Halloween (1978)

My all time favorite scary movie!

Summary
-Michael Myers was only 10 years old when he murdered his sister on Halloween night in 1963. After spending most of his life in a state hospital, he escapes, returns to Haddonfield, Illinois to kill once more

Cast
-Donald Pleasance: Dr. Sam Loomis
-Jamie Lee Curtis: Laurie Strode
-Nancy Kyles: Annie Brackett
-P.J. Soles: Lynda
-Charles Cyphers: Sheriff Brackett
-Kyle Richards: Lindsey
-Brian Andrews: Tommy Doyle
-John Michael Graham: Bob
-Arthur Malet: Graveyard Keeper
-Mickey Yablans: Richie
-Brent Le Page: Lonnie
-Tony Moran: Michael Myers (age 23)
-Nick Castle: Michael Myers
-Will Sandin: Michael Myers (age 10)

Did You Know?
-Director John Carpenter had hired Jamie Lee Curtis as a way of paying respect to Alfred Hitchcock, who had hired Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis' mother, to play the lead in Psycho
-Out of all the female roles in this movie, since they were supposed to be of high school age, Jamie Lee Curtis was the only one who was actually a teenager at the time. She was 19
-The movie is based on an experience that John Carpenter had when he was touring a state mental hospital during college. He encountered a child who had stared at him "with a look of evil and it terrified me".
-This film was shot in only 20 days in 1978 with a budget of $300,000. It ended up becoming the highest-grossing movie ever made
-P.J. Soles had gotten her role as Lynda after John Carpenter had seen her in the 1976 Brian De Palma film Carrie
-The mostly dark lighting comes from the fact that the crew did not have enough money for more lights
-Donald Pleasance mentioned in an interview that the reason he did the role of Dr. Sam Loomis is because his daughter Lucy loved Carpenter's score on the film Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
-Will Sandin, who played 10 year old Michael Myers, went on to become a police officer in Los Angeles
-Some of the actors considered for the role of Dr. Sam Loomis included Abe Vigoda, Kris Kristofferson, Charles Napier, Sterling Hayden. The role, of course, went to veteran British actor Donald Pleasance
-All the actors provided their own clothing since there was no money for a costume department. Jamie Lee Curtis went to a local JC Penney and spent only $100 for her character Laurie Strode's clothing
-Tommy Lee Wallace, one of the production designers, was told by director John Carpenter to find a "government-looking" car to be the one Michael drove around in. Luckily, there was a nearby rental-car company that had a 1976 Ford LTD that looked perfect. He hired it for two weeks, installing a wire mesh barrier between the front and back seats and putting Illinois state decals on it. The rental-car company had no idea their car was being used for a movie