Don Carpenter quoting a Hollywood agent

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. Set in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield, the film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween; 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.