleasence

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Halloween (1978)

 On October 25th, 1978 Halloween premiered at AMC Empire Theater in Kansas City , Missouri.

Written, directed and scored by John Carpenter for a mere $10,000 / 10% profit. Co-written by producer and frequent collaborator Debra Hill. Edited by Tommy Lee Wallace.

Starring Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis and Jamie Lee Curtis in her debut role. 

Will Sandin plays a young, unmasked Michael at the beginning of the movie. Nick Castle stars as The Shape (or masked Michael Myers) and Tony Moran (Erin Moran’s brother) as unmasked Michael at the end of the movie. Tommy Lee Wallace also appears as Michael in the closet scene. 

Will Sandin

Nick Castle

Tony Moran 

Tommy Lee Wallace

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John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin