John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Author:jrnyfanraleigh
In 1978, John Carpenter brought us his film “Halloween.” This movie sticks out in my mind because it’s the first movie Streebo watched with me when we started preproduction on our film “C for Chaos.” We watched lighting, camera movement, pacing and story telling.
This film is about Michael Myers a psychotic killer that has been in an institution since he was a kid. His doctor, played by Donald Pleasance, searches the streets for him to find him before he hurts someone. Obviously he doesn’t find him before he hurts anyone or it wouldn’t be a horror movie…and it would be a short movie.
This movie also stars Jamie Lee Curtis. I believe this was her first feature film. She did some television work prior. The film also stars Nancy Kyes (credited as Nancy Loomis). She was also in “Assault on Precinct 13” and “The Fog” which were directed by John Carpenter as well.
According to IMDB, the film had a budget of $320,000 and made $60,000,000 worldwide. (not a bad return on investment) It became the highest grossing independent movie ever made at time.
John Carpenter also wrote the music which has now become iconic. It’s playing in my head now as I write this.
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