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.
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
Anthony Timpone
Self
Tommy Lee Wallace
Self
Joseph Wolf
Self
Irwin Yablans
Self
Richard Benjamin
Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Shatner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Recommendations
view all
Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Living with Chucky
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Doc of the Dead
American Horror House
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
The Jester
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
In Search of Darkness
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
The Woman in Black
Birth of the Living Dead
Boo! A Madea Halloween
The Body
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
No One Gets Out Alive
Bloodline Killer
Bloodline
The Strangers