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[[Image:Halloween-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Halloween'' (1978)]]
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{{Infobox Movie
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|name = Halloween 
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|picture = Halloween-poster.jpg
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|caption = ''Theatrical Poster''
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|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States
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|director = [[John Carpenter]]
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|date= 1978
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|language = English
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|studio=Falcon International Productions
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|distributor=Compass International Pictures (USA & Canada) <br/>Warner Bros. Pictures (international)
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|character1=Dr. Sam Loomis
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|actor1=[[Donald Pleasence]]
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|character2=Laurie Strode
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|actor2=[[Jamie Lee Curtis]]
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|character3=Sheriff Leigh Brackett
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|actor3=[[Charles Cyphers]]
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|character4=Marion Chambers
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|actor4=[[Nancy Stephens]]
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}}
  
''Halloween'' is a 1978 horror film directed by [[John Carpenter]] and featured a breakout performance by [[Jamie Lee Curtis]]. The film would spawn 7 sequels as well as [[Halloween (2007)|the 2007 remake]] and 2009's ''H2'', both directed and written by Rob Zombie.  
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'''''Halloween''''' is the 1978 horror film classic directed by [[John Carpenter]] and starring [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] as Laurie Strode, a young woman who finds that she is being stalked by escaped patient Michael Myers who had been admitted after the murder of his sister Judith 15 years prior. The film would spawn a [[Halloween (disambiguation)|feature film series]] and a two-film [[Halloween (2007)|Rob Zombie-directed remake series]]. Jamie Lee Curtis would reprise her role as Laurie in four more films: 1981's ''[[Halloween II (1981)|Halloween II]]'', then in 1998 in ''[[Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later]]'', 2002's ''Halloween: Resurrection'' and then returned 40 years later in the [[Halloween (2018)|direct feature film sequel of the same name]] that premiered in October of 2018.
  
'''The following guns were seen in the film ''Halloween'':'''
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== Smith & Wesson Model 15 Combat Masterpiece ==
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Dr. Sam Loomis ([[Donald Pleasence]]) in his pursuit of Michael Myers uses a [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]]. This was the weapon used in firing the infamous six shots into Michael Myers' chest in the final scene of the film. This particular weapon was fitted with target stocks, instead of the more common slimline Magna stocks of the same era.
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[[Image:S%26WModel15.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with Factory Target Grips - .38 Special]]
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==Smith & Wesson Model 15 Combat Masterpiece==
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Dr. Sam Loomis ([[Donald Pleasence]]) in his pursuit of Michael Myers uses a [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]]. This was the weapon used in firing the infamous six shots into Michael Myers' chest in the final scene of the film. This particular weapon was fitted with target grips, instead of the more common slimline Magna grips of the same era.
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[[Image:S%26WModel15.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with Factory Target Grips - .38 Special]]
 
[[Image:Pleasancehalloween.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|A production image of Donald Pleasence holding the [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]].]]
 
[[Image:Pleasancehalloween.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|A production image of Donald Pleasence holding the [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]].]]
 
[[Image:More_p30.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Another production photo of Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) with a Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 Special]]
 
[[Image:More_p30.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Another production photo of Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) with a Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 Special]]
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[[Image:H78 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Loomis fires the Model 15 at Myers .]]
 
[[Image:H78 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Loomis fires the Model 15 at Myers .]]
  
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Latest revision as of 23:45, 30 October 2022


Halloween
Halloween-poster.jpg
Theatrical Poster
Country Flag of the United States.jpg United States
Directed by John Carpenter
Release Date 1978
Language English
Studio Falcon International Productions
Distributor Compass International Pictures (USA & Canada)
Warner Bros. Pictures (international)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Dr. Sam Loomis Donald Pleasence
Laurie Strode Jamie Lee Curtis
Sheriff Leigh Brackett Charles Cyphers
Marion Chambers Nancy Stephens


Halloween is the 1978 horror film classic directed by John Carpenter and starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, a young woman who finds that she is being stalked by escaped patient Michael Myers who had been admitted after the murder of his sister Judith 15 years prior. The film would spawn a feature film series and a two-film Rob Zombie-directed remake series. Jamie Lee Curtis would reprise her role as Laurie in four more films: 1981's Halloween II, then in 1998 in Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, 2002's Halloween: Resurrection and then returned 40 years later in the direct feature film sequel of the same name that premiered in October of 2018.


The following weapons were used in the film Halloween (1978):

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Smith & Wesson Model 15 Combat Masterpiece

Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) in his pursuit of Michael Myers uses a Smith & Wesson Model 15. This was the weapon used in firing the infamous six shots into Michael Myers' chest in the final scene of the film. This particular weapon was fitted with target grips, instead of the more common slimline Magna grips of the same era.

Smith & Wesson Model 15 with Factory Target Grips - .38 Special
A production image of Donald Pleasence holding the Smith & Wesson Model 15.
Another production photo of Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) with a Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 Special
Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) draws the S&W Model 15.
Dr. Loomis holds the Model 15.
Loomis fires the Model 15 at Myers .



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