You’re talking about knives that were used throughout the decades for meals, etc. I doubt he was cutting up tomatoes with the screen used Halloween knife (not a sarcastic laugh, just a funny visual that made me chuckle). We’ll soon have confirmation from John, he just has to respond to me.
I ran your email past Mr. Carpenter, but he doesn’t know where the items went, who has them now or whether these are the real items or not. Sorry we couldn’t be more helpful.
Its been a long time. John didn’t have the time to keep track of who had what. I kept the knife because I acquired it and was in charge of it. I kept the headstone because I made it. You never know when there will be re-shoots. I worked on Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog and Halloween III.
I put the knife in a cardboard sheath and packed it away. I put the headstone in a plastic bag inside of a cardboard box. The knife went through a lot of wear and tear during filming. The headstone is just carved styrofoam. I’m surprised its still intact. Neither item has seen the light of day until just recently. I just retired, moved to Texas and decided to get rid of some things. I’ve already sold 3 green Silver Shamrock chips. My Halloween III crew mug is already promised. I’ve still got my original scripts.Not sure how to authenticate the knife and headstone. Never thought it would be an issue, but I have seen a lot of copies online. How is John doing? We haven’t spoken since The Fog. When you speak to him again tell him Randy Moore says hello.
Very cool to see a person who worked on Halloween in the thread. One question though, do you remember what color the coveralls were? It’s an unanswered question everyone wants to know. Apologies if you’ve already answered
Very interesting! Where at in Texas? I’ve only ever been to Dallas. The headstone seems to match all screen caps exactly, and I understand the knife being through a lot of wear and tear during filming but enough to scratch the entire blade clean of any markings seems very excessive and almost implausible in some ways, to me. I’m not calling you a liar or anything because I wouldn’t assume your character or anything like that because I don’t know you. Your story and the items you have are awesome. I guess I’m just confused about the knife. Was there ever any replica knife made for the film? There’s a behind the scenes photo of the knife and it appears to have a rubbery, like pealing paint, texture. In any shots of the knife that were shot last in sequence it seems to look almost pristine. And putting it in a cardboard sheath would almost preserve it’s condition, I assume. I’ll pass that along to John for you.
Do you remember the brand of the coveralls, where the were bought, or where they reside today?
The coveralls were olivewood, as confirmed by several on set sources such as Nick Castle himself.
I wasn’t responsible for any of the clothing. So I don’t know anything about the overalls.
There was a SFX rubber knife for stunts. I had to dull the edge of the hero knife for safety.
Movie scenes are rarely shot in the order that they appear on screen. When you’re at a location
you shoot all the scenes that happen at that location then move on to the next location.The Myers
house was an exception. We cleaned out all the junk and shot it for the later scenes. While other
locations were being shot, the house was fixed up for the opening scene. Its up to the editor to
put everything in order. The script supervisor has to keep track of continuity. The knife was not
stored in an air tight condition. I’ll post some close ups of the blade. I also have some props I made
for The Fog. The carved pieces of wood the said “DANE”. One was rigged to drip water. Any ideas
where I can try to sell them?
I know that it was shot out of order, but to go through filming for under a month and have that kind of damage on a knife isn’t very plausible. Your stories are awesome by the way. How’s it feel to work on such big films? And you have gotten several PMs with offers, so check those and reply to sell would be a good option.
Sounds about right. The moisture trapping nature of cardboard would definitely put blotches on the blade.
Considering these are high profile items from big ticket movies I would consider getting them appraised first. If I were you I’d consider even contacting a Hollywood prop auction house to have them sold. I mean, we’re talking THE knife used on screen by one of the most popular horror characters of all time.
Blotches yes, but to scratch off the entire blade past the clearly visible makers mark and model on the blade? It would have to be taken all the way down with a grinder. This knife would be close to paper thin. That, nor anything I can think of, would cause that kind of damage besides grinding it down. Not to mention most anyone could say they are Randy. I really really want it to be true but I’m struggling to find the logic in it.
Mostly anyone could say they are Randy yes, but to have a silver shamrock crew mug and (let’s just say for the sake of argument it is a replica) a very very VERY accurate knife replica should be enough proof that he is telling the truth, what would he have to gain from saying that he is Randy?
I understand your concerns that the knife could be fake. Anybody could say they were Randy Moore.
Never thought this would be an issue. I should have sold them when I was still living in LA.
I guess it doesn’t matter, but attached are the board I carved for The Fog.
I wasn’t asking to see where it was, I was thinking maybe thats what you had. I just don’t see this kind of damage being done to that knife in tht timeframe if all it did was sit in cardboard. I do believe you are who you are, the knife is just puzzling I guess?
he would know that knife is rubber or not also that clearly doesn’t look rubber, not sure why its hard for you to believe theres a lot of scratches on a 40 year old knife
Why do I find it hard to believe that there are that many scratches on a 40 year old knife? Well for one thing, those aren’t just scratches. That is MAJOR wear and tear that we’re talking about. There are mint condition 40-50 year old knives for sale all the time that have been through far more used than anything that could’ve been done to it on a movie set for 21-30 days. Storing it in a cardboard sleeve would’ve preserved it very nicely. I believe who he says he is, I mean I have no reason not to. I’m just certain that this kind of damage isn’t likely from sitting in a sleeve for 40 years. Especially not when the make and model, which are carved deep, are completely gone. Not even a trace of them. The knife looked practically mint throughout filming.
(not a sarcastic laugh, just a funny visual that made me chuckle). We’ll soon have confirmation from John, he just has to respond to me.
