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Halloween ( 1978 ) was a smash hit on release and helped give birth to the slasher film genre.

Originally an idea suggested by producer Irwin Yablans ( titled The Babysitter Murders ), who envisioned a film about babysitters being menaced by a stalker, Carpenter took the idea and another suggestion from Yablans that it take place during Halloween and developed a story.

Carpenter said of the basic concept: " Halloween night.

It has never been the theme in a film.

My idea was to do an old haunted house movie.

" The film was written by Carpenter and Debra Hill with Carpenter admitting that the music was inspired by both Dario Argento's Suspiria ( which also influenced the films surreal color scheme ) and William Friedkin's The Exorcist.