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Halloween (disambiguation)

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ229620 ↗
Source-derived summary

Halloween is an annual celebration on October 31.

Halloween may also refer to:

Film

Hallowe'en (1931 film), a Toby the Pup cartoon

Halloween (franchise), an American horror franchise including films and related merchandise

Halloween (1978 film), a film by John Carpenter

Halloween (1978 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1978 film

Halloween (2007 film), a remake by Rob Zombie

Halloween (2018 film), a sequel to the 1978 film, by David Gordon Green

Halloween (2018 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2018 film

Literature

Halloween: A Holiday Book, a 1963 children's book by Lillie Patterson

Halloween (children's book), a 2002 children's book by Jerry Seinfeld

Halloween (novel), a 1979 novelization of the 1978 film

"Halloween" (poem), a 1785 poem by Robert Burns

"Halloween: A Romaunt", an 1842 poem by A. Cleveland Coxe

"Halloween", an issue of the comics series W.I.T.C.H.

Halloween, a character in the manga series MÄR

Halloween, a character in Nick Sagan's novel trilogy Idlewild

Music

Groups

Halloween (band), an American heavy metal band formed in 1983

Albums

Halloween (Frank Zappa album) (2003)

Halloween (G.G.F.H. album) (1994)

Halloween (Mannheim Steamroller album) (2003)

Halloween (Two Steps from Hell album) (2012)

Halloween (EP), a 2009 EP by Zombie Girl

Halloween, a 1977 album by Pulsar

Songs

"Halloween" (Dave Matthews Band song), 1998

"Halloween" (Dead Kennedys song), 1982

"Halloween" (Kodak Black song), 2017

"Halloween" (Matt Pond PA song), 2005

"Halloween" (Misfits song), 1981

"(Every Day Is) Halloween", by Ministry, 1984

"Halloween", by Aqua from Aquarius, 2000

"Halloween", by Ash, a B-side of "A Life Less Ordinary", 1997

"Halloween", by the Dream Syndicate from The Days of Wine and Roses, 1982

"Halloween", by Helloween from Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1, 1987

"Halloween", by Japan from Quiet Life, 1979

"Halloween", by King Diamond from Fatal Portrait, 1986

"Halloween", by Noah Kahan from Stick Season, 2022

"Halloween", by Phoebe Bridgers from Punisher, 2020

"Halloween", by Siouxsie and the Banshees from Juju, 1981

"Halloween", by Sonic Youth, a B-side "Flower", 1986

"Halloween", by Zoogz Rift from Water II: At Safe Distance, 1987

"Halloween", from the Be More Chill soundtrack

Compositions

Hallowe'en (Ives), a 1907 composition for string quartet and piano by Charles Ives

Television episodes

"Halloween" (7th Heaven)

"Halloween" (8 Simple Rules)

"Halloween" (The Amazing World of Gumball)

"Halloween" (American Horror Story)

"Halloween" (Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!)

"Halloween" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

"Halloween" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"Halloween" (Dr.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Halloween (disambiguation)” is wikimedia disambiguation page. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Halloween, disambiguation and Wikimedia, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 1978, 2007, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Halloween, disambiguation and Wikimedia is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “wikimedia disambiguation page” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q229620. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1931, 1978, 2007 and 2018.

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