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-♪ Hey, everybody, have you heard the news? ♪

♪ Joe Bob is back in town

♪ He's over at the drive-in, hanging around ♪

♪ Watching crazy movies, so come on down ♪

♪ To Joe Bob's "Last Drive-In" show ♪

♪ Blood, beasties, boobies, and more ♪

♪ Joe Bob's "Last Drive-In" show ♪

♪ It's a spooky good time with monsters and ghosts ♪

♪ Crazy, kooky fun with the world's greatest host ♪

♪ Joe Bob's "Last Drive-In" show ♪

♪ It's gonna be legendary

♪ Joe Bob's "Last Drive-In" show ♪

♪ It's gonna be very scary

♪ Joe Bob's "Last Drive-In" show ♪

♪ Let's go

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-Welcome to "The Last Drive-In" special Fear Fest edition,

and we are going back to 1978

when an unknown director named John Carpenter

and an unknown actress named Jamie Lee Curtis

made a movie called "Halloween"

that they planned to release onHalloween.

How generic. How boring, right?

When was the first time you saw "Halloween," Darcy?

Or should I say Laurie Strode?

That is some good cosplay you got there.

When did you first see it?

-Um, I never actually watched it

until the characters in "Scream" kept talking about it.

-Oh, so late '90s.

Alright. Darcy the Mail Girl, ladies and gentlemen!

-[Cheers and applause] -Here as usual to field

your tweets, your Instas, your Facebook posts, your e-mails.

As soon as the movie starts, Darcy just goes insane

on the social media until Twitter puts her

in Twitter Jail, then we have to get her out.

Or I guess it's Musk Jail now, right?

-I was gonna say, yeah.

-But they always think she's a bot.

That's how fast she is.

A lot of claims are made for "Halloween."

Usually that it was the first this or the first that.

And it was not really the first anything.

For example, people say

Jamie Lee Curtis was the first final girl.

She wasn't the first, second, third, or fourth final girl.

She was just the best.

But the more famous one at the time was Marilyn Burns

in "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,"

a movie that came out four years earlier.

It's said that this was the first horror film

to make huge box office --

$40 million domestic, $70 million worldwide.

But once again, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"

had made more money.

It's also sometimes stated that

this was John Carpenter's first movie.

It was actually his third movie.

He made "Dark Star" as his student film

at the University of Southern California.

That was a sci-fi comedy

that had Dan O'Bannon in an acting role.

And then he made "Assault on Precinct 13,"

an extremely low-budget gangs-versus-cops flick

two years before "Halloween."

Um, he got the "Halloween" job because a producer

named Irwin Yablans had a new company

called Compass International Pictures,

and he had made a small profit with "Assault on Precinct 13,"

and so he wanted to work with Carpenter again,

and he told him he wanted a horror film,

and he wanted the film to be called "The Babysitter Murders."

And a 45-year-old franchise was launched.

Alright, that's all I'm gonna say about it right now.

I'll give you some more background at next first break,

but let's look at those drive-in totals

and kick off this Fear Fest special edition.

We have...

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-Boo. -[Laughter]

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...used today as a South Pasadena tourist attraction...

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Drive-In Academy Award nominations for...

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Loomis, the only person who knows

the evil that walks among us.

Jamie Lee Curtis for holding the fort until Dr. Loomis arrives.

And John Carpenter, the writer/director

who had no idea what he had created.

Four stars. Joe Bob says check it out.

John Carpenter -- He is a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky,

home of the Corvette.

They make every Corvette there.

If that directing thing had not worked out for him,

John could've gone right back home and worked at

the Bowling Green assembly plant.

-Aww. That would've been so sad. -Mm.

Nothing about Corvettes is sad, Darcy.

[Laughter]

The Bowling Green assembly plant,

that -- that's where the magic happens.

-Okay.

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-Black cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts.

Covens of witches with all of their hosts.

You may think they scare me. You're probably right.

Black cats and goblins on Halloween night.

Trick-or-treat!

[Crickets chirping]

[Owl hooting]

-My parents won't be home until 10:00.

-Are you sure?

We arealone, aren't we?

-Michael's around someplace.

[Giggles]

Take off that thing.

[Laughs]

-Let's go upstairs. -Okay.

[Laughs]

[Speaks indistinctly]

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[Light switch clicks]

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[Clock ticking]

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-Look, Judith, it's really late. I gotta go.

-Will you call me tomorrow? -Yeah, sure.

-Promise? -Yeah.

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-[Humming]

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[Clock chiming]

[Singing indistinctly]

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[Singing continues]

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Michael!

[Knife thudding]

[Screaming]

Oh, God!

-[Breathing heavily]

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[Car approaching]

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-Michael?

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[Thunder crashes, rain pouring]

[Thunder rumbling]

[Thunder crashes]

[Thunder crashes]

-You ever done anything like this before?

-Only minimum security.

-I see.

The driveway's a few hundred yards up on the right.

[Thunder crashes]

-The only thing that ever bothers me is their gibberish,

when they start raving on and on.

-You haven't anything to worry about.

He hasn't spoken a word in 15 years.

-[Sighs] Are there any special instructions?

-Just try to understand what we're dealing with here.

Don't underestimate it.

-Don't you think we could refer to "it" as "him"?

-If you say so.

-Your compassion's overwhelming, Doctor.

[Thunder rumbles]

What do I give him when we take him in front of the judge?

-Thorazine.

-He'll barely be able to sit up.

-That's the idea.

-You're serious about it, aren't you?

-Yeah.

-[Sighs]

You mean, you actually never want him to get out?

-Never, never... -[Thunder crashes]

...never.

-Then why are we taking him up to Hardin County

if you're just gonna -- -Because that is the law.

Here we are.

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-Since when did they let them wander around?

-Pull up to the main gate.

-Shouldn't we put -- -Go on, move.

[Thunder crashes]

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Stop here.

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-Shouldn't we go on up to the hospital ins--

-Wait.

[Car door closes]

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[Footsteps]

[Thunder crashes]

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-[Screams]

[Tires screech]

[Grunts]

[Tires screech]

[Grunting]

[Screams]

[Panting]

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[Thunder crashes]

[Screams]

Ooh!

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-Are you alright? You alright?

-Yes, I'm okay. -He's gone. He's gone from here.

The evil is gone.

Alright, I got it.

[Thunder rumbles]

-[Panting]

[Birds chirping]

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[Door opens, closes]

-Don't forget to drop the key off at the Myers' place.

-I won't.

-They're coming by to look at the house at 10:30.

-Be sure you leave it under the mat.

-Promise.

[Car door opens, closes]

[Engine starts]

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-Laurie!

-Hi, Tommy.

-Comin' over tonight?

-Same time, same place.

-Can we make jack-o'-lanterns? -Sure.

-Can we watch the monster movies?

-Sure.

-Will you read to me? Can we make popcorn?

-Sure, sure, sure.

-[Laughs]

-You better hurry up.

-How come you're walkin' to school this way?

-My dad asked me to.

-Why?

-I have to drop off a key.

-Why?

-'Cause he's gonna sell a house.

-Why? -'Cause that's his job.

-Where?

-The Myers' house. -The Myers' house?

You're not supposed to go up there.

-Yes, I am.

-Unh-unh. That's a spook house.

-Just watch.

-[Breathing heavily]

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-Lonnie Elam said never to go up there.

Lonnie Elam said that's a haunted house.

He said awful stuff happened there once.

-Lonnie Elam probably won't get out of the sixth grade.

-I gotta go. I'll see you tonight.

-Bye. -Bye.

-♪ I wish I had you all alone

-[Breathing heavily]

-♪ Just the two of us

-[Heavy breathing continues]

-♪ I would hold you close to me ♪

♪ So close to me

♪ Just the two of us

-I'm not responsible, Sam. -Oh, no.

-I told them how dangerous he was.

-You couldn't have. Two roadblocks

and an all-points bulletin wouldn't stop a 5-year-old.

-Well, he was your patient, Doctor.

If precautions weren't strong enough,

you should've told somebody.

-I told everybody. Nobody listened.

-There's nothing else I can do.

-You can get back in there and get back on that telephone

and tell them exactly who walked out of here last night

and tell them exactly where he's going.

-Probablygoing.

-I'm wasting my time.

-Sam, Haddonfield is 150 miles away from here.

Now, for God's sakes, he can't drive a car.

-He was doing very well last night.

Maybe someone 'round here gave him lessons.

[Engine starts]

-Dr. Chance, please report to Ward C.

Dr. Chance, Ward C, please.

-And the book ends.

But what Samuels is really talking about here is fate.

You see, fate caught up with several lives here.

No matter what course of action Collins took,

he was destined to his own fate,

his own day of reckoning with himself.

The idea is that destiny

is a very real, concrete thing

that every person has to deal with.

How does Samuels' view of fate differ from that of Costaine's?

Laurie?

-Ma'am? -Answer the question.

-Oh, um, Costaine wrote that fate

was somehow related only to religion,

whereas Samuels felt that,

well, fate was like a natural element,

like earth, air, fire, and water.

-That's right. Samuels definitely personified fate.

In Samuels' writing, fate is immovable,

like a mountain.

It stands where man passes away.

Fate never changes.

[School bell rings, kids speaking indistinctly]

-Yeah. -Stupid pumpkin.

-Yeah, how's the little witches? -Yeah, stupid pumpkin.

-Leave me alone. -He's gonna get you.

-He's gonna get you. -He's gonna get you.

-He's gonna get you. -He's gonna get you.

-He's gonna get you.

-The boogeyman is coming.

-Leave me alone.

-He doesn't believe us.

Don't you know what happens on Halloween?

-Yeah, we get candy.

[Laughter]

-The boogeyman, ooh, the boogeyman.

-The boogeyman, the boogeyman, the boogeyman.

[Laughter]

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-[Breathing heavily]

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[Engine starts]

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[Heavy breathing continues]

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-He's on his way.

You've gotta believe me, officer.

He is coming to Haddonfield.

[Bells ringing]

Because I know him.

I'm his doctor. You must be ready for him.

If you don't, it's your funeral.

[Ringing continues]

[Train horn blaring]

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-You know, I want to clear one thing up here.

You know that long tracking shot at the start of the movie,

the very first thing you see, you know,

the point of view of the young boy Michael

executing his first murder?

It looks like it's one continuous take.

And it's long.

And a lot of film critics have said

that it's one continuous take, but it's not.

It switches when they get close to the bushes

and they go from the outdoors to the indoors,

and then -- and also when he --

when the mask goes on, it switches.

But anyway, my point is

it's frequently compared to the killer

point of view that opens "Black Christmas."

And I know we have a lot of "Black Christmas" fans.

-Whoo! -And "Black Christmas" was made

four years before this movie,

so people say, "Well, John Carpenter got all

his ideas from 'Black Christmas,'" you know,

and Canadians are especially quick to say this

'cause "Black Christmas" is Canadian.

But not really because, first of all,

the purpose of the killer point-of-view tracking shot

in "Black Christmas" was to disguise

the identity of the killer.

But as soon as this tracking shot finishes,

the camera turns around and it reveals young Michael

with that bloody knife in his hand.

So two opposite rationales.

Plus this point-of-view camera walks right past

the boyfriend, indicating that Michael didn't

really have to sneak into the house at all --

it's his house, right?

He knows where he's going.

But anyway, when you're making a movie about a hands-on killer,

the point-of-view camera is always spooky --

and that's the only thing the two movies

have in common, though.

And running that point-of-view camera was none other than

Dean Cundey, who would go on to be one of Hollywood's

most in-demand cinematographers

but at the time was known only for ultra-low-budget stuff

like "Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks" --

which I recommend, by the way -- that's a good movie --

and "Satan's Cheerleaders"

and a couple of the more interesting

black exploitation movies.

I think the reason "Halloween" became more popular

than other horror movies

is that it had that Hollywood shine

'cause most horror movies of the era

were made by independents, so they had that

grainy shaky-cam quality, and it scared people.

And you may think, "Well, that's good, they're horror movies,

they shouldscare people," but they scared people

in such a way that people out in the suburbs

were afraid to go into the grindhouse theaters to see them.

Or in the South, go to the drive-ins to see them.

The two most famous indie horror films

prior to "Halloween" were "Night of the Living Dead,"

made by unknowns in Pittsburgh,

and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,"

made by unknowns in Austin.

Definitely outside the system,

fighting for every that ticket they sold.

"Halloween," on the other hand,

was booked into your neighborhood multiplex.

It premiered in Kansas City!

How white bread can you get? -[Laughter]

And so it promised an evening of controlled terror.

You could be sure that, while it was about a maniac,

it was not made by a maniac.

-[Laughter] -Um, alright.

Back to the flick.

Roll it.

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Remember the first time we showed this movie?

And we asked people to send in

their theories of what Michael Myers' motivation is?

Why he kills? -Yes.

And some of the explanations were crazier

than Dr. Loomis'.

-Most of them just said "he kills because he's pure evil."

-That's what I think.

-Darcy, that's a copout.

-It's more fun that way.

-Serial killers are more fun if they have no reason for killing?

-Oh, absolutely. Much scarier.

-Do they teach that in film school or...?

-They teach that in box office school.

-[Laughter] -Okay.

I see what you mean.

-Yeah, you do.

[Laughter]

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-We're from Haddonfield, couldn't be prouder.

Can't hear us now, we'll yell a little louder.

We're from Haddonfield, couldn't be prouder!

-Oh, look at you. Look at all the books you have.

You need a shopping cart to get home.

[Laughs]

-Hey, Haddonfield!

-Yeah, not funny.

You know, it's totally insane.

We have three new cheers to learn in the morning,

the game is in the afternoon,

I have to get my hair done at 5:00,

and the dance is at 8:00.

I'll be totally wiped out.

-I don't think you have enough to do tomorrow.

-Totally.

-As usual, I have nothing to do.

-It's your own fault, and I don't feel a bit sorry for you.

-Hey, Lynda, Laurie.

Why didn't you wait for me?

-We did. 15 minutes. You totally never showed.

-That's not true. Here I am.

-What's wrong, Annie? You're not smiling.

-I'm never smiling again.

Paul dragged me into the boys' locker room to tell me --

-Exploring uncharted territory?

-It's been totally charted. -We just talked.

-Sure, sure. -Sure. Mm-hmm.

-Old Jerk-o got caught throwing eggs and soaping windows.

His parents grounded him. He can't come over tonight.

-I thought you were babysitting tonight.

-The only reason she babysits is to have --

-I have a place for that.

-I forgot my chemistry book.

-So who cares? I always forget my chemistry book.

And my math book and my English book and my --

let's see, my French book and -- oh, who needs books anyway?

I don't need books. I always forget all of my books.

I mean [chuckles] it doesn't really matter

if you have your books or not.

Hey, isn't that Devon Graham?

-I don't think so.

-I think he's cute.

-Hey, jerk!

Speed kills!

[Brakes screech]

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God, can't you take a joke?

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-You know, Annie,

someday, you're gonna get us all into deep trouble.

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-Totally.

-I hate a guy with a car and no sense of humor.

-Well, are we still on for tonight?

-I wouldn't wanna get you in deep trouble, Lynda.

-Oh, come on, Annie.

Bob and I have been planning on it all week.

-Alright.

The Wallaces leave at 7:00.

-I'm babysitting the Doyles.

It's only three houses down. We can keep each other company.

-Oh, terrific. I've got three choices.

Watch the kid sleep, listen to Lynda screw around,

or talk to you.

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I am so mad.

[Indistinct conversation]

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-Why don't you buy your own, then?

-You bummed 20 off me, girl.

What time tonight?

-I don't know yet. I have to get out of taking

my little brother trick-or-treating.

-Saving the treats for Bob?

-Funny. See ya.

-Bye. -Bye.

[Both sigh]

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-Annie, look.

-Look where?

-Behind the bush.

-I don't see anything.

-The guy who drove by so fast, that one you yelled at.

-Oh, subtle, isn't he?

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Hey, creep.

Laurie, dear, he wants to talk to you.

He wants to take you out tonight.

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-He was standing right there.

-Poor Laurie.

You scared another one away.

It's tragic. You never go out.

You must have a small fortune stashed

from babysitting so much.

-Guys think I'm too smart.

-I don't, I think you're wacko.

Now you're seeing men behind bushes.

Well, home sweet home.

See ya later.

-Bye. -Bye.

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[Wind humming, leaves rustling]

-Oh!

-Excuse me, Laurie.

-Oh, Mr. Brackett, I'm sorry, Mr. Brackett.

-Oh, I didn't mean to startle ya.

-Oh, it's alright.

-You know, it's Halloween.

I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare, huh?

-Yes, sir. Nice seeing you, sir.

[Birds chirping]

-Oh, no.

No.

[Laughing]

-Trick or treat. -Trick or treat.

[Kids laughing]

-Well, kiddo, I thought you outgrew superstition.

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[Telephone ringing]

Hello?

-[Chewing]

-Hello?

-[Chewing continues]

-Who is this?

[Telephone rings]

Hello?

-Why'd ya hang up on me?

-Annie? Was that you? -Of course.

-Why didn't you say anything? You scared me to death.

-I had my mouth full. Couldn't you hear me?

-Thought it was an obscene phone call.

-Now, you hear obscene chewing.

You're losing it, Laurie.

-I already lost it.

-I doubt that.

Listen, my mother's letting me use her car.

I'll pick you up -- 6:30.

-Okay, bye. -Bye.

-Just calm down.

This is ridiculous.

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[Up-tempo rock music plays]

-Hurry up.

-Hi.

[Grunts]

-We just have time.

-Yeah, Judith Myers. Myers...

"Row 18, plot 20."

-Hmm. -Yeah, you know --

you know, every town has something like this happen.

I remember over in Russellville,

old Charly Bowles, about 15 years ago.

One night, he finished dinner,

and he -- he excused himself from the table.

And he went out to the garage and he got himself a hacksaw.

And then he went back into the house

and he kissed his wife and his two children goodbye

and then he proceeded --

-Where are we? -Huh?

Oh, uh, it's, uh, right over here.

Yeah, Myers, Judith Myers. I remember her.

Couldn't believe it.

Such a young boy.

-What's the matter? Are you lost?

-Why do they do it? Damn kids.

They'll do anything for Halloween.

-Whose grave is it?

-Oh, I don't know. Uh...

18, 19...

Judith Myers.

-He came home.

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-You still spooked?

-I wasn't spooked.

-Lies. -I wasn't.

I saw somebody standing in Mr. Riddle's backyard.

-Probably Mr. Riddle. -He's watching me.

-Mr. Riddle was watching you?

Laurie, Mr. Riddle is 87.

-He can still watch.

-That's probably all he cando.

-What's the pumpkin for? -I brought it for Tommy.

I figured carving a jack-o'-lantern

would keep him occupied.

-I always said you'd make a fabulous Girl Scout.

-Thanks. -And for that matter,

I might as well be a Girl Scout myself tonight.

I plan on making popcorn and watching Dr. Dementia.

Six straight hours of horror movies.

Little Lindsey Wallace won't know what hit her.

-[Coughing]

-♪ We'll be able to fly♪

♪ Don't fear the reaper♪

♪ Baby, I'm your man♪

-My dad. Get rid of this.

[Alarm blaring]

-[Coughing] -Laurie, stop coughing.

What's the matter with you? Geez.

Just be natural. There he is. Just be natural, Laurie.

-Hi, Annie, Laurie.

-Hi. -Hi, Dad. What happened?

-What? -What happened?!

-Oh, uh, somebody broke into the hardware store.

Probably kids.

-You blame everything on kids.

-Well, now, all they took was some Halloween masks,

uh, rope, and a couple of knives.

Who do you think it was?

-It's hard growing up with a cynical father.

-Aren't you gonna late be -- -Huh?

I said, aren't you gonna be late?!

-He shouts, too.

-Bye, girls.

-Bye, Dad. -Bye.

-Sheriff?

Pardon me, I'm, uh, Loomis. Dr. Sam Loomis.

-Uh, Lee Brackett.

-Uh, I'd like to have a word with you if I could.

-Well, maybe a few minutes.

I gotta take care -- -It's important.

-10 minutes. -I'll be here.

-Alright, Laurie has just told herself to calm down,

and you know what happens when anybody in a horror flick

says, "Calm down" --

that's right, we're gonna paint the room

red here pretty soon, aren't we?

To this day, Jamie Lee Curtis says,

"I do not like horror movies."

Even though she just finished doing

that whole post-traumatic stress syndrome feminist sequel

trilogy thing to replace all the other 10 sequels,

plus she was in two or three of the previous sequels, you know?

Um, John Carpenter always says he wanted her for the movie

because her mom did "Psycho," and he was a fan of "Psycho."

But Debra Hill, who was dating John Carpenter at the time,

says Jamie Lee Curtis was not his first choice,

that the girl he really wanted

was the daughter --

she says the daughter of the woman in "Lassie."

[Laughter]

And so that was the whole description of the actress.

He wanted that daughter of the woman in "Lassie."

So the woman in "Lassie" was June Lockhart,

and she does have -- she has two daughters, but the only one

who's an actress is Anne Lockhart,

but I cannot for the life of me tell you

anything Anne Lockhart has been in, so, uh...

-"Battlestar Galactica."

-Oh, wow, really? -Yeah, she's good.

-She could've played Laurie Strode?

-Oh, totally. -Alright.

Tell me if you noticed this.

I'm always intrigued by that scene

where Laurie Strode first encounters Michael Myers

'cause she's sitting in class

and she gets distracted 'cause Michael Myers is standing

outside the window staring at her.

-Yes. And?

-But then she recovers and she says --

and I wrote this down somewhere.

Where is it? -[Sighs]

-Here it is.

Here's what Laurie Strode says in that scene.

"Costaine wrote that fate

was somehow related only to religion,

whereas Samuels felt that fate was like a natural element,

like earth, air, fire, and water."

Now, this is a horror flick, you know? Okay.

Like, I -- She's staring at her fate.

She's talking about fate.

I don't know who the hell Costaine or Samuels are.

Are they philosophers? -Probably.

-Something made up for the movie?

Do they teach fate in high school, you know?

Very weird scene, don't you think?

What does it mean? What does that mean?

-It means you cannot escape Michael Myers.

-Okay. And you would know 'cause you were killed by Michael Myers

in that latest Halloween movie, right?

Didn't Michael Myers kill you?

-I was killed by a Michael Myers copycat.

-Ohh. -[Laughs]

-Was that disappointing?

-I feel like they should've shown a lot more blood.

-Of course you would say that.

You're a disturbed person, Darcy.

-[Laughter] -True.

-Okay, back to the movie.

Remember that guy -- speaking of disturbed people --

-[Laughs] -Remember that guy in --

We were at a convention in Gettysburg, and...

-Oh, yeah. -...he dressed up like

Michael Myers and stood in the bushes outside the hotel

for the entire weekend, staring everybody down.

-Yes, and I loved him.

-I mean, he was like totally committed...

-Yes. -...to being Michael Myers.

And if you tried to compliment him, you know, like say,

"Hey, great job with the Michael Myers cosplay," you know...

-Dare. -...he would become

more intense, like now you're the target.

He wants to murder you, so...

-He was perfect and I really wanted to hug him.

-Oh! Hug him? He would kill you. -[Chuckles]

Worth the risk.

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-What's the matter with you?

-I think he knew. I'm sure he could smell it.

-No, he didn't. -Did.

See the look on his face?

-[Chuckles] He always looks like that.

-What are you gonna wear to the dance tomorrow night?

-I didn't know you thought about things like that, Laurie.

You know, you could ask somebody.

-Oh, I couldn't. -Sure you could.

All you have to do is go up to somebody and say,

"You wanna go to the dance?"

-Youcould do that. Icouldn't.

-Well, you could ask Dick Baxter.

He'd go out with ya. [Laughs]

-I'd rather go out with Ben Tramer.

-Ben Tramer?

I knew it! [Chuckles]

So you do think about things like that, huh, Laurie?

[Chuckles]

-Shut up. -He's cute.

Ben Tramer. -Shh!

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

-[Breathing heavily]

♪♪

-Okay.

[Indistinct talking]

-Trick or treat, trick or treat.

Give me something good to eat.

Trick or treat, trick or treat.

Give me something good to eat.

Trick or treat, trick or treat. Give me something good to eat.

♪♪

-[Knocks on door]

-Hi. -Hi, Annie. Come on in.

[Indistinct talking]

-What time do you want her in bed?

-Uh, be in bed by 9:00, Lindsey, okay?

-Have a good night, dear. -Be a good girl.

-Bye-bye. -Bye-bye.

-Take care. -Okay.

♪♪

[Engine shuts off]

♪♪

-Does anybody live here?

-No, not since 1963, when it happened.

Every kid in Haddonfield thinks this place is haunted.

-They may be right.

♪♪

♪♪

-Look. -What?

What is that?

-It's a dog.

♪♪

Still warm.

-He got hungry.

-Come on. Could've been a skunk.

-Could have.

-A man wouldn't do that.

-This isn't a man.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

It happened in here.

She -- she was sitting right here.

♪♪

He could have seen her through this window.

Standing on the lawn, he could have seen inside.

[Gun cocks]

[Chuckles]

You must see me a very sinister doctor.

[Chuckles] Oh, um -- I do have a permit.

-Seems to me you're just plain scared.

-Yes. Yeah, I am, uh...

I met him 15 years ago.

I-I was told there was nothing left.

No reason, no, uh, conscience, no understanding

in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death,

of -- of good or evil, of right or wrong.

I met this 6-year-old child

with this blank, pale, emotionless face

and the blackest eyes.

The devil's eyes.

I spent eight years trying to reach him.

And then another seven trying to keep him locked up

because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes

was purely and simply evil.

-What do we do?

-He's been here once tonight.

I think he'll come back.

I'm gonna wait for him.

-I still think I should notify the radio and television --

-No.

If you do that, they'll see him on every street corner.

They'll look for him in every house.

Just tell your men to keep their mouths shut and their eyes open.

-I'll check back in an hour.

♪♪

-"'How now,' cried Arthur.

'Let no one pass this way without a fight.'

'Is that so?,' said the night in a bold and haughty manner."

-I don't like that story.

I thought King Arthur was your favorite.

-Not anymore.

-Why do you keep them under there?

-Mom doesn't like me to have them.

-"Laser Man."

"Neutron Man." I can understand why.

"Tarantula Man."

-Laurie, what's the boogeyman?

[Telephone ringing]

-Doyle residence.

-It's me. -Hi, Annie, what are you doing?

-Making popcorn.

Having fun?

Never mind, I'm sure youare.

I have big, big news for you.

[Lester growls, barking]

Oops. Hold on a minute.

Hi, Lester.

I'm about to be ripped apart by the family dog.

-[Laughs]

[Barking continues]

-Lindsey, get this dog out of the kitchen right now.

♪♪

[Barking continues]

♪♪

I hate that dog.

I'm the only person in the world he doesn't like.

-So, what is this big, big news?

-What would you say if I told you

that you were going to the homecoming dance tomorrow night?

-I'd probably say you have the wrong number.

-[Chuckles]

Well, I just talked with Ben Tramer, and he got real excited

when I told him how attracted you were to him.

-Oh, Annie.

Oh, you didn't. Please tell me you didn't.

How could you do that?

I mean, how could you just call him?

-[Kids laughing] -What do you mean it was easy?

I can't believe this.

I can't tell you anything. -[Laughter continues]

Every time I tell you something, everyone else knows about it.

No, I'm not mad.

Please tell me you didn't. Oh, you didn't.

-Laurie. -Oh, I'm so embarrassed.

I couldn't even face him. -The boogeyman is outside.

Laurie, he's out there. -Hold on.

-Laurie, the boogeyman is outside. Look.

♪♪

-Tommy, there's nobody outside.

Go watch TV.

It's just Tommy.

Oh, please, tell me you didn't. How could you do that?

-[Breathing heavily] -Look, it's simple.

You like him. He likes you.

All you need is a little push.

Well, it won't hurt you to go out with him, for God's sake.

No, no, I just made a mess of myself.

I gotta call you back. Oh, yuck!

Lindsey, I need a robe!

♪♪

-[Breathing heavily]

♪♪

♪♪

[Pot shatters]

-[Speaks indistinctly]

-[Breathing heavily]

[Lester growling]

[Lester barking]

-Lindsey, Lester's barking again and getting on my nerves again.

[Lester whimpering]

Oh, never mind.

I guess he found a hot date.

[Lester groans]

♪♪

-[Breathing heavily]

-He kills the dog.

And they imply that when he went to the old house earlier,

he had eatena dog.

I know people who, if I put one dead dog in the drive-in totals,

they'll refuse to watch the movie.

You're a dog person. -Mm-hmm.

-And a cat person. -Mm-hmm.

-What do you -- What do you think about killing animals

in movies? -Honestly, if you're gonna

show real evil, they're gonna kill animals and children,

so I kinda like it 'cause it feels more real.

-Really? -Mm-hmm.

-Well, this is the first time in the movie we really

start to get to know Loomis.

Um, "he's not a man.

He has the blackest eyes.

The devil's eyes." You know?

Donald Pleasence isthe star of the movie, by the way.

His name is billed above the title.

He's before even John Carpenter's name.

Donald Pleasence had already been in dozens of films

by this time, almost always playing an evil killer.

Um, most famously, he was head of the Nazi SS

in "The Eagle Has Landed."

And he was overqualified for that role because his RAF plane

had been shot down over France in World War II,

and he was actually tortured in a German POW camp.

But he was mainly a theater guy, um...

His most famous role,

and the role he was most proud of,

was the scheming tramp in "The Caretaker,"

a Harold Pinter play that debuted in London in 1960

and it then moved on to Broadway

and he was acclaimed and honored and praised.

So Pleasence was not a horror guy.

How many people do you think in the Fear Fest audience

have seen a Harold Pinter play?

-[Laughter] -You know, it's like --

it's all subtext.

And it's not just subtext, it's British subtext.

You know, so three people maybe have seen a Harold --

-Maybe.

-Wrong audience for Harold Pinter plays.

John Carpenter wanted either Peter Cushing

or Christopher Lee to play Dr. Loomis,

but they both turned it down because the money was so low.

And John Carpenter admitted to being intimidated

by Donald Pleasence because he was this high-toned theater guy,

but, um, Pleasence was trying to support his wife

and six daughters... -Dang.

-...and so he had to work all the time,

so he took the part

and actually contributed a few things to the script

that were not in there before involving his character.

Um, he insisted that there should be

no sympathy for Michael Myers

and no backstory for Michael Myers other than that

he was unrepentant and unreachable.

Uh, he was pure evil.

[Laughter]

And in fact, I think the reason

that some of the "Halloween" sequels failed

is that there was too much Michael Myers backstory

and attempts to explain his motivation.

So Donald Pleasence agrees with you, Darcy.

if you give reasons for his violence, he is much less scary.

But get this -- Donald Pleasence also thought

that Dr. Loomisshould have no backstory.

He wanted all Dr. Loomis backstory eliminated.

There was a scene where he calls his wife,

and Donald Pleasence said that scene has to come out.

He has no wife.

[Laughs] You know?

'Cause Loomis had to be so single-minded,

he had no family, no ties,

no purpose other than stopping Michael Myers.

He wanted him to be just as crazy as Michael.

-Love that. -Alright.

Back to the movie.

Roll it.

♪♪

You know the cast member who gets no attention at all?

-Hm? -Sandy Johnson,

who plays Michael Myers' sister, Judith Myers.

Um, she would go on to star in the amazing "Gas Pump Girls."

-Yeah. -And she was so good,

they never made "Gas Pump Girls 2."

[Laughter] -'Cause, uh, nobody

wanted to compete with that performance.

[Laughter]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

-What about the jack-o'-lantern?

-After the movie.

-What about the rest of my comic books?

-After the jack-o'-lantern.

-And what about the boogeyman?

-There's no such thing.

-Richie said he was coming after me tonight.

-Do you believe everything Richie tells you?

-No.

-Tommy, Halloween night,

it's when people play tricks on each other.

It's all make-believe.

I think Richie was just trying to scare you.

-I saw the boogeyman. I saw him outside.

-There was nobody outside. -There was.

-What'd he look like?

-The boogeyman.

-We're not getting anywhere. Alright.

The boogeyman can only come out on Halloween night, right?

-Right. -Well, I'm here tonight.

I'm not about to let anything happen to you.

-Promise?

-Promise.

-Can we make the jack-o'-lantern now?

-Let's go.

[Dog barking in distance]

♪♪

-[Pounds on door]

♪♪

[Switch clicking]

Hmm, terrific.

[Sighs]

♪♪

Hello?

Who's there?

Paul, is this one of your cheap tricks?

♪♪

Guess not.

No tricks for Annie tonight.

♪♪

♪♪

Come on.

Lindsey!

Lindsey, come out here!

Lindsey, I'm in the laundry room!

The door won't open!

-Spread out, everybody.

We're gonna try to figure out the shape of this thing.

Holy cats.

-Hey. -Yeah.

-Almost a perfect...

[Telephone rings]

-We finally got one.

-We found a flying saucer.

-Oh, Lindsey, get the phone! it's Paul!

Lindsey!

-[Telephone rings] -Lindsey!

♪♪

Please hold. I'm here.

♪♪

-Oh, excellent.

-Doctor, where do you figure it's from?

-I don't know, Mr. Scott. -Hello?

-Hi, Lindsey. This is Paul. Is Annie there?

-Yes, she is.

-Get her for me, will ya?

-She's washing her clothes.

-Look, just tell her it's me, okay?

-Okay.

Annie, Paul called!

-Ow!

-You locked yourself in.

-I know.

Pull my foot. I'm stuck.

[Groans]

[Groans]

Now, promise me you won't tell anybody about this.

[Sighs]

[Telephone ringing]

-She got stuck in the window. She'll be right here.

-Hello. -Hi, Annie.

-Oh, hi, Paul. -Stuck, huh?

-Alright, cut it out. It can happen to anyone.

-Sure, stuck in the window.

-Yeah, but I've seen you stuck in plenty of other positions.

-My parents are gone.

-Oh, that's fabulous. When did they leave?

-About a half-hour ago. -Oh, utterly fantastic.

[Giggles]

So why don't you just walk over? -You come and pick me up.

-Oh, I can't come now. My clothes are in the wash.

-You won't need them. -Oh, shut up, jerk.

God, I've got a shirt on. That's all you ever think about.

-I think that's all youever think about.

-That's not true. I think about lots of things.

Now, why don't we not stand here talking about them

and get down to doing them?

-Lock your doors, bolt your windows,

and turn off the lights.

Don't go away, 'cause here's a scene from...

-I'm scared.

-Well, why are you sitting here with all the lights off?

-I don't know. -Well, come on, get your coat.

We're going to pick up Paul.

-I don't want to.

-Look, Lindsey, I thought we understood each other.

-I wanna stay here and watch this.

-Okay.

Well, if I can fix it so you can watch TV with Tommy Doyle,

would you like that?

-Yeah. -Well, come with me.

[Chuckles]

-[Laughs] Come on, hurry up.

[Laughter]

♪♪

-[Breathing heavily]

[Doorbell rings]

-Hi, Tommy.

-Hi. Come on in. We're making a jack-o'-lantern.

-You know, I wanna watch TV.

-How would you like that, kiddies? Good.

-Annie, I'm in here.

-And now the horrifying conclusion to "The Thing."

-All fancy.

-This has not been my night.

I spilled butter all over my clothes. They're in the wash.

I got stuck in the laundry room. -I'll tell you something.

I'd like you to call Ben Tramer

and tell him that you were just fooling around.

-I can't. -Yes, you can.

-No, he went drinking with Mike Godfrey,

and he won't be back till late.

You'll have to call him tomorrow.

Besides, I'm on my way to pick up Paul.

-Wait a minute. -If you watch her,

I'll considertalking to Ben Tramer in the morning.

-Deal. -[Chuckles]

-I thought Paul was grounded.

-He was. Old Jerk-o found a way to sneak out.

Listen, I'll call you in an hour or so, okay?

-Yeah.

-Bye. -Bye.

-Get back here, Eddie.

-The old Girl Scout comes through again.

♪♪

-Well, apparently at Haddonfield High,

the only thing the kids ever think about is weed and sex.

-[Laughs] What else is there?

-Oh, Darcy. -I'm just saying.

-Well, there's Michael Myers, who might just be stalking

people impaired by weed and sex.

Supposedly this movie takes place in the most typical

of all-American towns, Haddonfield.

Um, Carpenter put the script together with his girlfriend,

Debra Hill, and -- who would eventually become

one of Hollywood's most powerful female producers,

and Debra had grown up in Haddonfield, New Jersey.

And Haddonfield, um...

If you're in downtown Camden --

and you probably don't want to be in downtown Camden --

but if you're in downtown Camden and you just drive

straight east until the houses start to become nice

and there aren't any more abandoned cars on the street,

that's Haddonfield.

Now, people in Haddonfield, to this day,

claim "Halloween" was made there,

even though it clearly states that the town in the movie

is Haddonfield, Illinois, which is not even a real place.

And the actual filming locations were not in Illinois either.

They were in South Pasadena, California,

the town that has been used for 100 years

in 100 movies to represent small-town Midwestern America.

And while we're on that subject, the street names

in "Halloween" are actually the streets

in Bowling Green, Kentucky,

which is where John Carpenter grew up.

So Haddonfield is a combination of New Jersey,

Illinois, Kentucky, and California.

At any rate, the only reason the movie exists at all

is Irwin Yablans

wanted a horror flick titled "The Babysitter Murders"

'cause there were a lot of urban legends

about boogeymen that prey on babysitters.

And so he gave Carpenter and Hill $325,000

and told them there had to be babysitters

and the babysitters had to die.

[Chuckles] Otherwise, they could do whatever they wanted.

Okay, roll the movie.

♪♪

John Carpenter always had a little bit of a chip

on his shoulder about this movie.

He was --

Several critics praised the movie,

but he didn't pay any attention to those.

He was always fixated on the bad reviews that he got.

He was especially upset by

Pauline Kael 'cause she called the movie "silly."

-[Laughter] -I get that.

-You get why John Carpenter...? -Yeah, totally.

-I mean, I do too, you know.

I always say I don't care about bad reviews

'cause I'm big, fat liar.

[Laughter]

♪♪

-[Whistling]

♪ My Paul, I give you all

♪ No keys

♪ But please, my Paul

[Whistling]

[Whistling continues]

[Whistling continues]

♪ Oh, Paul

♪ I can no longer stall

♪ Oh, Paul

♪ Oh, Paul

♪ I can no longer stall

♪ Will he call?

♪ My Paul

[Whistling]

[Squeals]

[Gasps]

[Grunting]

[Horn honking]

[Horn honking]

[Gasping]

♪♪

[Horn blaring]

[Blaring continues in distance]

-Attention. Captain to crew, stand by to reverse polarity.

Standard class-A security

will be maintained upon landing.

And until further notice, all hands will wear sidearms.

That is all.

-Artificial gravity off. -Aft locked.

-Cut primary coils. -Primary's cut, sir.

[Spaceship engine whirring]

-[Hoarse whisper] Lindsey.

Lindsey.

-Where are you?

[Both scream]

-Hey, it's the boogeyman!

He's outside!

The boogeyman's outside!

The boogeyman's outside! -What's wrong?

-I saw the boogeyman. He's at Lindsey's --

-Oh, Tommy, stop it. You're scaring Lindsey.

-He's over there at --

-Tommy, stop it. Now, there's nobody out there.

There's no boogeyman.

And if you don't stop all this, I'm gonna have to

turn off the TV and send you to bed.

-Nobody believes me.

-Ibelieve you, Tommy.

-[Exhales sharply]

[Crickets chirping]

-I'm not afraid. -Bull.

-I'm not. -Then go in.

-Chicken.

-Go ahead, Lonnie.

-Go in!

-Hey.

Hey, Lonnie.

Get your ass away from there.

Ooh.

Geez.

-Are you alright?

-Yeah.

-Nothin's goin' on except kids playin' pranks,

trick-or-treating, parking, getting high.

I have the feeling that you're way off on this.

-You have the wrong feeling.

-Well, you're not doing very much to prove me wrong.

-What more do you need?

-Well, it's gonna take more than fancy talk

to keep me up all night, crawling around these bushes.

-I-I watched him for 15 years,

sitting in a room, staring at a wall,

not seeing the wall, looking past the wall,

looking at this night, inhumanly patient.

Waiting for some secret silent alarm to trigger him off.

Death has come to your little town, Sheriff.

You can either ignore it or you can help me to stop it.

-More fancy talk.

Doctor, do you know what Haddonfield is?

Families, children, all lined up in rows

up and down these streets.

You're telling me they're lined up for a slaughterhouse.

-They could be.

-Alright, I'll stay with you tonight

just on the chance that you're right.

And if you are right, damn you for letting him go.

-[Sniffs, laughs]

Okay, so we're gonna --

First we go inside, right? Then we'll just talk a little.

Then Annie will distract Lindsey.

That's when we go upstairs to the first bedroom on the left.

You got it?

-Okay, first I rip your clothes off.

-No, don't rip my blouse. It's expensive, idiot.

-Then you rip my clothes off.

Then we rip Lindsey's clothes off.

Yeah, I think I got it.

-Totally. [Laughs]

[Laughing]

No, no!

[Both laughing]

Bob, put me down.

Put me down. This is totally silly.

Put me down.

Hey, it's totally dark.

-Yeah.

-Hey, Annie!

Annie, we're here!

-I wonder where they went.

-Oh, Annie probably took Lindsey out for something.

[Door closes]

Hey, let's look for a note.

-Let's don't.

-[Moaning]

♪♪

♪♪

-Darcy, back me up on this, but correct me if I'm wrong,

but did P.J. Soles, as the sex-crazed cheerleader Lynda,

and her boyfriend, Bob, just make a little joke

about including an 8-year-old girl in the aardvarking session

that they're about to have? -Yes, they did.

-Wow! I mean, was Jack Valenti asleep the day

they showed this to the MPAA ratings board?

Anyway, for a movie that started out

with the title "The Babysitter Murders,"

it sure does take a long time to kill that first babysitter.

And that was a long sequence too. That was a tease.

You think she's gonna get it in the house,

in the laundry room, when she's stuck in the window.

She keeps notgetting killed by Michael Myers.

And that performance was Nancy Loomis.

She made five movies, all for John Carpenter,

before she moved on to her real career as a sculptor in L.A.

Um, and now that we're talking about the cast,

Lindsey, that 8-year-old girl

being considered for a threesome,

she would grow up to be on

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

Um, that's Kyle Richards.

Um, Michael Myers is listed in the credits as Tony Moran,

but he was actually portrayed by five different people.

Whoever was available to slap on the mask

or show a part of his body in any particular scene.

The reason they list Tony Moran is that is him

in that brief shot where Michael is unmasked.

Um, otherwise, Michael's always wearing that cheap mask

that they threw together.

That is actually a mask from "The Devil's Rain,"

made for an eyeless William Shatner,

and it was later turned into a Captain Kirk mask

so it has the sideburns and eyebrows ripped off of it

and the face painted white and the hair painted brown

and the eyes made much wider,

but total cost of mask effects -- $2.

Maybe that's why there are so many

Michael Myers cosplayers today -- minimal investment.

But now that Michael is aroused, so to speak...

-[Chuckles] -...let's get back to the movie.

Roll the film.

♪♪

Remember when Jamie Lee Curtis made that movie "Perfect"?

Remember the movie "Perfect" with John Travolta?

Um, nobody talks about that one. Whew!

Ah. Pretty much killed fitness club drama for all time.

-"Perfect" is not that bad.

It's no "Killer Workout," though.

-[Laughter] -Oh, well,

"Killer Workout," what is? -I know.

[Laughter]

-[Howls]

-Ooh. -Ooh.

He's gonna get ya.

-No, he's not.

-Hey, nobody's getting anybody. Stop scarin' each other.

-There's nothing out there. -But there is, sir.

I mean...

[Speaks indistinctly]

-Everybody's having a good time tonight.

Alright, you guys, what's next?

-Let's make more popcorn.

-No, we've had enough.

Why don't we watch the rest of the movie?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

-Alright, put it back on.

[Telephone ringing]

-Oh.

Doyle house.

-Hi, Laurie. What's up?

-Uh, I'm just sitting down for the first time tonight.

-[Chuckles] Hey, is Annie around?

-No. I thought she'd be home by now.

She went to pick up Paul.

-Well, she's totally not here.

-She probably stopped off someplace.

Have her call me when she gets home, though.

I have Lindsey here, and I wanna know what time

to put her to bed. -Okay. Later.

-Have a good time.

-We definitely will.

-Bye.

-Lindsey is gone for the night.

-Hey, now, that's wonderful.

-[Chuckles]

[Crickets chirping]

[Indistinct talking on television]

-Want a beer? -Yeah.

-Is that all you can say?

-Yeah.

-Go get me a beer.

-I thought you were gonna get me one.

-Yeah?

[Chuckles]

-I'll be right back.

Don't get dressed.

-[Giggling]

[Moans]

[Blows]

[Sighs]

[Bottle clanks]

[Door creaks]

-Annie?

Paul?

Lynda, you ass--

[Heavy breathing]

Okay, Lynda. Come on out.

♪♪

[Grunting]

♪♪

♪♪

-[Breathing heavily]

[Door creaks]

-Well, did you get my beer?

[Chuckles]

Cute, Bob. Real cute.

-[Breathing heavily]

-See anything you like?

[Chuckles]

What's the matter? Can't I get your ghost, Bob?

[Laughing]

Alright, alright. Come on. Where's my beer?

-[Breathing heavily]

-Well, can't ya answer me?

-[Breathing heavily]

-Okay, don't answer me.

Boy, are you weird.

Well, I'm gonna call Laurie.

I wanna know where Paul and Annie are.

This is going nowhere.

[Telephone rings]

-Finally.

♪♪

Hello?

-[Gasps, moaning]

-Hello?

-[Moaning continues]

-Alright, Annie.

First, I get your famous chewing,

now I get your famous squealing?

-[Grunting]

-Annie, are you alright?

-[Grunting]

-[Panting]

-Are you fooling around again?

I'll kill you if this is a joke.

Annie!

Annie?

♪♪

♪♪

[Dialing]

♪♪

[Telephone ringing]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Sleep tight, kids.

-So, Debra Hill, the producer,

gave quite a few interviews about "Halloween"

before her untimely death in 2005,

and one thing she would always say is that Laurie Strode,

the Jamie Lee Curtis character, is an extremely strong woman.

She would say, "She feared nothing."

-Yeah. -Well, I disagree.

Laurie has a healthy fear of almost everything.

She is very protective of those kids partly because

she's aware of all the things that might be scary

that the other cast members are ignoring.

Debra Hill also said the film had no nudity.

I have to wonder whether she actually

ever watched the film.

There's a famous commentary track where she says,

"The nudity at the very beginning, in the first scene,

is the only nudity in the film," and she says Judith Myers' death

at the beginning is the only real violence in the film.

I mean, it's not about nudity, it's not about violence.

She kept saying that. She kept hammering those two points home.

It's about Laurie Strode being strong.

Well, it's an extremely strong performance by Jamie Lee Curtis,

there's no question about that. It's an amazing performance

for such a young and, at that time, inexperienced actress,

but it's rooted in fear.

She makes her fear real to us so that we identify with her.

Her feeling of helplessness.

Otherwise, we would think she's stupid.

[Laughter]

I mean, well, I don't want to do spoilers,

but she does some silly things, you know, because of her fear.

-Fair, fair.

-Debra Hill always said, "Laurie Strode feared nothing."

Really? She had to fear something.

She had to fear Michael Myers,

or wewouldn't fear Michael Myers.

'Cause we're only seeing Michael Myers through her eyes,

at least in the major climactic scenes.

It's one thing to hear Dr. Loomis

talk about what a badass he is, but when we finally see him,

we're watching him through the eyes of Laurie Strode.

Just my opinion, but I bring it up

because it's what the movie makes great --

Jamie Lee Curtis getting that fear across to the audience.

She feared everything!

So let's watch her work.

Roll it.

♪♪

And did you notice what movie Laurie and Tommy are watching?

-Mm-hmm.

-"The Thing," right?

The movie that John Carpenter would remake

in 1982 with Kurt Russell.

Not to be confused with The Thing roadside attraction

on Interstate 10 in Arizona.

Which I would also highly recommend, actually.

Good if you go.

-Thank you. -[Laughter]

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[Crickets chirping]

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[Crickets chirping]

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[Dog barking in distance]

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[Barking continues]

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[Barking continues]

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[Doorbell buzzes]

[Door knocker tapping]

Bob?

Lynda?

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Lynda?

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Annie?

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Annie?

Lynda?

Bob?

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Alright, Annie.

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[Thud]

Alright, meatheads. Joke's over.

Come on, Annie. That's enough.

This most definitely stopped being funny.

Now, cut it out.

You'll be sorry.

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-Okay, we just launched one of the most intense

20-minute sequences in all of horror history,

so I don't want to hold it here for very long,

but you have to wonder what kind of law enforcement

they have in Haddonfield.

They are just now finding Michael Myers' car

that he stole?

I mean, wouldn't that be the first thing you do,

put out an A.P.B. on the car?

And it's right there in plain sight?

I mean, the thing that makes "Halloween" scary --

and I'm not the first one to say this --

it's the music, obviously, the theme.

I'm not sure it would have been a hit without that music.

John Carpenter's dad was a music professor

at Bowling Green State University,

so Carpenter picked up enough from him

to be able to compose, on a synthesizer,

and he did that piano theme, which is not that original.

I think Carpenter himself even admits that he got

the inspiration from "Tubular Bells" in "The Exorcist,"

maybe a little stuff also from "Suspiria" as well.

-Totally. -The stuff written by Goblin.

'Cause "Suspiria" came out one year before "Halloween."

But the music gives the film an energy

when Michael is just lurking and stalking

and not really doing anything.

You still got that music, but he's no longer stalking.

He's cracking bones, so let's go.

Roll it.

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And then once Jamie Lee Curtis became a star,

she decided to go fancy.

She did those big-budget comedies, you know,

like "Trading Places" and "A Fish Called Wanda."

-Yeah, I am just glad that she made "Prom Night"

because it made "Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II" possible.

-So true. That's true. -[Laughs]

-But I mean, weird career, though, all over the lot.

She kinda said she never wanted to go back to Laurie Strode.

And then what's she doing 40 years later?

You know, she probably gets Laurie Strode mail.

She probably has a Laurie Strode tattoo by this point.

I'd get a Laurie Strode tattoo, you know?

-You totally should. -On my back, you know.

With Laurie Strode dropping the knife.

[Laughter]

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[Door creaks]

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[Gasps]

[Sobbing]

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[Screaming]

[Crying]

[Screams]

[Crying]

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-[Breathing heavily]

-[Screams]

[Grunting]

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Oh, God.

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Oh, no.

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Help.

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No.

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Help!

Somebody help me, please!

Somebody help!

Oh, God, help me!

Please! Please help me!

[Grunts]

Help!

Oh, God, help me, please!

Hello! Hello!

Hello, help me!

Can you please help me?!

Please!

Can't you hear me?

Oh, God!

[Screams]

Help me, please!

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The keys. Oh, the keys.

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Tommy!

Tommy, it's me!

Tommy!

[Grunts]

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-Who is it?

-Tommy, open up! It's me!

-Yeah, okay.

-Tommy, please!

Tommy, hurry up!

Tommy, please!

Tommy!

Hurry up!

Tommy, please!

Tommy, get upstairs. -What is it?

-Get upstairs, get Lindsey, lock the bedroom door.

-I'm scared. -Do as I say!

-The boogeyman -- -Hurry!

[Panting]

[Tapping on telephone]

[Telephone dings]

Oh, no.

[Whimpering]

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Please stop.

Please.

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[Whimpering]

[Whimpering continues]

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[Whimpering continues]

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[Sniffles]

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-Oh.

-Where were you? I went to the Myers' house --

-I found the car. He's here.

-Where? -He's three blocks down.

You go around the back of the houses. I'll watch the front.

Go on. -Alright.

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-[Breathing heavily]

Tommy? Lindsey?

Babies.

We're gonna take a little walk.

-Was it the boogeyman?

-I'm scared.

-There's nothing to be scared of.

-Are you sure?

How?

-I killed him.

-You can't kill the boogeyman.

[Tommy and Lindsey screaming]

-Get in there. Come on, Tommy.

Now lock the door.

[Panting]

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-[Breathing heavily]

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-Okay, Laurie will definitely be safe now.

She's barricaded inside that shallow closet

with the flimsy, see-through louver doors.

-[Laughter] -So, um,

the child actress who played Lindsey in the movie,

Kyle Richards, she says at the time that she made the movie,

she didn't really understand horror movies, so when she went

to the premiere of "Halloween," she got freaked out so much

she had to sleep in her mom's bed until the age of 15.

-Wow. -Whoa!

What else can I tell you before we head toward

the stunning conclusion to the original "Halloween"?

The film made either $40 million or $70 million --

I've heard both numbers -- on a budget of $325,000.

And, of course, there have been 12 more

"Halloween" movies since then.

They weren't real picky about who made "Halloween" sequels.

I think they just had a rate card, you know?

Want to do a "Halloween"?

You know, that'll be a half million dollars.

Um, there have been at least seven Michael Myerses,

mostly Nick Castle, in this movie.

He invented the head tilt.

You know, the head tilt that, uh...

Yeah, exactly. -Like that?

-That's how it works.

Um, he had played in a band with John Carpenter in college.

That's how he got that job.

Um, Dick Warlock, the stunt coordinator,

was Michael Myers in Part 2.

Don Shanks in "Halloween 5."

Chris Durand in "Halloween H2O."

James Jude Courtney in "Halloween" 2018.

Tyler Mane in the ones nobody can remember.

-Stop. -[Laughter]

-I see these guys at the horror conventions and it's always,

"Okay, which Michael Myers are you?"

Anyway, we're getting to the heart of the movie right here,

the part that made all those sequels and remakes

and reboots possible, so let's just roll the film.

-Yeah. -Go.

John Carpenter got paid $10,000 for directing the movie.

But he also got 10% of the profits of the movie.

-Ooh. -Can you do the math on that?

-Well, it's enough money just stay home, playing video games,

and smoking weed all day.

-Which is pretty much what he does, right?

-Yeah. -Okay.

You know, for those who want to kill me right now

because we've interrupted the climax of the movie twice,

I am not responsible for that decision

and Shudder is not responsible for that decision

and AMC is not responsible for that decision.

It says actually in the book

"How to Show Horror Movies on TV,"

"always interrupt the movie

when the final girl is in maximum peril.

The commercial will then get 100% penetration."

And it's all about penetration, isn't it, Darcy?

-Yeah, it is. -[Laughter]

-Is it a good social-media night? Did we...

-Ooh, lots of penetration. -Alright, awesome.

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-[Whimpering]

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[Whimpering continues]

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[Screams]

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[Grunts]

-[Grunting]

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-[Grunts]

[Breathing heavily]

[Knocks on door]

Tommy, unlock the door.

Come here.

Now, just listen to me.

I want you to go down the stairs and out the front door,

and I want you to go down the street to the Mackenzies' house.

I want you to tell them to call the police

and tell them to send them over here.

-Laurie -Now, do you understand me?

-Yes. -Go, do as I say.

[Sighs]

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-[Screaming]

Come on! Get help!

Come on. Come on!

[Screams]

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-[Sniffles]

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-[Grunting] -[Gasping, grunting]

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[Gunshot]

[Crying]

-[Panting]

[Gunshots]

[Body thuds]

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[Gun clicks]

-[Sobbing]

It wasthe boogeyman.

-As a matter of fact, it was.

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-[Crying]

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-[Breathing heavily]

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[Heavy breathing continues]

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[Heavy breathing continues]

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-Okay, she drops the knife twice,

almost getting herself killed, and then a man shows up

to blow Michael away -- not the strongest final girl finish

in horror history, but good enough at the time,

and that's it for me and for Darcy the Mail Girl

reminding you that the drive-in will never die,

and we only have time for a quickie joke, but...

-Thank goodness. -Why did the blonde get fired

from the M&Ms factory?

-Another blonde joke?

-She kept throwing away the W's.

-Ugh. -[Laughter]

-What? It's not a joke about you.

It's a generic, mythical blonde.

I only had 30 seconds. -Ha.

[Laughter]

♪♪

-♪ We are drive-in mutants

-♪ Drive-in mutants

-♪ We are not like other people ♪

♪ We are sick -♪ Sick

-♪ We are disgusting -♪ Disgusting

-♪ We believe in, we believe in ♪

-♪ Blood

♪ And breasts

♪ And beasts

-♪ Yeah, we believe in

-♪ Blood

♪ And breasts

♪ And beasts

-♪ If life had a vomit meter

♪ We'd be off the scale -♪ Off the scale

-♪ As long as one drive-in remains on the planet Earth ♪

♪ We will party like jungle animals ♪

♪ We will boogie till we puke

-♪ Boogie till we puke

-♪ The drive-in will never die

♪ We will boogie till we puke

-♪ Boogie till we puke

-♪ The drive-in will never die

-♪ We believe in

♪ Blood

♪ And breasts

♪ And beasts

-♪ We believe in

-♪ Blood

♪ And breasts

♪ And beasts

-♪ Yeah, we believe in