M'mwezi wa Epulo chaka chino, atolankhani adanenanso kuti omvera sanasangalale ndi filimuyo pambuyo poyeserera tepi. Studio yosinthira mwachangu idayankha motsimikiza ndikuyamba kulingalira, zomwe pamapeto pake zidapita kuti zipindulitse. Halloween adalandira zizindikiro zapamwamba kuchokera kwa otsutsa ndi owonera, adakwanitsa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu kuti athetse bajeti yopanga sabata yoyamba komanso, yomwe idzalandira gawo lolonjezedwa.
Iwo omwe apenda kale filimuyi kapena osawopa owononga, omwe akuchita zomwe adapanga adalemba enanso. Mu mtundu woyamba wa stract ya Laurie Stroide (Jamie Lee Kurtis) amamenya Michael Mers (Nick Castle) paminga kuti ateteze mdzukulu wake. Pakankhondo iyi, maniac amakamba pachifuwa, koma mwana wake wamkazi akutuluka mnyumbayo ndi mtambo ndi mabala miyala yamkati kumbuyo. Imakhumudwa ndikugwa. Zochitika momwe amagona mkati mwa maphunziro a Mannequins, akupuma kwambiri, kutanthauza kufalitsa komaliza kwa mayiyu. Mufilimu yochokera ku Michaelyya, kupuma kwambiri pazithunzi, m'malo mwake, malingaliro omwe adapulumuka ndikubwerera.
Oyang'anira oyang'anira kwambiri adzatha kusiyanitsa pakati pa zoyambira zoyambira zoyambirira mu kanema wafilimu: