Savanna Mckenzie moves to Haddonfield with her parents and her little sister Taylor after her father accepted the position of sheriff at the police department. She's told that the town doesn't celebrate Halloween as it was banned years ago. Curious to know why, she asks her new friends. They tell her about the murders that occured on that fateful Halloween night in 1978 and the ones that occured after that. Afterwards, Savanna starts to have nightmares about a mysterious figure stalking her, but shakes them off as the story just scaring her. Savanna checks the mailbox one day and discovers an envelope addressed to her. She opens it and is horrified at what she finds, grisly drawn pictures of a girl covered in blood and slashed to pieces. Thinking Taylor is just playing a sick prank on her, she dismisses them and doesn't tell her parents. As Halloween approaches, she feels a shadow of fear come over her as more strange occurences happen. Becoming frightened, she tells her friends about whats going on and that she believes the infamous boogeyman, Michael Myers is coming after her.
