Halloween
Directed by John Carpenter
Screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Starring Donald Pleasence; Jamie Lee Curtis; and P.J. Soles
YES!!!!
A revisit to the classic!!
The Original Halloween!!
Was that the worst trailer by the way????!!!
So lets get to it.........
What ever happened to:
Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie): Come on!! Trading Places! A Fish Called Wanda! Freaky Friday! True Lies! Enough said.
Donald Pleasence (Loomis): He passed away in 1995 at the age of 75. He did 4 Halloween films. Lets not forget he was in The Great Escape and the cult film Escape from New York.
P.J. Soles (Lynda): I Love P.J. Soles. The 70's- 80's movie queen!! Carrie! Stripes! Rock N Roll High School! Private Benjamin. She slightly retired to raise her 2 children, she pops up once in awhile to do some small films.. She was once married to Dennis Quaid. A rock group Local H had a song called "Whatever Happened to PJ Soles".
Will Sadin (6 year old Mike Myers): Will is a mystery. He was on the screen for 30 seconds, however that 30 seconds was memorable for sure. Rumor has it he is a Social studies teacher. Another Rumor is that he works for the LAPD. He will not reveal anything about himself for his own privacy. What we do know is he participates often at horror conventions and does signings.
Tony Moran (23 year old Mike Myers): He was only in one of the Halloween films. He is still acting but nothing that jumps out as memorable. He is the brother of Erin Moran from Happy Days who sadly passed away this year.
Now let me get to the fun and not so fun facts.....
-The budget was 300,000 dollars. It made 70 million dollars world wide.
-Of all the girls who were suppose to be in high school only Jamie Lee Curtis was a teenager at the time of the filming.
-Mike Myers mask was a William Shatner mask from a local store purchased for three dollars then spray painted.
-Carpenter considered Jamie Lee Curtis in tribute to her mother Janet Leigh who was of course in Psycho.
-The original script was called The Babysitter Murders, and was suppose to take place over many nights. However due to budget constraints they changed everything to take place during one night. Halloween.
-The scene where Michael is young and looking through his mask with a knife is actually Debra Hill the writer. Will Sadin was not available that day of shooting. Note how well manicured the hand holding the knife is.
-Donald Pleasence did all his shots in 5 days. For 18 minutes of screen time.
-Jamie Lee Curtis was paid 8000 dollars for the film.
-The classic score was done in just 4 days by John Carpenter.
Well that is enough. I hope you like the revisit. I would give Halloween 4 1/2 out of 5. Not 5 because I did not like the ending. I mean...think about it...there is no end. I always say each film should have a beginning, middle, and end. That is what you pay for.
Happy Halloween. Be safe,
From the spooky shadows as always thanks for your time.
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