"A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask. Suddenly, Doctor Daniel Challis finds himself thrust into a terrifying nightmare."
Tom Atkins
as Dr. Daniel 'Dan' Challis
Stacey Nelkin
as Ellie Grimbridge
Dan O'Herlihy
as Conal Cochran
Michael Currie
as Rafferty
Ralph Strait
as Buddy Kupfer
Jadeen Barbor
as Betty Kupfer
Brad Schacter
as 'Little' Buddy Kupfer Jr.
Garn Stephens
as Marge Guttman
Nancy Kyes
as Linda Challis
Jonathan Terry
as Starker
Al Berry
as Harry Grimbridge
Wendy Wessberg
as Teddy
Essex Smith
as Walter Jones
Maidie Norman
as Nurse Agnes
John MacBride
as Sheriff
Dick Warlock
as Assassin
Joshua John Miller
as Willie Challis
Michelle Walker
as Bella Challis
Paddi Edwards
as Secretary
Norman Merrill
as Red
Loyd Catlett
as Charlie
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Tommy Lee Wallace
as Silver Shamrock Commercial Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Martin Cassidy
as Watcher
Patrick Pankhurst
as Technician
Jeffrey D. Henry
as Motel Technician
Michael W. Green
as Technician #2
John Carpenter
Producer
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Irwin Yablans
Executive Producer
Director
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Debra Hill
Thomas R. Burman
Makeup Effects
Joseph Wolf
Millie Moore
Editor
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Susan Shaw
Casting
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Steve Maslow
Linda Spheeris
Set Decoration
James Cavarretta
Frances Vega Aubrey
Costumer
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Peter Jamison
Production Design
Colin C. Mouat
David Lewis Yewdall
Supervising Sound Editor
Ron Walters
Makeup Artist
Stunts
Jane Ruhm
Costume Supervisor
Loren Janes
Dino De Laurentiis
Moustapha Akkad
Screenplay
Nigel Kneale
Jeffrey Chernov
Executive In Charge Of Production
Kerrie Cullen
Unit Production Manager
Ron Wright
First Assistant Director
Scott Thaler
Second Assistant Director
Ami Agmon
Location Manager
Chip Fowler
Production Coordinator
Louise Jaffe
Script Supervisor
Raymond Stella
Camera Operator
Clyde E. Bryan
First Assistant Camera
Guy Skinner
Second Assistant Camera
Stephen St. John
David Golia
Assistant Camera
Ronald Batzdorff
Still Photographer
Thomas Causey
Production Sound Mixer
Joseph A. Brennan
Boom Operator
Andy Rovins
Mark Walthour
Gaffer
Thomas Marshall
Best Boy Electric
Patrick Marshall
Electrician
Steven R. Mathis
Allen Marshall
Jon Antunovich
Ronald Woodward
Key Grip
Joe A. Salamdino
Best Boy Grip
László Horváth
Dolly Grip
Nick Kurges
Grip
Richard Babin
Mark Pearson
Jon G. Belyeu
Special Effects
William Aldridge
Special Effects Assistant
William Kemper Wright
Leadman
Greg Lynch
Swing
James A. Rathbun
Property Master
Daniel Stoltenberg
Stunt Coordinator
Susie Johnson
Extras Casting
Maurie Beck
First Assistant Editor
Patricia Lee
Assistant Editor
Larry Hand
Production Accountant
Lynn D. Ezelle
Assistant Accountant
Ken Lavet
Location Assistant
Bill Cherones
Walt Hadfield
Construction Coordinator
James F. Walker
Propmaker
Terry Feller
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Eddie Lee Voelker
Transportation Coordinator
Wayne Roberts
Transportation Captain
Kendrick Sweet
Dialogue Editor
John C. Wash
Title Designer