You can find the latest updates on that project here. People in medieval europe thought that they were witches. Like black cats, owls were also an image of halloween. Page 3 this category is for questions and answers related to halloween 1978. This was the first and without doubt the best in the halloween franchise.
At the time of the killing, judith was a teenager when michael became a fullfledged murderer at the age of 6. John carpenters 1978 classic halloween is one of the most iconic horror. Watching john carpenters classic horror film halloween is an october tradition. John carpenter nearly called this movie the babysitter murders. Five fun facts you never knew about halloween consequence of. John carpenter and jamie lee curtis in halloween 1978. Michael myers mask is actually william shatner 15 facts. Netflix, hulu, and amazon prime have the very best classic halloween movies to make your halloween the scariest one yet. H20 you were great and instead acts as a direct sequel to the 1978 movie, set 40 years later. Not only did it give birth to the slasher film genre, it seemed to encapsulate all thats mysterious and eerie about the october 31st holiday. The mask used by michael meyers in the movie halloween was actually william shatners mask painted white. First installment in the halloween franchise featuring serial killer michael myers terrorizing the fictional town of haddonfield, illinois.
For horror movie buffs who want to be creeped out this halloween season, the 1978 original halloween has to be on their list of movies to watch. It took less than two weeks to write the script for halloween. That infamous continuous panaglide shot not stedicam as. In one scene not pictured i could see the wider spoiler under the front bumper which was exclusive to the 1978 models. The rest of the halloween movies feature michael myers and follow similar. Halloween is an american horror franchise that consists of eleven films, as well as novels, comic books, merchandise, and a video game. The movie was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress in 2006. Halloween is a 1978 american slasher film directed and scored by john carpenter, cowritten with producer debra hill, and starring donald pleasence and jamie lee curtis in her film debut. Things you didnt know about halloween 1978 film forums. Reboots, remakes, endless sequels, love em or hate em, theres no beating the 1978 original. I know it seems like the obvious choice since today is halloween and the film is one of the most iconic horror movies ever made. Here well take a look at 10 killer facts about john carpenters halloween. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of haddonfield, illinois.
Page 2 this category is for questions and answers related to halloween 1978. Its been a long journey for michael myers since his debut in john carpenters halloween, released in 1978, and the iconic character is far from done. Before you head out to see halloweens 2018 sequel, bone up on the facts you need to know to bridge the gap between that film and its 1978 predecesor. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on october 31st 1978 besides myers psychiatrist, dr. The majority of the original halloween takes place on october 31, 1978. This list of the best halloween movies of all time features holiday. Carpenter shows great restraint in pacing the story very slowly and building likable characters. Michael myers character used william shatners star trek mask. Director john carpenter originally intended to call his movie the babysitter. But john carpenters film has a certain artistry and serious care for the building of suspense, that those copycats have mostly been missing.
John carpenters 1978 classic halloween is one of the most iconic horror pictures of all time. Halloween h20 had several references to the original halloween, as well as other classic horror films. The plot tells about a mental patient who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on halloween night when he was six years old. As the film was shot out of sequence, john carpenter created a fear meter so that jamie lee. Halloween was made in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget. That doesnt mean interesting events didnt happen back then.
In honor of its 40year milestone, here are 21 littleknown facts about halloween that are almost as strange as the original movie itself. Not really a mysterious fact but still worth noting. The 20day shoot commenced in the spring of 1978 and the film was released in october of the same. A few years later, john carpenter, who directed halloween, would film a remake entitled the thing 1982. Back in 1978 it seems that a movie like halloween could get away with a few goofs when it came to filming, but you know very well that a movie would be almost crucified for such a thing now and. Its a reimagining of carpenter and hills script, giving myers a lot more backstory and featuring a lot more action and gore. Even more unusual is the nonexistence of blood and gore, and yet it. Michael myers is one of the scariest, most infamous movie villains of all time. Original halloween movie facts to know before reboot. Shatner initially didnt know the mask was in his likeness, but when he found out years later, he said he was honored.
The plot tells about a mental patient who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on halloween night. Often imitated, never duplicated, john carpenters halloween is a masterpiece of suspense and terror, giving the horror movie world one of its. Sam loomis, jamie lee curtis as laurie strode, and nick castle, tony moran, debra hill, and tommy lee wallace sharing the. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. John carpenters halloween, which was released more than 40 years ago, will always be required viewing for. Though halloween ii is set the day after the original halloween movie, in 1978, the sequel wasnt released until 1981. We see michael wearing the mask throughout the day, from morning at the myers house, to midday outside lauries school, to afternoon when tommy is leaving school, yet when laurie and annie see the sheriff in front of the hardware store on the way to their babysitting jobs presumably in late afternoon or early evening, the stores alarm is still ringing and the sheriff mentions. Myers is supposed to be age six when halloween begins in 1963. One of the most distinctive visual elements of halloween is the creepy, expressionless mask worn by the. In honor of 40 years of terror, here are 15 frightful facts about one of the most iconic movie franchises out there haunting your dreams. After being institutionalized for 15 years, myers breaks out on the night before halloween. Be that as it may, halloween wasnt actually the first slasher movie ever set on a. We read autobiography the man who created halloween. On october 30, 1978, loomis, his doctor, was supposed to take him before a judge, but michael tricked loomis and the nurse into getting out of the car.
All you could ever want to know about the 1978 movie john carpenters halloween. He then stole the car and went to haddonfield, driving very well for someone who wasnt supposed to know how to drive. The fact that she was janet leighs daughter probably didnt hurt. Because the movie halloween 1978 was on such a tight budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find for the character michael meyers, which turned out to be a william shatner star trek mask. Despite being the ultimate scream queen, jamie lee curtis actually hates horror movies. Halloween is a 1978 american independent slasher film. Halloween film 1978 laurie strode jamie lee curtis looking over. John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978. The halloween movie from john carpenter is one such movie that has a huge fan following globally. Anyone who appreciates a good slasher flick owes a serious debt to carpenter and the terrifying monster that he created. Others followed but arguably never quite hit the mark in quite the same way, despite often considerably larger budgets and we mean considerably larger. On october 31,1978, michael myers returns, 15 years to the day after. The boogeyman, fear, and responsibility a close analysis. It is written by jeff fradley, danny mcbride and david gordon green.
Halloween features jamie lee curtiss feature debut. Roger mentioned how the first halloween movie was extremely scary and then recounted how when gene saw it at a local movie theater, he was so scared, he took a cab home, even though he only lived two blocks from the movie theater. When carpenter told him the fixed price of his movie, he immediately funded it. It is the eleventh installment in the halloween film series, and a direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same name, while effecting a retcon of all previous sequels. The original draft of the screenplay was titled the babysitter murders and the night he came home. Things you didnt know about halloween 1978 october 29, 2017 october 29, 2017 film forums. Halloween 1978 opens with one of the most memorable sequences in horror film history. The films primarily focuses on serial killer michael myers who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, judith myers. The original halloween film, released in 1978, is one of the most successful independent films of all time. In 2007 rob zombie wrote and directed a remake of the original halloween movie. When jimmy, nurse marions neighbor, first appears, hes wearing a hockey goalie mask, which is a reference to jason voorhees, director steve miner also directed friday. John carpenter directed the film, which stars donald pleasence as dr. John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978 jamie lee curtis horror movie subscribe for more joblo original videos here.
When lindsay is watching tv alone, the movie she is watching is the thing from another world 1951. Production designer tommy lee wallace told me at the halloween convention in 2008 that this car was a rental. So, here are 10 fascinating behindthescenes facts about the original 1978 halloween movie. If youre babysitting home alone, you may want to wait to read this list of facts about the halloween franchise. Halloween is mostly set in haddonfield, illinois, the sleepy midwestern town where young michael myers begins his murderous mayhem. Its villain michael myers caused countless nightmares, and. The mask in halloween is actually william shatners face. Carpenter confirmed that the next chapter in the franchise will hit theatres on october 19th, 2018, so you have a whole year. Here are 15 fun facts about what happened behindthescenes. The halloween franchise which originated with john carpenters film of the same name in 1978 is back. There are some movies that do not fade with time, their popularity keeps increasing. It also established carpenter as one of the most groundbreaking filmmakers of the 70s and 80s.
Halloween was on tuesday in 1978, so there is no way lynda could have learned new cheers in the morning for a morning football game during school hours. On october 31,1978, michael myers returns, 15 years to the day after murdering his older sister, judith. He later escapes from a hospital in smiths grove, illinois. I was one year old in 1978, so i dont have much recollection of this period in my mind. Today i will conclude my horror film fun facts series with the classic john carpenter film halloween. With jamie lee curtis reprising her role in the new movie, insider went through the book the man who created halloween. Halloween as we know it is an odd tradition where children dress up in costume and go doortodoor begging for free candy. The movie was shot in the spring and used fake autumn leaves. Im sure some of you think you know everything about the movie, but. Shatner initially didnt know the mask was in his likeness, but when he found out years later, he said he was. John carpenters halloween movie facts mental floss. With jamie lee curtis reprising her role in the new movie, insider went through the book the man who.
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