Films with screenplays by John Carpenter

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

1981 film by John Carpenter

1988 film by John Carpenter

1981 film by Rick Rosenthal

1996 film by John Carpenter

1980 film directed by John Carpenter

1976 film directed by John Carpenter

2001 film by John Carpenter

1974 film by John Carpenter

1987 film by John Carpenter

1978 film by Irvin Kershner

1986 film by Harley Cokeliss

1978 television film directed by John Carpenter

1970 short film

1979 television film directed by Richard Crenna