Tricked by his cunning, treated to his savagery, Annie, Lynda and Laurie – fresh, pretty, ready to be taken – are stalked by a sadistic power who has returned to claim new victims, on this – the most frightening night of the year.

Released in 1979, author Richard Curtis (writing under the pen-name Curtis Richards)’s novelization of Halloween features more background on the holiday of Halloween itself, and delves more into Michael’s youth at Smiths Grove – as well as the supernatural forces that have rallied around the soon-to-be mass murderer.