So forgive me as I am new to all this. I understand that it’s suppose to be the exact same mask used in h1 that’s used in h2 but it was poorly taken care of from what I’ve read giving it the look it had ultimately in h2.
What I don’t understand is the beginning of h2 was this opening few mins filmed back during actual h1 and not used? So they used old footage from h1 which clearly shows the “old” h1 mask only to moments later in another scene show the completely different looking h2 mask? I don’t get why this would be done as it visually makes no sense. Why not just shoot the scenes with the h2 for that beginning sequence?
The reshot the scene showing Warlock do the actual fall off the balcony, it is a pretty neat high fall honestly, the other footage is outtake footage from h1, and the Hero mask mostly had Yellowed from when Nick Castle kept it for a couple years after H1, all the black weathering came from Dick Warlock grabbing the hair, pinching the nose then pulling the eyecuts to take the mask off, the black being from the Streaks and Tips
The scene with Laurie and the kids is an outtake? It looked higher quality visually, I found it jarring when it switched back to Myers sitting up and the footage is grainy again. I thought they reshot it for the sequel. Which is bizarre to me, they recycled footage immediately after anyway, and I think the take is just worse in general.
Reshooting is time and money. Visually it’s a very minor thing, it looks close enough, especially for people in 81 who couldn’t pull up and study photos of the mask whenever they want. You might as well also ask why is Loomis suddenly fatter in the very next scene.