Directed by 1 writing credits 5 cast 64 produced by 18 music by 3. John carpenters halloween the night he came home 1978. 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. Watch the hilarious bloopers from one of the scariest movies of the decade halloween 2007. The empire strikes back had just been released the year before, superman ii earlier in the year, so, on october 30, 1981, universal released halloween ii to the american public. Covenant mistakes monk mistakes law abiding citizen questions the biggest mistakes in the xmen movies spartacus ending 10,000 b. Internationally, halloween ii was released throughout europe, but it was banned in west germany and iceland due to the graphic violence and nudity. John carpenters 1978 classic halloween is one of the most iconic horror pictures of all time. Indeed, about 40 of the movie s 109 horrid minutes are devoted to this. Halloween 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Surprising facts about the halloween franchise horror enthusiast. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible.
I want to also add that the movie has just a great overall feel from the soundtrack, to the way it was filmed. On a cold halloween night in 1963, six year old michael myers brutally murdered his 17yearold sister, judith. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in halloween 1978. The film is set in the past the same night in 1978 that mikey did his handiwork in suburban haddonfield in the first film. The making of john carpenters halloween 1978 youtube. During michaels escape from smiths grove, he uses his hand to crack the glass of the car window. Pumpkins and halloween ornaments were never as terrifying as in 1978, since it was the emergence of an iconic character in the world of cinema, i bet many believe they know everything about the film, but in this video there may be surprises, or lose a pumpkin, because we will talk about michael myers, more specifically about halloween 1978. Horror movies dont come simpler or more effective than halloween, director john carpenters 1978 classic that helped revitalize the slasher genre and. Halloween 1978 was filmed out of sequence, and so badly in fact, that director.
Halloween ii was a box office success, becoming the secondhighest grossing horror film of 1981 behind an american werewolf in london. The new halloween movie by david gordon green and produced by jason blum sadly just goes down the same old movements like all the other movies in the franchise. While revealing a new chapter in the established michael myers saga, the film will surprise both classic and modern horror fans with a departure. Halloween 1978 the best movies in cinematic history. Halloween is a 1978 american horror film directed and scored by john carpenter, cowritten with producer debra hill, and starring donald pleasence and jamie lee curtis in her film debut. He was locked away at smiths grovewarren sanitarium for 15 years, but on october 30, 1978, things were about to change. Watching john carpenters classic horror film halloween is an october tradition. The rights to the title halloween and the character of michael myers are the property of. Find out about all the goofs from halloween 1978 on imdb. While watching you can look out for these halloween goofs. Michael myers is the perfect horror character as portrayed by carpenter.
In the beginning of the movie, laurie runs into tommy while she is walking to school, meaning that they live near each other. Movie goofs, mistakes, bloopers, pictures, quotes and trivia in movies, tv shows, books and games, updated regularly. While being transferred, a now 21 year old michael myers escapes smiths grove and returns to his quiet hometown of haddonfield. Thousands of bloopers make it into even the biggest movies, and some of these mistakes are very entertaining, if you know where to look. Horror movies dont come simpler or more effective than halloween, director john carpenters 1978 classic that helped revitalize the. In 1978, a horror film was released to the public and to this day, still reigns in as one of the greatest. He knows michael is coming back to haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, itll be too late for many people. Michael myers is way cooler in halloween s deleted scenesthis neverbeforeseen footage shows an entirely different direction from the original movie. New halloween movie as tired and uninspiring as any of. Best horror movie bloopers halloween special gag reel mashup. Everyones entitled to one good scare kicking off halloween week right by finding fails in the john carpenter horror classic halloween. As often happens, the haircuts on screen tend to reflect the times that the film was made in, and not the era.
He is not well known and he is driven by pure evil. 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. The 1978 version of halloween is a classic in every sense of the word. Nothing gets you into the halloween spirit quite like a good aul halloween video. John carpenters 1978 horror masterpiece, halloween, remains one of the most terrifying movies of the genre.
John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978 jamie lee curtis horror movie subscribe for more joblo original videos. Hilarious halloween outtakes 2014 original youtube. Michael myers brings mayhem and murder to the town of haddonfield on halloween night. This halloween takes great pains quite literally to try to explain why little michael becomes a nonspeaking, maskwearing homicidal maniac. John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978. John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978 jamie lee curtis horror. From acclaimed musician and filmmaker rob zombie the devils rejects, house of corpses comes an entirely new take on the highly successful and terrifying halloween legacy that began in 1978. On october 31, 1963, 6year old michael myers will sandin murders his seventeenyear old. An enormous collection of halloween 1978 trivia quizzes in our movies category. Loomis walks by here twice looking for michael as sheriff brackett drives up along side him, home also tpd. John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978 jamie lee curtis horror movie subscribe for more joblo original videos here. The rights to the title halloween and the character of michael myers are the property of trancas international. What zombie delivers is an unwatchable mess thats equal parts homage, prequel and bloodbath. This one is a look at some of the untold story for 1978 s halloween.
Halloween 1978 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. 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. Unlike a lot of classic movie rereleases, however, halloween will not be shown at big chains like amc. Plus bloopers and mistakes in movies, tv, books, and more. John carpenters original halloween is coming back to. After being institutionalized for 15 years, myers breaks out on the night before halloween.
As often happens, the haircuts on screen tend to reflect the times that the film was made in, and not the era of. John carpenters halloween top 5 movie mistakes 1978 jamie lee curtis horror movie. Halloween 1978 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers page. Most surprising things about the halloween movies and michael myers. Halloween 1978 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers halloween 1978 mistakes and goofs, plus trivia, quotes, pictures and more. In the actual movie, the music score doesnt begin until after johnny is attacked and barbra begins fleeing. Try to find these movie mistakes in this horror classic. Halloween 1978 is a genuinely scary, stylistic and tasteful, extremely wellcrafted slasherhorror classic from young film director john carpenter who had previously directed two cult cinema classics, the scifi film dark star 1974 and the riveting crime genre film assault on precinct 1976 a modernday film often compared to howard hawks rio bravo 1959. Deleted scenes from the original halloween youtube. Rare outtakes from john carpenters 1978 masterpiece halloween this is a fan edit.