It’s that time of year again, the time for ghost, curses,
haunted houses, and best of all: scary movies. Now, what better movie to watch
on Hallow’s eve than the terrifying classic, Halloween. Now, what do we really
know about this movie? Other than a
psychopath in a mask trying to kill you,
with scary music playing in the background. The movie was released in 1978,
introducing the now famous movie actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Now I have mentioned
before that Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of famous movie actor Tony Curtis,
but what I didn’t mention is that she is also the daughter of Janet Leigh.
Janet Leigh is known for her unforgettable shower scene, from one of Alfred
Hitchcock’s most popular movies Phsyco. So hoping that she inherited her
mother’s scream, Jamie got the part. Another thing you might not know about the
film is how they got the mask for the scary phsyco killer Michel Myers. The
makers of Halloween had received different masks to choose from: a clown mask,
a captain James T. Kirk mask, and a Richard Nixon mask. Now from looking back
on what the mask looks like, which mask do you think they chose? If you said
James T. Kirk, you’re right. The makers didn’t want Michael Myers to have any
facial expressions on him, and they thought the Captain Kirk mask showed the
least expressions on it so they chose it. They made the eye holes wider on the
mask, added some hair plugs, and sprayed the mask white. Now, thanks to that,
it is a face we will never forget.
Speaking of faces we will never forget, what comes to mind
when I say… Freddy Krueger? A deformed figure trying to kill you in your
dreams? The scariest version of the boogey man you’ll ever encounter? Or as
your parents would have put it, just a little nightmare? Well, the creator of
this film got the idea from real life reports on people that didn’t want to
sleep. One of the reports was about a
teenage boy too scared to fall asleep, because he had these nightmares about a
man trying to kill him. His doctors gave him sleeping pills to fall asleep, but
one night he actually did die. They didn’t know the cause, but when someone
looked under his bed they found all of the boy’s sleeping pills he was
supposedly taking. And just like in
Michael Myers, there was still the matter of what this terrifying being of the
night should look like. Well one night at a pizza parlor, one of the creators
ordered a pepperoni pizza. When he got it he started rearranging the pepperonis,
and got the idea for Freddy Krueger’s face.
Also this movie would be the start of one very popular movie actor
career. The great Johnny Depp. It was actually one of the producer’s daughter
that mentioned he should be in it. Although the producer was a bit skeptical he
was no match for his daughter’s per swaying. So lock your doors, board your
windows, and say your prayers. Oh, and Hallow’s eve if you dare…
