Halloween. Poster of the 1978 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Halloween
Curtis Richards, 1979
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
John Carpenter, 1978

On October 31, 1963, on Halloween night in the fictional small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, six-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably stabs his older sister Judith to death with a kitchen knife in their home and is incarcerated at Smith’s Grove sanitarium. He meets with Annie’s father, Sheriff Leigh Brackett, and they both investigate Michael’s house, where Loomis tells Sheriff Brackett of the danger Michael poses.


The Great Santini. Poster of the 1979 movie and cover of the 1976 book
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The Great Santini
Pat Conroy, 1976
movie vs book
Lewis John Carlino, 1979

Bull Meechum is an enthusiastic Marine pilot nicknamed the Great Santini, who grapples with family challenges on the home front, especially with his mistreated teenage son.