was reading and some of this i know an some of this is complete news to me!..i would of LOVED to see the desk scene they talk about…i mostly know all of this jus a couple interesting things!
straight from goremaster.com
•Series creator John Carpenter wrote a treatment for this film, that was a more ghostly psychological approach to the Michael Myers mythos. It concerned the town of Haddonfield and what effect the events of the first two films have had on the it’s citizens. This concept was later rejected by the producers in favor of the typical slasher fare, at which point in time John Carpernter bailed out of the film, making this the first film in the series to have no participation from him.
•The girl who drove Rachel and Jamie to the costume store was named Lindsey and is approximately 17 years old. In Halloween (1978), Jamie Lee Curtis babysat a seven year old named Lindsey.
•After viewing a rough edit it was decided that the movie was too soft, so they brought in special effects wizard John Carl Buechler for one day of extra “blood” filming. The thumb in the forehead and the redneck’s head getting twisted were both done by him.
•A construction paper cutout of Michael Myers can be seen on a door on the second floor of the school just as Jamie and Dr. Loomis climb the stairs.
•Melissa Joan Hart auditioned for the role of Jamie.
•Alan B. McElroy wrote the script in 11 days and beat the writer’s strike by mere hours.
•Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady) of “The Brady Bunch” (1969) was the production assistant. His wife, Kelly Lookinland, played the dead waitress.
•The gaffer, Garlan Wilde, was seriously injured during the filming of the Michael and Brady confrontation. Garlan was putting up a light and fell and cut his wrists; he was quickly rushed to the hospital.
•Leaves had to be imported and squash was painted to look like pumpkins.
•Dwight H. Little did extensive research on the history of Halloween and many of its harvest images were put in the creepy opening sequence.
•The shoot lasted about 41 days and Ellie Cornell and Danielle Harris were required to be on set for 36 of those days.
•During production of the rooftop chase, Ellie Cornell was injured by a protruding nail as she slid down the roof. After a quick trip to the local hospital she finished the scene with her bandages in place. According to Danielle Harris, “It didn’t even faze her.”
•The drugstore set was also used in Stephen King’s ”Stand, The” (1994) (mini).
•Originally, when Jamie and Loomis were trapped in the school, Jamie hid in a classroom under a desk. Michael entered searching for her, throwing the desks over. Although they had no time to film this in Halloween 4, the sequence was remembered by Moustapha Akkad and later re-used in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).
•In the schoolhouse, Michael’s mask appears to have blonde hair. This was actually the original Captain Kirk mask used in Halloween (1978) and over time the hair had changed gradually. The filmmakers had the intention of reusing the mask in this sequel but felt it had changed too much and decided to make their own. Several scenes were re-shot with the replacement mask.
•In the original script, Sheriff Meeker was killed in a battle with Michael in the basement where the furnace was knocked over and caused the house to catch on fire. Originally, the house was supposed to be up in flames during the infamous rooftop sequence. This was eliminated due to budgetary constraints and Sheriff Meeker was kept alive.
•In Jamie’s introduction, she’s sitting in the living room staring outside at the ambulance. Later, it shows the ambulance has disappeared. In the script, Jamie was staring outside at the rain, and the ambulance appeared after she had turned away. This was changed in editing for unknown reasons.
•In the original script, Rachel hit Michael with the truck five times. While shooting they reduced it to three and in editing it came out as one.
•In the original script the film opened with a shot of a long hospital corridor suddenly blowing up and throwing Loomis from the explosion, in a reference to the end of ‘Halloween II (1981)’ in order to show how Loomis survived. It was later decided the film should not have any connections to the predecessors and the explosive opening was never shot.
•Jamie’s name was Brittany in the original script but was changed in homage to Jamie Lee Curtis.
•Rebecca Schaeffer auditioned for the role of Rachel.
•George P. Wilbur wore hockey pads under the jumpsuit to give Michael Myers a much more imposing figure. This is revealed in the documentary “Inside Halloween 5″, where it is revealed that Don Shanks, who played Michael Myers in Halloween 5 (1989), was big enough that this was not required.
•At the bottom of the stairs where the TV is in Meeker’s home a pair of plastic hands are visible. This is possibly a direct reference to the silver hands seen in mother’s bedroom in Psycho (1960).
Thanks for the post man! Great info I didn’t know also.
no prob bro!
I thought they scraped the original Kirk mask due to license issues. Never knew that was Dick Warlocks mask used in those scenes. Thought it was a differant converted 75 Kirk.
This is really cool nice long read.
-Sean
im actually confused by that statement…it seems like theyre trying to say they wanted to use a kirk like they did in 78…but there would be no reason for the hair changing comment…for sure that is not the mask used in original i can tell you that much though haha
Not its a different 75 that never was converted, I think its the writer got confused but its not the original hero mask, i can tell u that much, and it wasn’t converted. There were license issues since they didn’t decide to convert the mask for reshoots, so they just made an Enlarged version of the Rare 1984 Don post “The Mask”
where is kirk magnum when you need him…im pretty sure the h4 mask is a recasted 75 i dont think they created a whole new one?
Here’s some info on the Mask in question 
The first scene they shot for H4 is said to be the school scene with the “Kirk” or “Kirkish” mask as seen on film. In the commentary, the writer states that they had the mask from H1/H2 but didn’t use it due to rights issues. Remember the original mask was owned by DW at this time so only he can answer this. What I assume is that they had an actual 75 kirk(unconverted) so when the writer says “the mask used in H1/2” in the commentary I think he meant they had the “same type” of mask used in the original. Keep in mind, if the staff knew what the original actually looked like, I doubt they would have filmed this scene with the unconverted look. After they filmed the first scene the writer and some others noticed,“Hey, that dosen’t look like the mask from the original” so they went for the look we know today.
So was the mask in the school scene a kirk??
Honestly, I’d like to think it was.lol Keep in mind this was shot in the late 80s so no kirk masks were produced then. The staff asked DP studios for some masks but they didn’t have time since they were busy that season.
So where did it come from??
Some say it was an unused back-up that was left over from H2. This could be another reason why the writer may have stated that they had THE mask from the original.
So did they convert the mask for the film??
I’m sure they did and used it for some scenes. There are some scenes in the movie that look much like the one in the school scene, for example in the scene when the Shape shoves the rifle into the girls stomach. A clue to this is that in the commentary, the writer states that when they “recieved” the mask, the mask had WHITE hair. Since it was over ten years later when the writer did the commentary, his memories of the masks’ hair could have been lost. I agree, the hair on the mask looks blonde.lol Danielle Harris has memories of the staff spraying the hair.
So why didn’t they use this(kirk mask) throughout the rest of the film??
If that mask was indeed a 75K, the movie staff would have to go through rights issues and that would take time and money.
So then what was the Hero mask??
It’s been proven that the ears of the H4 Hero are an exact match of that to a very early version of the 1985 DPs THE MASK. For a very short time this version of the MASK was released until it was switched to the classic version we know today. Much is not known of this certain mask since it was released for a very limited time. It did have more kirkish features compared to the standard version of THE MASK(which may be the reason it was discontinued).
They may have made a recast off this certain mask, tore the eyebrows from another copy and glued them higher to the forehead. It has been proven that the brows on the Hero were not part of the mask.
ahh thats crazy!!! thats pretty much what i had in mind though, sort of.
i read this early on today and really enjoyed it. thanks for sticking it up. 
Lol 
I should do a grammer check when I write these essay’s and post them on FB
Took me bloody ages to find it 
no problem my brotha! i enjoyed it too!