Overview

Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, and crew members, 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest unveils the production of the horror classic and how the ingenuity of Carpenter and his team, coupled with the shoestring budget of $325,000, drove the filmmakers to create one of the most influential horror films of all time.

Genres

Cast

Rino Romano

Self / Narrator

Moustapha Akkad

Self

John Carpenter

Self

Nick Castle

Self / The Shape

Dean Cundey

Self

Jamie Lee Curtis

Self / Laurie Strode

Charles Cyphers

Self / Leigh Brackett

Debra Hill

Self

Donald Pleasence

Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

P. J. Soles

Self / Lynda Van der Klok

Tommy Lee Wallace

Self

Richard Benjamin

Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)