Episode
The Movies That Made Us: Halloween
Overview
It took a young team's blood, sweat and tears — and a triple-threat visionary — to make this bloodless yet scarily influential horror masterpiece.
Details
- Series
- The Movies That Made Us
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2021-10-12
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Halloween is Episode 1 in Season 3 of The Movies That Made Us. It aired on 2021-10-12. The runtime is 47 min.
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