Directed by Joe Chappelle   Written by Debra Hill ... characters John Carpenter ... characters Daniel Farrands ... written by Cast Donald Pleasence ... Dr. Loomis Paul Rudd ... Tommy Doyle (as Paul Stephen Rudd) Marianne Hagan ... Kara Strode Mitchell Ryan ... Dr. Wynn Kim Darby ... Debra Strode Bradford English ... John Strode Keith Bogart ... Tim Strode Mariah O'Brien ... Beth Leo Geter ... Barry Simms J.C. Brandy ... Jamie Lloyd Devin Gardner ... Danny Strode Susan Swift ... Mary George P. Wilbur ... The Shape Janice Knickrehm ... Mrs. Blankenship Alan Echeverria ... Dr. Bonham Hildur Ruriks ... Dawn Sheri Hicks ... Paramedic Tom Proctor ... Motorist Bryan Morris ... Attendant Lee Ju Chew ... Nurse Raquelle Anderson ... Ballerina Kristine Summers ... College Coed Elyse Donalson ... Lunatic A. Michael Lerner ... Additional Shape Uncredited Cast Jimmy Chunga ... Drunk College Student Brad Hardin ... The Shape - Second Unit additional photography Fred Lerner ... Smith's Grove Doctor James Woodson ... Deputy Produced by Malek Akkad ... associate producer Moustapha Akkad ... executive producer Paul Freeman ... producer Original Music by Alan Howarth   Paul Rabjohns   Special Effects by Frank Ceglia ... special effects coordinator: reshoot John Cluff ... special effects assistant Stephen DeLollis ... special effects crew Brad Hardin ... special effects makeup Stunts Mary Albee ... stunts Kathy Jarvis ... stunt double Fenton Quinn ... stunts J.P. Romano ... stunts Debby Lynn Ross ... stunts Lynn Salvatori ... stunts George P. Wilbur ... stunts Thanks Donald Pleasence ... in memory of Gene Theriault ... acknowledgement

Additional Info Premiere: September 29, 1995 DVD Release: October 10, 2000 Blu-ray Release: September 23, 2014 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Production Companies Halloween VI Productions Miramax Nightfall Productions Trancas International Films Distributors Dimension Films   (1995) (United States) (theatrical) Dimension Home Video   (1996) (United States) (VHS) Showtime Networks   (1996) (United States) (pay television) (TV) Echo Bridge Home Entertainment   (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Lionsgate Home Entertainment   (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (video) Scream Factory   (2014) (United States) (producer's cut) (Blu-ray) (video) Lionsgate Films   (2015) (United States) (producer's cut) (Blu-ray) (video) Paramount+   (2021) (United States) (VOD) (video) Filming Locations 1926 Lincoln St, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Myers house) 400 E Capitol Park Ave, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Smith's Grove Sanitarium) 956 Ramona Ave, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Blankenship house) Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility - 800 Central Valley Road, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Jamie escapes from Smith's Grove - underground) Cottonwood Paper Mill - 6900 S Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Cottonwood Heights, Utah, USA   (Smith's Grove ritual location/employees entrance) Gadsby Power Plant - N Temple & N 1300 W, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Jamie escapes from Smith's Grove - above ground) Gas Station Scene, Rush Valley, Utah, USA George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center - 500 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Long white corridors) Pierre Lassonde House - 105 S Fort Douglas Blvd, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Myers House - interiors) Primary Children's Hospital - 320 12th Ave, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Haddonfield Memorial Hospital - interiors) Queen of Angels Hospital - 2301 Bellevue Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA   (Smith's Grove Sanitarium) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   (Haddonfield Junior College) Rating Stats Overall Rating 4.7 / 10 Our Rating 5.9 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.5 / 10 Female Users 6.9 / 10 Site Ranking #2,620 / 20,982 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 10 total ratings Average 5 total ratings Mediocre 3 total ratings Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #2,616 Lovelace (2013) #2,617 The Vanishing (1988) #2,618 Cube Zero (2004) #2,619 Bachelor Party (1984) #2,620 Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1995) #2,621 Marry Me (2022) #2,622 Curse Of Chucky (2013) #2,623 Black Sheep (2006) #2,624 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)