Michael decides to leave a hospital to go reunite with his long lost sister Laurie. The problem? He is a serial killer looking to hunt her down.
Gabriel Somers
Movie Nerd
"You've got to believe me Officer, he is coming to Haddonfield..."
The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978 besides Myers' psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it'll be too late for many people.
Did Ya Know?
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IT TOOK LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO WRITE THE SCRIPT - John Carpenter originally intended to call his movie The Babysitter Murders, but his producer Irwin Yablans suggested the story should be based around a specific holiday, so the title was changed to Halloween. Carpenter and co-screenwriter Debra Hill wrote the original script in just 10 days.
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CARPENTER COMPLETED THE ENTIRE SCORE IN THREE DAYS - The director usually does all the music for his own films, and his theme for the movie came from a simple drumming exercise for the bongos that his father had taught him when he was a child.
03
MICHAELS IS CAPTAIN KIRK - The mask design was boiled down to two options and one was a stretched out Captain Kirk mask from Star Trek. Carpenter chose the whitewashed Kirk mask because of its eerily blank stare that fit perfectly with the Myers character.
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