Yes, it’s that time of the year again, and I’m doing my one thing I do on Halloween, which is to watch…John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. One interesting piece of trivia about this movie — Carpenter filmed the whole thing, and screened it with an audience — and nobody seemed scared. He wasn’t sure what to do, so he added the now-famous synth music little ditty, screened it again, and people in the audience were screaming and so on. Shows you the power of music. It was also, I believe, one of the first synth tracks used in a movie.
Also, the Michael Myers mask? Carpenter wanted a bland, sort of blank face that was vaguely recognizable. It’s Shatner. That’s right, the Michael Myers mask is a William Shatner mask.
Without further ado, however, I give to you…HALLOWEEN.