It’s becoming an annual tradition to see John Carpenter’s Halloween back in theaters.
The horror classic is coming to more than 220 movie theaters around America for one night leading into Halloween weekend, 37 years after the low-budget tale of teenage terror captivated audiences, says Variety.
Tickets are now on sale for the event, which includes a special introduction of the film by writer and director John Carpenter. Screenings begin at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 — two days before Halloween.
“Halloween told the story of Michael Myers, a six-year-old who brutally murders his sister on a cold Halloween night in 1963. After 15 years in a mental hospital, he returns to his sleepy hometown of Haddonfield, Ill., with a plan for more bloodshed. Michael (played by Nick Castle and Tony Moran) stalks Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis, in her big screen debut) and her friends as they babysit. Donald Pleasance plays the psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis.”
The 1978 film debuted Oct. 25, 1978 in Kansas City and slowly spread to theaters across the U.S. It spawned a total of nine sequels and spinoffs and became a model for future horror films, like The Blair Witch Project, that drew big box office on tiny production budgets. Halloween earned $47 million on a budget of just $325,000. Based on return on investment, that makes it one of the most successful films in history.