Something about Halloween that bothered me.

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There’s one thing that always bugged me, the line “They’d do anything for halloween” it sounds like someone trying to voice act donald pleasance, and it’s a bad audio job, then he says “Who’s grave is it?” in a different tone

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the thing that confused me in halloween was when bob and lynda are in the car and bob says the line ''THEN WE’LL RIP LINDSEYS CLOTHES OFF!" like wtf

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Could be that they didn’t get proper permits to shoot meaning it was guerilla film making. Like they say it’s expensive to shoot in CA so they moved to Salt Lake for H4-6.
Also they shot in Spring so maybe there weren’t any Halloween decorations available for purchase.

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I believe the graveyard worker said “they’d do anything for Halloween”, and Dr Loomis said “who’s grave is it”.

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:laughing: same here! I’ve always had the same reaction to that line. My thinking was always that they were a little drunk and clearly, very horny :laughing:

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Totally agree, it’s a strange thing to say, and not many people picked up on what he was actually saying. I think Lindsey was about 9 or 10? and Bob is talking about ripping her clothes off :unamused:

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I’m also a 70s kid, and I agree while there wasn’t a lot of lawn decorations (even tho there was some) there was however lots of door / window decorations and cardboard cutouts. And Trick or treating in the 70s/80s was awesome.

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Very strange indeed, not sure why that was in the script, yeah he’s probably a little drunk but I don’t think making a joke about being a pedophile is needed… I’m glad to know that people picked up on that, I’ve never heard anyone talk about it, I always thought that was really off-putting about the scene.

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I think the whole, “Then we’ll rip Lyndsey’s clothes off” is just a dumb teenage joke. Exactly how they wanted to portray Bob. The one thing that bothered me about the movie is that Micheal parks right behind Annie and Laurie outside of the Doyle’s house. Later, Annie is killed in a car in the garage. We never see her put the car in the garage, and if it was Lyndsey’s parents’ car, why wouldn’t she drive her own car? But what really confuses me, is when Loomis spots the station wagon (which was parked right outside of the Doyle’s) he shows up minutes later to save Laurie. Did Michael move his car further down the street? Why would he have done that?

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I think Annie was killed in her own car. Remember the car door is locked and she goes back inside to get her car-keys, and then the car door is unlocked by Myers hiding in the car waiting to kill her.

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I’ve always wondered this too! You see at the beginning of the movie Lauries house is close to the Myers house since she walks there. Then later on, she and Annie drive to the Wallace and Doyle house, plus with it getting dark when they arrive, it seems those houses are far off from the Myers house. And what really gets me is the fact that if Loomis was standing outside the Myers house all night looking around, how could he have completely missed the station wagon the whole time, until the very last minute?

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I’ll add on here. My hypothesis is that the Myers house, the Doyle house, the Wallace house, and Laurie’s house are all within walking distance, and here’s why. When Laurie is walking from her house to the Myers house, she runs into Tommy. Now obviously, he would have to live nearby in order for that to happen. Later on when Laurie and Annie drive to the Wallace and Doyle houses, I believe the reason why they drive instead of walk is because it would be quicker and more convenient. And the reason why I think it took them so long, since it was dark when they get there, is because they must have been driving around for a while, maybe they stopped off at a couple places to kill some time.

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Didnt bother me, think its how it was at 1978.

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Watch again, Annie turns into their driveway and the car disappears from the Shape’s POV before he pulls the station wagon forward and parks. The wagon then moving later within view of the Myers house is definitely a careless error.

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Thanks for the clarification

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I agree with this. For me the movie felt so authentic. Halloween is about the time of the year, the impending long cold winter coming, falling leaves a certain bleakness. And that is what makes the movie for me. And og course the white mask.

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The Shape literally disappearing before Laurie’s eyes in the backyard scene. She doesn’t look away, nothing obscures her view he just vanishes into thin air as she watches.